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A Canadian man in a wheelchair, reportedly from Winnipeg, is recovering in hospital after a vicious beating at the hands of two teenagers in Sydney, Australia.

Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose has ordered a review of the amount of money Ottawa is paying a private company to maintain government buildings, after a Montreal newspaper questioned the costs being billed to taxpayers.

CBC – Racial profiling by officials is a serious problem in Quebec and more needs to be done to address it, the province’s human rights commission said Wednesday.

CBC – Investigators with a special provincial police squad investigating allegations of collusion and corruption in Quebec’s construction industry searched the offices of construction firm F. Catania and Associates on Wednesday.

CBC – A drunk driver who fled after killing a Calgary woman and seriously injuring her teenage son has been sentenced to five years in prison.

CBC – Quebec Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis is calling on the province’s Construction Commission and provincial police to investigate allegations of intimidation and threats at construction sites in the province’s North Shore region.

Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean is set to return home to Canada after an emotional tour of her quake-ravaged homeland in Haiti. Jean capped off her trip with a visit to the Dominican Republic Wednesday to thank that country for their help in the aftermath of January’s earthquake.

CBC – Alberta’s health minister has directed the province’s health agency to release a full report on medical errors at Calgary’s children’s hospital within 10 days.

Air Canada president Calin Rovinescu told a Vancouver business gathering Wednesday that one of his company’s scheduled flights sat on the tarmac as passengers finished watching the men’s gold medal match between Canada and the U.S. on the final day of the Olympic Games.

Seal meat was on the menu at Parliament Hill Wednesday, as the parliamentary restaurant offered hors-d’oeuvre and main courses made of the contentious ingredient on its lunchtime menu.

The Canadian Press – REGINA – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says his daughter is on the road – and this time it’s legal.

The Canadian Press – REGINA – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has told a meeting of rural politicians that his government won’t be able to keep key promises this year.

The Canadian Press – SURREY, B.C. – An escapee from Bowden prison in Alberta now faces charges in Surrey, B.C., over allegations he was passing out fake American money.

The Canadian Press – OTTAWA – Rahim Jaffer and Helena Guergis have become the poster couple for political entitlement, under attack not just by opposition critics but by prominent members of their own Conservative party.

CBC – A Halifax couple charged with manslaughter in the death of their seven-week-old daughter will face preliminary inquiries in April.

CBC – Workers will start ripping up the grass at Commonwealth Stadium next week after council unanimously approved a deal Wednesday to split the cost of installing artificial turf with the Edmonton Eskimos.

CBC – First Air will stop offering direct flights between Yellowknife and Whitehorse at the end of this month.

CBC – The family of a missing Moncton woman is offering a $25,000 reward for information that helps find her.

CBC – Health officials in Ontario are investigating two cases of listeriosis that appear to be linked to salami recalled from stores in Ontario and Quebec about three months ago.

CBC – A Yukon Supreme Court judge has heard testimony from a woman who claims two off-duty RCMP officers raped her a year ago but defence lawyers argued it was the complainant who initiated sexual contact with the Mounties.

The Canadian Press – WINNIPEG – Shellan Proden couldn’t bring herself to watch the grainy surveillance video of two young men who brutally attacked her son, forced him out of his wheelchair and pummelled him.

The Canadian Press – MONTREAL – Quebec’s human rights commission is launching hearings into racial profiling in the province because it believes minorities are unfairly targeted by authorities.

CBC – Toronto elementary school teacher Michael Bednarski says he feels pretty good these days for a dead man.

The Canadian Press – OTTAWA – The minority Conservative government survived another confidence test Wednesday as the House of Commons voted in principle to support the federal budget.

CBC – The Prince Edward Island government plans a $6-million expansion of Holland College in West Prince, P.E.I.

The Canadian Press – The stick and glove that helped Canada win Olympic gold are back where they belong.

The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – Travellers the world over know the pains of flight delays – due to fog, weather, late pilots, or just plain busy airports.

CBC – The New Brunswick government is not revealing what it knew about the finances of the Atcon Group when it allowed the Miramichi-based company to borrow more money from its bank last fall.

CIBC World Markets says expectations of higher interest rates and investor demand for Canada will help drive the Canadian dollar past parity with the U.S. greenback by this summer.