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Dear editors, Re: Seniors confusion on health care and H1N1 flu.

1st we are told by the minister of health on TV that she forgot to order the vaccine,

but it is ordered now and it will be 30 days late.

The riot squad was called in on Tuesday as about 200 demonstrators protested a visit by Prince Charles to a military regiment in Montreal Quebec

OTTAWA a ' The Canadian economy is headed for a decade of stagnant growth that will test the budgets of governments and ordinary Canadians, says a new TD Bank report.

Parks Canada wants to bring bison back to Banff and Alberta government officials aren't happy about it.

As Canada's military serving in Afghanistan prepare to mark Remembrance Day to honour their country's fallen, Calgary's latest soldier killed in combat won't be far from mind.

Prince Charles has received a medal marking his 32 years of service as an honourary member of the Canadian navy.

Four ridings are up for grabs in federal byelections a ' in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and two in Quebec.

Gov. Gen. MichaA lle Jean has presented new medals to Canadians killed or wounded while serving with military missions.

As delivery of H1N1 vaccine to the provinces ramps up this week after an unfortunate slowdown, some public health officials are warning that Canadians shouldn't decide they can do without vaccine just because they've made it this far without a shot.

When soldiers tried to halt a suspicious-looking SUV that was being escorted through Monterrey by a state policeman, the officer radioed for backup.

An additional 15,800 troops are needed to properly secure Kandahar so that reconstruction efforts and training of the Afghan army can continue, says a conservative U.S. think-tank. A presentation by the American Enterprise Institute, widely circulated among western allies, painted a detailed, bleak picture of the American or NATO resources military ...

Bunny Campbell says she was excited, but also a bit frightened to be part of the front-row crowd waiting to greet Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, before Sunday church.

RCMP officers from Ottawa arrested a 37-year-old man in Windsor, Ont., on Friday for allegedly committing an act of genocide in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide in the African country.

The parents of Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh, killed in an accidental shooting in Afghanistan in 2006, will receive the Sacrifice Medal on his behalf at an Ottawa ceremony on Monday.

A high-ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout for 2011.

Some people ostensibly working for the Government Of Canada see nothing wrong in turning you over to a foreign government to be tortured and jailed for the supposed "crime" of selling seeds.

There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs.

The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.

Ida strengthened back into a tropical storm early on Saturday off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was moving north toward the Cayman Islands, where the government issued a tropical storm warning.

A private funeral for a soldier who strongly supported Canada's role in Afghanistan is to be held Saturday in his hometown of Saskatoon.