The Canadian Press – WHISTLER, B.C. – Brian McKeever will never forget his Olympic disappointment, but the Paralympic gold medal he won Monday helped remind him why he keeps racing.
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CBC – The Calgary Flames’ playoff hopes took a hit on Monday, as they fell 2-1 in a heartbreaker against the team they’re chasing in the standings, the Detroit Red Wings.
CBC – As the Paralympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler showcase the extraordinary skills and support for some athletes with disabilities, the reality for many disabled in B.C. stands in stark contrast.
CBC – The Calgary Flames’ playoff hopes took a huge hit on Monday, as they fell 2-1 in a heartbreaker against a team they’re chasing in the standings, the Detroit Red Wings.
English progressive rockers turned 1980s pop stars Genesis have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by two other acts that thrived in second lives — ABBA and The Hollies.
An 18-year-old man made a second court appearance Monday afternoon, days after he was charged with the murder of an Eastern Ontario mother and daughter, as well as the attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend.
CBC – A Simon Fraser University criminologist says a major drug bust on Vancouver Island involving more than a tonne of cocaine will drive up the street price of the illicit substance.
Junior cabinet minister Helena Guergis made her first public appearance on Parliament Hill after she reportedly lost her temper and called P.E.I. a "hellhole," but only one opposition MP brought up the issue.
The Canadian Press – MONTREAL – Montreal police arrested dozens of protesters who launched beer bottles at riot cops and tossed firecrackers at officers’ horses during the city’s annual anti-police march on Monday.
An Edmonton car dealership has reopened three days after it became the scene of a horrific shooting involving a suspended employee that left two people dead and a third fighting for his life in hospital.
A terminally ill Ottawa man is appealing to the federal government to allow his Costa Rica-born wife to remain in Canada and care for their Canadian-born son, who has brain cancer.
Toyota is casting doubt on a California man’s claim that his Prius sped out of control, saying Monday that his report is inconsistent with findings of the company’s preliminary investigation.
CBC – An Ottawa woman is petitioning the city to change a bylaw banning backyard chicken coops.
CBC – Toronto police have issued a Canada-wide second-degree murder warrant for a 28-year-old man charged in a homicide in the city’s east end on Saturday.
RCMP investigators continue to probe the scene of a weekend avalanche in Revelstoke, B.C., which left two Alberta men dead and authorities scrambling to confirm that all survivors had been accounted for.
CBC – Ottawa’s heritage advisory committee is recommending special designation for the former convent on Richmond Road in the city’s Westboro neighbourhood.
CBC – The construction wing of the Quebec Federation of Labour says it won’t let its reputation be tarnished by the news media or politicians.
CBC – A drug expert testified Monday that it’s unlikely a Calgary man accused of killing a woman near an LRT station mistook the victim for his mother because the effects of the drug he smoked earlier would have worn off by then.
CBC – The new executive director for the Wildrose Alliance Party is a veteran organizer for the provincial Conservatives who says his former party has stopped listening.
CBC – An RCMP search recovers the body of a snowmobiler who drowned when his sled hit open water on the Churchill River near Stanley Mission, Sask.
With the loonie hitting a 20-month high last week, experts expect the Canadian dollar to near parity with the U.S. greenback by later this week.
The Canadian Press – REGINA – The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says former chief David Ahenakew will be remembered as a leader who made a difference in the lives of First Nations people.
The Canadian Press – VANCOUVER, B.C. – The final home of Canada’s most famous puck is set to be revealed on Tuesday.
England is preparing to head into the 2010 World Cup without veteran David Beckham, after the soccer star suffered a potentially career-ending injury on the weekend.
CBC – Lawrencetown in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley is among the 12 communities that made it into the next round of the annual Kraft Hockeyville competition to host an NHL pre-season game.
CBC – A 27-year-old woman is scheduled to appear in Saint John provincial court Tuesday in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city.
A Liberal motion to save taxpayers millions of dollars a year by eliminating MP mailing privileges outside their ridings is being given short shrift by the Conservative government.
CBC – A Saskatchewan judge has ruled that former politician and convicted murderer Colin Thatcher cannot keep the profits from his recently published book.
The Canadian Press – MONTREAL – The day is not too far off when your cellphone, iPhone or Blackberry will ring to remind you to take your medication.
CBC – Toronto FC general manager Mo Johnston says the club has sent Canadian forward Ali Gerba home from pre-season training in South Carolina.
