Canada

Senators keep marching with win over Flames

CBC - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

The Ottawa Senators notched their 12th win in the last 13 games with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the visiting Calgary Flames on Tuesday.

  • A Regina veterinarian says a special program to provide free spaying and neutering services for animals in remote communities is crucial to controlling stray dogs, especially in light of recent tragedies in northern Saskatchewan.
    Free vet clinics popular in remote areas CBC - Tue Feb 9, 11:22 PM

    A Regina veterinarian says a special program to provide free spaying and neutering services for animals in remote communities is crucial to controlling stray dogs, especially in light of recent tragedies in northern Saskatchewan.

  • Wendy Pederson, from the Carnegie Community action project, is seen with a group of demonstrators, on January 17, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to symbolically light the flame of the 'Poverty Olympics', a parody, in Downtown Eastside, called the poorest zipcode of Canada.  Photo:Nathalie Alonso/AFP
    Vancouver's poor - dark side of the Games AFP - Tue Feb 9, 11:04 PM

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Canada is spending over two billion dollars on the Winter Olympics but just steps away from the venue for the opening ceremony sits one of the country's most notorious slums where drug addiction and prostitution are rife.

  • Getzlaf 'feels better' but status up in air CBC - Tue Feb 9, 10:41 PM

    An MRI on the sprained left ankle of Ryan Getzlaf shows no significant ligament damage, and the Anaheim Ducks centre is optimistic that he can still compete in the Olympics for Team Canada.

  • Indian Affairs minister suggests provincial funding pullout was last straw The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 10:00 PM

    OTTAWA - Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl says when a province pulls funding for a university, that's a signal to Ottawa that it might want to do the same.

  • Suspended sentence for Alberta man who allowed horses to run free along highways The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 9:39 PM

    HINTON, Alta. - A judge has brought down a three-year suspended sentence for an Alberta man who pleaded guilty to letting his horses run loose along two busy highways.

  • Alberta's new finance minister Ted Morton speaks to the media after being sworn in to  premier Ed Stelmach at Government House in Edmonton, Alta. on Friday January 15, 2010.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Ian Jackson
    Alberta going for broke with spending hikes and record $4.7B budget deficit The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 9:05 PM

    EDMONTON - Alberta's Progressive Conservative government plans to run a record deficit and deplete its savings account in a budget that forgoes the kind of deep spending cuts that fiscal hawks have been screeching for.

  • B.C. looks to education, family tax in post-Olympic political agenda The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 9:04 PM

    VICTORIA, B.C. - The B.C. government says it will use the province's post-Olympics momentum to drive changes that include offering tax breaks to families with children, reforming education and lobbying Ottawa to amend "Byzantine bureaucratic practices."

  • RCMP investigation concludes no evidence ammonium nitrate stolen in BC The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 6:49 PM

    VANCOUVER, B.C. - The RCMP have concluded two tonnes of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer that appeared to go missing on the eve of the Vancouver Winter Olympics was not stolen.

  • The Olympic rings are pictured during the sunset on Whistler village main street, on February 9. Fears of a weather-affected Winter Olympics deepened when warm, spring-like conditions prompted quickfire remedial work at the mountain resort of Whistler which will stage the blue riband skiing events starting February 13.  Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
    Warm weather heats up Games ski worries AFP - Tue Feb 9, 8:52 PM

    WHISTLER, Canada (AFP) - Fears of a weather-affected Winter Olympics deepened on Tuesday when warm, spring-like conditions prompted quickfire remedial work at the mountain resort of Whistler which will stage the blue riband skiing events.

  • Organizers in a jam over Vancouver traffic Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 8:52 PM

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Vancouver residents are starting to heed calls to switch from their cars to mass transit, but are still short of the goal organizers set to avoid transportation problems during the Winter Games.

  • Post-Vancouver tests leave cheats no hiding place: IOC Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 8:28 PM

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Athletes at the Vancouver Games using performance-boosting substances for which there is so far no test still cannot sleep easily and will be caught by the testers, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

  • Alex Gough of Canada during the Wiessmann Luge World Cup in 2009 at the Whistler Sliding Center in Whistler, Bristish Columbia, Canada. Canada's luge team were salivating Tuesday after news that their team sponsor has offered one million dollars to anyone winning gold at the Winter Olympics.  Photo:Jonathan Ferrey/AFP
    Canada luge gold worth one million AFP - Tue Feb 9, 7:57 PM

    WHISTLER, Canada (AFP) - Canada's luge team were salivating Tuesday after news that their team sponsor has offered one million dollars to anyone winning gold at the Winter Olympics.

  • Arm's-length groups to run N.B. community colleges CBC - Tue Feb 9, 7:56 PM

    The New Brunswick government introduces legislation to create two autonomous corporations to run the English and French community college systems.

  • 4 arrested after shots fired in east Toronto CBC - Tue Feb 9, 7:41 PM

    Toronto police have arrested four teens in an attempted armed robbery of another youth near Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street in the east end.

  • Giambrone to continue campaign despite affair allegations CBC - Tue Feb 9, 7:37 PM

    TTC Chair Adam Giambrone will stay in the race for Toronto's mayoralty despite his admission that he has been involved in an "inappropriate relationship with a young woman."

  • Locked containers for used needles can be seen hung on the walls of the injection booths at Insite in Vancouver, Tuesday, May 6, 2008.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
    Federal government to take supervised injection site case to Supreme Court The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 7:26 PM

    VANCOUVER, B.C. - The federal government is heading to the Supreme Court of Canada to try to shut down Vancouver's supervised drug-injection site, but British Columbia's health minister says Conservative politicians should get past their ideological opposition to the facility.

  • P.E.I. farmers bring concerns to committee CBC - Tue Feb 9, 7:16 PM

    A P.E.I. farmer who raises hens was among several people who appeared in front of an agriculture committee hearing Tuesday to express concerns about the future of their businesses.

  • Historic grain elevator burns to ground CBC - Tue Feb 9, 7:10 PM

    An historic, restored grain elevator that was months away from opening as a tourist attraction in Fleming, Sask., burned to the ground early Tuesday morning in what RCMP say is a suspicious fire.

  • Five days after dissolving the board of governors of First Nations University of Canada, new interim appointments were announced Tuesday by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which controls the institution.
    Interim FNUC board announced CBC - Tue Feb 9, 7:09 PM

    Five days after dissolving the board of governors of First Nations University of Canada, new interim appointments were announced Tuesday by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which controls the institution.

  • Col Russ Williams lays a wraith at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Trenton, Ont. in this Nov. 11, 2009 National Defence handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - DND, Cplc Miranda Langguth
    Police services, crime victims' families inquire after CFB Trenton cmdr charged The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 7:02 PM

    Ontario police spearheading a broad investigation of a military commander facing murder and sexual assault charges said Tuesday they're fielding calls from other forces and families of victims of crime about so-called cold cases.

  • Spokesman for fed transport minister says no offer made for Ambassador Bridge The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 6:58 PM

    WINDSOR, Ont. - Transport Canada confirms it has held talks with the owner of the Ambassador Bridge, which spans the Detroit River to connect Windsor, Ont., with Detroit.

  • Marie Comeau is shown in an undated photo from a Facebook tribute page. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
    Cpl. Marie-France Comeau remembered for big smile, silly sense of humour The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 6:52 PM

    An air force corporal allegedly killed by her military base commander was remembered Tuesday as a woman with a big, beautiful smile and a silly sense of humour.

  • Argos sale to Braley gets CFL green light CBC - Tue Feb 9, 6:51 PM

    Toronto Argonauts co-owners David Cynamon and Howard Sokolowski have completed an agreement to sell the franchise to B.C. Lions owner David Braley.

  • Political aide disciplined for error in handling Access to Information file: minister The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 6:48 PM

    OTTAWA - A top political aide who blocked the release of a sensitive report requested under the Access to Information Act has acknowledged his error - and has been stripped of his duties reviewing such files, says his boss.

  • Online retailer Amazon.ca says Saskatoon is Canada's most romantic community, based on an analysis of sales data just before Valentine's Day.
    Saskatoon is Canada's romance capital: online retailer CBC - Tue Feb 9, 6:46 PM

    Online retailer Amazon.ca says Saskatoon is Canada's most romantic community, based on an analysis of sales data just before Valentine's Day.

  • Calgary police are asking for help from anyone who may have information about the city's latest homicide.
    Calgary police seek help in homicide probe CBC - Tue Feb 9, 6:35 PM

    Calgary police are asking for help from anyone who may have information about the city's latest homicide.

  • Oil-rich Alberta sees return to surplus in 2 years Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 6:35 PM

    CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta predicted its third-straight budget deficit on Tuesday, though it said it expects to return to surplus in two years.

  • Katz Group unveils downtown vision CBC - Tue Feb 9, 6:29 PM

    A plan to change the face of downtown Edmonton with a publicly-financed arena as its centrepiece was unveiled Tuesday by an official from the Katz Group, which owns the Edmonton Oilers.

  • Conditional discharge for Sask. man who shot at boat CBC - Tue Feb 9, 6:29 PM

    A northern Saskatchewan man who says he fired a warning shot at a fishing boat while trying to protect traditional First Nations areas has been found guilty of careless use of a firearm.