National News

TORONTO - The investigation into a clash between Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and a journalist came to a close Wednesday with police saying no charges would be laid in the incident.

CHARLOTTETOWN - A program in P.E.I. that was intended to attract immigrants who would actively participate in the province's economy was killed by the federal government over fears it was threatening the integrity of Canada's immigration system, says an investigative news report by journalism students at the University of King's College.

OTTAWA - The organization that speaks for foundations bearing illustrious Canadian names like Asper, Bronfman, McCain and Bombardier says it's worried about the Conservative government's recent attacks on figures in the charitable sector.

MONTREAL - The "death" of Margaret Thatcher, the prominent ex-prime minister of Great Britain, was wrongly reported online Wednesday by a most unlikely source.

TORONTO - Scores of West Coast First Nations and supporters ended a colourful and noisy protest against a proposed Enbridge oil pipeline Wednesday with a declaration of war from one of their chiefs.

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - The Crown is seeking a 12-year sentence for an Australian woman living in Alberta who drowned her two young sons in the family bathtub.

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is taking his tough-on-crime campaign a step further by making prison inmates pay more for room and board behind bars.

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Twenty years after losing his brother in the Westray mine disaster in Nova Scotia, Allen Martin recalled treasured moments from his own life that his brother Glenn missed.

TORONTO - Scores of West Coast First Nations and supporters marched Wednesday on Enbridge's annual meeting of shareholders to denounce a proposed pipeline that would cross their territories.