Archive for March, 2010
CBC – Canada is pledging an additional $400 million in aid and debt relief for Haiti over the next two years, International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda says.
CBC – Cam Ward made 34 saves and Eric Staal’s 24th goal of the season on a rebound at 2:55 of the third period stood as the winner as Carolina did its best to hurt the Montreal Canadiens’ playoff push with a 2-1 verdict on Wednesday.
CBC – Police found a cache of explosives in a storage locker in east Toronto Wednesday.
The government is expected to announce Thursday that Canada will harmonize its auto emissions standards with the United States, in a deal worked out with the Obama administration, CTV News has learned.
CBC – The provincial Department of Community Services has been ordered to pay for the medical marijuana used by a woman on income assistance.
Statistics Canada reports that the country’s real gross domestic product inched up 0.6 per cent in January, the latest sign that the national economy is moving forward in its recovery from a brutal recession.
Minister of International Co-operation Bev Oda defended the Tories’ maternal and child health initiative, a day after it came under attack from two key members of the G8.
A British Columbia man in his 30s became the 10th person this season to die in an avalanche in the province’s backcountry Wednesday afternoon when a slide hit four heli-skiers on a mountain north of Vancouver.
Skyservice Airlines is folding its operations after being placed in receivership by an Ontario Court on Wednesday morning.
The Canadian Press – TORONTO – Toronto police closed several streets and part of two highways Wednesday night as they transported explosives to the Toronto waterfront for disposal.
The Toronto Sun – OSHAWA – The 18-year-old accused of stabbing Michael “Biggie” MacDonald to death had apparently been living in fear of the much bigger boy since the two fought earlier this year.
The Canadian Press – PEMBERTON, B.C. – A British Columbia man in his 30s became the 10th person this season to die in an avalanche in the province’s backcountry Wednesday afternoon when a slide hit four heli-skiers on a mountain north of Vancouver.
A bomb concealed on a bicycle killed 13 people Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, as the Pentagon’s top military officer said NATO forces hope to reverse the Taliban’s momentum in the south with an upcoming offensive in Kandahar.
A Chechen militant claimed responsibility for two deadly suicide attacks on the Moscow subway system Wednesday, hours after two more attacks claimed 12 lives in southern Russia.
The Canadian Press – TORONTO – Toronto police say a cache of explosives has been found in an east-end storage locker.
CBC – A 15-year-old girl was assaulted in a bathroom at a west end high school early Wednesday morning, police said.
CBC – The annual “sunshine list” of people earning more than $100,000 in Ontario’s public sector is out, and it’s longer than ever, with 10,000 more names than last year. At the top are are two CEOs of the same power company.
CBC – A massive Antonov An-225 cargo plane began loading helicopters and parts at Edmonton International Airport on Wednesday, contracted by Canadian Helicopters to transport the load to Afghanistan.
CBC – Lawyers, seeking compensation for thousands of beef producers across the country, blast the federal government’s failure to keep BSE out of Canada at a meeting in central Alberta.
CBC – Two groups representing former Nortel Networks employees say their members will have their health, pension and long-term disability benefits extended thanks to an agreement with the bankrupt company approved by Ontario Superior Court on Wednesday.
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff called gaffe-prone Conservative MP Helena Guergis a liar Wednesday, after she denied knowing that her staffers had written glowing letters about her to newspapers while posing as regular voters.
CBC – Regina police have found human remains during a search for a Saskatchewan woman who went missing in late December.
Joannie Rochette still feels angry. Not because her mother died just days before Joannie was due to skate at the Vancouver Olympics. But because she knew she was sick, and didn’t ask anyone for help.
CBC – Tourism Charlottetown has announced it will launch a new festival this summer featuring a custom-made performance by Cirque du Soleil.
CBC – About 200 people rallied outside the offices of SCN in Regina on Wednesday to protest the government’s decision last week to shut down the public broadcaster in order to save money.
The Canadian Press – The on-again, off-again UFC show in Vancouver is a go. At least according to the UFC.
The Canadian Press – VICTORIA, B.C. – RCMP divers were searching a Vancouver Island lake on Wednesday along the same winding hiking trail where the burned body of a Grade 12 student was found nearly two weeks ago.
The Canadian Press – TORONTO – A man accused of trying to buy a child online allegedly offered to pay generously for one as “young as possible” during an Internet chat presented as evidence Wednesday at his detention hearing.
The Canadian Press – UNITED NATIONS – Canada bought a seat Wednesday at the global table that will direct Haiti’s ambitious earthquake-recovery effort, pledging $400 million in money and debt relief over two years.
CBC – Alberta Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky rolled back another unpopular health care decision Wednesday by announcing a delay to the July rollout of changes to the seniors’ drug plan.