Archive for January, 2010
The Edmonton Sun – The new Art Gallery of Alberta opened to the public for the first time on Sunday and initial public reaction was positive.
The Edmonton Sun – Joshua Balfour has lived through multiple heart attacks and he’s just a child.
The Canadian Press – CANOE NARROWS, Sask. – Relatives say a 10-year-old boy has been killed by a pack of dogs on a northern Saskatchewan reserve.
The Canadian Press – FORT NELSON, B.C. – RCMP in the northeastern B.C. community of Fort Nelson are investigating what they call the “suspicious death” of a 22-year-old female.
The Canadian Press – TORONTO – Premier Dalton McGuinty’s government has a lot riding on Thursday’s byelection in Toronto Centre, a seat the Liberals have held for a decade but one the opposition parties feel they can win by tapping perceived voter anger over the harmonized sales tax.
The Canadian Press – BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Provincial police used a helicopter today to expand the search for a Belleville woman who’s been missing for several days.
The Edmonton Sun – Fares on Edmonton Transit Services buses and LRTs are going up and transit riders in Edmonton were upset with the price hike, some voicing concern it could lead to more violence on Edmonton buses.
The Calgary Sun – Contentious new rules about protests at city hall come back before aldermen this week, and some council members say they cut down freedoms Calgarians should have.
The Calgary Sun – Public service announcements will begin airing Monday to raise awareness about keeping your workplace safe for emergency responders.
With his trip north of the border fast approaching, Stephen Colbert was still poking fun at Canada after winning his first Grammy Award on Sunday.
The Ottawa Sun – Like Pierre Trudeau before him, longtime city Coun. Gord Hunter has taken a walk in the snow and announced he’s retiring from politics.
Canadian researchers may be poised to change the face of diabetes treatment by ‘teaching’ bright-cloured safflower plants how to produce insulin.
The Calgary Sun – Fears of a nurse exodus towards greener pastures south of the border could be even worse in Alberta, says the provincial union boss.
The Ottawa Sun – As expected, former mayor Bob Chiarelli was acclaimed as Liberal candidate in the provincial riding of Ottawa West-Nepean Sunday.
The 52nd Grammy Awards have been billed as "ladies’ night," and Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga were leading the way in the early going Sunday.
The Ottawa Sun – Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Diane Deans expressed alarm coyotes are further invading suburban neighbourhoods, including the loner making a home for itself close to her constituency office.
All eyes on the red carpet at Sunday’s Grammy Awards went straight to Lady Gaga and her solar-system gown that was totally out of this world.
The Ottawa Sun – A man whose decades-old murder conviction was overturned by Ontario’s top court will be in an Ottawa court Monday asking it to go one step further and exonerate him.
CBC – The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Sunday the acquisition of veteran goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere from Anaheim for netminder Vesa Toskala and forward Jason Blake.
The Toronto Sun – It was much more than just a shooting outside a booze can one year ago.
CBC – Some big-box home renovation stores stayed open later than usual Sunday night to accommodate Canadians hoping to take advantage of the federal Home Renovation Tax Credit.
CBC – Calgary obtained what amounts to an entire forward line as well as a mobile defenceman in the deal that sent longtime Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf to Toronto on Sunday.
CBC – The Toronto Maple Leafs announced on Sunday that they have made a seven-player deal with Calgary, with Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf the centrepiece.
The Edmonton Sun – Home renovators rushed to pick up last-minute materials before Sunday night’s tax credit deadline.
The Canadian Press – JACMEL, Haiti – Members of a Canadian military mobile medical unit received an injection of warmth Sunday from Haitians they treated for injuries suffered in the country’s massive earthquake.
Ten Americans from a church group were being held Sunday in Haiti after they tried to bus 33 children out of the country, just as stories of possible child trafficking are being told in the country.
Michael Buble has won a Grammy Award. The Vancouver crooner picked up the prize for best traditional pop vocal album for his concert disc "Michael Buble Meets Madison Square Garden."
Egypt’s archaeology chief will announce the results of DNA testing and CT scans on the mummy of King Tutankhamun on Feb. 17 to resolve mysteries about his lineage.
The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January.
The U.S. military will resume bringing Haitian earthquake victims to the United States aboard its planes for medical treatment, ending a suspension that lasted several days, the White House said Sunday.