MPs cut themselves off mailing privileges outside their own ridings
March 16, 2010 - 11:52 pm
OTTAWA - MPs have voted to put a stop to the practice of mailing taxpayer-funded political flyers to voters outside their own ridings. In a surprisingly close result, MPs passed Tuesday a Liberal motion to scrap the so-called ten per centers by a vote of 140-137. New Democrats, who ...
Nunavut RCMP officer charged after domestic assault
March 16, 2010 - 11:13 pm
IQALUIT, Nunavut - An RCMP officer in the tiny Baffin Island community of Pond Inlet has been charged with assault after a domestic disturbance. Const. Eric Ootoovak was locked up Sunday after fellow officers responded to a complaint from a home in the largely Inuit community. Ootoovak was ...
Pilot, son injured after small plane crashes into house north of Montreal
March 16, 2010 - 11:12 pm
MONTREAL - Montreal police say the pilot of a small plane and his son were injured Tuesday when the aircraft crashed near Chertsey, north of Montreal. The crash happened shortly after the plane, a Beaver RX 550, took off. Police say that the plane touched the top of a tree during ...
PM snuffs plea to legalize pot in YouTube interview
March 16, 2010 - 11:01 pm
OTTAWA - Stephen Harper may be using "new media" to reach out to younger voters but that doesn't mean he's going to grant what seems to be their favourite wish: to legalize pot. In his first YouTube interview Tuesday night, the prime minister nixed the idea of legalizing marijuana - even ...
Ex-Quebec Liberal minister brings former party's donations into question
March 16, 2010 - 10:10 pm
QUEBEC - A former Quebec Liberal justice minister says his ex-party received generous donations from business leaders in the province's much-maligned construction sector. In media interviews, Marc Bellemare said he was privy to information he couldn't divulge to the public while he was a ...
Saskatchewan says federal funding for First Nations university 'off the table'
March 16, 2010 - 10:10 pm
REGINA - Saskatchewan Advanced Education Minister Rob Norris says the federal government won't restore $7.2 million in federal funding to the First Nations University of Canada. Norris says he had a candid conversation with federal Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl about the troubled ...
'Nightmare' predicted as FAS makes some aboriginal youth vulnerable to gangs
March 16, 2010 - 9:57 pm
TORONTO - A higher incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome among some aboriginal communities in Canada is making their youth more vulnerable to being lured into gangs, experts say. The syndrome, in which the brain of the fetus is damaged by excessive drinking during pregnancy, can make gang ...
Toronto cop killer Craig Munro granted temporary unescorted prison absences
March 16, 2010 - 9:07 pm
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Toronto cop-killer Craig Munro lost another bid for day parole Tuesday but was granted a limited number of unescorted absences. Munro is serving a life sentence for the March 14, 1980 murder of Toronto Const. Michael Sweet, who was shot and left to bleed to death in a ...
Evidence to determine whether charges warranted in B.C. avalanche deaths: RCMP
March 16, 2010 - 8:59 pm
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - The RCMP is investigating whether criminal charges should be laid in a deadly avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., that they say was triggered by snowmobilers. A 10-person team from the major-crimes unit is looking into the events surrounding the slide on Boulder Mountain ...
Answers unlikely about night of ferry sinking despite charges against navigator
March 16, 2010 - 8:42 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The criminal charge laid in the sinking of a B.C. ferry could mean the daughters of a man who went down with the ship may find out more about what happened that night four years ago, but their lawyer says there are still many questions that a trial won't answer. Karl ...
Toyota officials apologize, but Ottawa says now investigating automaker's action
March 16, 2010 - 8:41 pm
OTTAWA - Ottawa is launching an investigating into Toyota Canada's handling of consumer concerns about the safety of its vehicles, Transport Minister John Baird said Tuesday. Baird met with reporters after Toyota officials were grilled by MPs during the morning over when it knew and when ...
Feds start talks with industry, provinces on next pandemic flu vaccine contract
March 16, 2010 - 8:38 pm
TORONTO - The federal government wants to explore options for Canada's next pandemic flu vaccine contract, telling industry it will consider whether it is feasible and worthwhile to have a back-up deal with a company other than its main supplier. But the way the notice to industry is ...
Publisher says Colin Thatcher unlikely to appeal ruling against book profits
March 16, 2010 - 8:35 pm
REGINA - Colin Thatcher is dismayed with a court ruling that says he can't make any money from a book he wrote about his case, but Thatcher's publisher says the convicted killer is unlikely to appeal. Jack David of ECW Press told The Canadian Press that he spoke with Thatcher about the ...
Some Ontario parents paying for therapy for autistic kids to get HST hit
March 16, 2010 - 8:33 pm
TORONTO - The cost of providing a crucial treatment for autistic children will go up for some families when the harmonized sales tax kicks in July 1, a move that's angered parents who say they're already going broke to maintain the costly therapy for their kids. Parents whose children ...
Recruiting firm that worked with scandal-plagued eHealth sues for $249,000
March 16, 2010 - 8:31 pm
TORONTO - A recruiting firm that worked with eHealth is suing the scandal-plagued corporation for $249,000. Egon Zehnder signed a deal in December 2008 to help eHealth hire 15 senior executives and billed the agency for nearly $1.1 million. The firm charged between $72,000 to $86,000 ...
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