Underage drinking incident at PM's home prompts calls for RCMP review 10 hours agoIf the Yahoo Canada News' comment board — along with the Twittersphere — is any indication, there's a lot of outrage that RCMP won't be investigating the incident that … More »Underage drinking incident at PM's home prompts calls for RCMP review
If the Yahoo Canada News' comment board — along with the Twittersphere — is any indication, there's a lot of outrage that RCMP won't be investigating the incident that took place at 24 Sussex over the long-weekend. As explained by … Continue reading →
Ottawa proposes new target-benefit pension scheme instead of CPP changes 3 hours agoTORONTO - Ottawa unveiled a third option for pension plans Thursday, touting it as the best way to secure a retirement for more Canadians rather than move towards expanding … More »Ottawa proposes new target-benefit pension scheme instead of CPP changes
TORONTO - Ottawa unveiled a third option for pension plans Thursday, touting it as the best way to secure a retirement for more Canadians rather than move towards expanding the national Canada Pension Plan, as some provinces like Ontario have long wanted. The federal government said the target-benefit plan, also known …
Strong earthquake and aftershocks shake British Columbia coastline 9 hours agoBuildings swayed and windows rattled along Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast last night, as a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the region — one of over 20 powerful … More »Strong earthquake and aftershocks shake British Columbia coastline
Buildings swayed and windows rattled along Vancouver Island and BC's South Coast last night, as a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the region — one of over 20 powerful earthquakes that have shaken the Pacific Ring of Fire over the past … Continue reading →
Oregon asks firm to stop using fetal tissue from BC to generate power 18 hours agoPORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon county commission has ordered an incinerator to stop accepting boxed medical waste to generate electricity after learning the waste it's been … More »Oregon asks firm to stop using fetal tissue from BC to generate power
PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon county commission has ordered an incinerator to stop accepting boxed medical waste to generate electricity after learning the waste it's been burning may include tissue from aborted fetuses from British Columbia. Sam Brentano, chairman of the Marion County board of commissioners, said late Wednesday …
World's most expensive plumbing job? Military divers become plumbers in Arctic 7 hours agoOTTAWA - Expensive house calls by plumbers can be nerve-racking for homeowners, but this plumbing job in Canada's high Arctic is one for the record books. Broken water … More »World's most expensive plumbing job? Military divers become plumbers in Arctic
OTTAWA - Expensive house calls by plumbers can be nerve-racking for homeowners, but this plumbing job in Canada's high Arctic is one for the record books. Broken water pumps at CFS Alert triggered an 11,000-kilometre house call this winter by an elite squad of navy divers from Halifax. CFS Alert, near the North Pole, …
A woman who died in Stanley Park early Thursday morning was the victim of a targeted attack, say Vancouver police.
OTTAWA - Employment Minister Jason Kenney is suspending the food services industry's access to the controversial Temporary Foreign Workers Program.
Tape measures confirm that a Douglas fir tree on Vancouver Island is officially the second-largest in Canada. According to the B.C. Big Tree Registry run by the University of British Columbia, the tree stands 70.2 metres high, about as tall as an 18-storey building. Conservationists believe the tree near Port Renfrew, …
TORONTO - Celebrated Canadian opera singer Ben Heppner has announced his retirement. In a statement, Heppner says he wants to enter a new era in his life. The 58-year-old added that he would continue as the host of CBC-Radio's "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera" and "Backstage with Ben Heppner." The B.C.-born Heppner first …
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper went to the Supreme Court looking for a road map for Senate reform. "The Supreme Court's opinion will provide a legal instruction manual on how we can proceed with Senate reform," Pierre Poilievre, the minister responsible for democratic reform, said in an email. But the court may …
- Alleged Mafia link to Toronto construction firm 21 hours ago
Canada's largest construction union asks police to investigate a company it has dealings with about possible connections to organized crime
TORONTO - Graduates of a planned law school at a Christian university in British Columbia that forbids sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage cannot practise in Ontario, that province's law society decided Thursday. Many members of the Law Society of Upper Canada's board of directors condemned the policy as "abhorrent," …
- Calgary stabbing victim honoured with fashion tribute at funeral Wed, 23 Apr, 2014
CALGARY - Even in death, stabbing victim Lawrence Hong's keen sense of fashion shone through. Many people attending the University of Calgary student's funeral Wednesday emulated his style by wearing bow ties and colourful socks. Hong, 27, was killed last week along with four other young people at a house party celebrating …
- Weyburn restaurant defends staffing moves and use of foreign temps Wed, 23 Apr, 2014
The owners of the Weyburn, Sask., restaurant at the centre of controversy over its use of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, say recent staffing changes were related to a "restructuring" of their hours of operation and no waitresses lost their jobs to workers from abroad.
The cost of cleaning up graffiti in the Halifax Regional Municipality has surged in recent years and is now more than double what it was four years ago, CBC News has learned.
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The phenomenon that is Rob Ford continues to fascinate Canada watchers, from Jimmy Kimmel to Jon Stewart. They're … More »
Suspended Senator Pamela Wallin guest hosts on Toronto radio talk show
On Thursday, Pamela Wallin — who was suspended and now under RCMP investigation for alleged inappropriate travel … More »
B.C. earthquake: 6.6-magnitude quake hits near Port Alice
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck last night shortly after 8 p.m. PT, with the epicentre located 40 kilometres … More »
Teen in provincial care dies in secrecy despite transparency vow
Despite introducing legislation Tuesday to release more information about children who die while, another child's death … More »
Rob Ford lashes out at city ombudsman
Mayor Rob Ford continues to stand by the embattled head of Toronto Community Housing, characterizing the recent … More »
Montreal food truck vendors upset over rejected permit applications
Some food truck vendors were gearing up for another summer on the streets, only to find out their permit applications … More »
Gas tax arguments heat up as price increase looms
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