Estimates of Olympic protests increase as Vancouver Games approach
February 08, 2010 - 5:26 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Police are expecting large crowds of protesters to mark the start of the Winter Games later this week, but international Olympic officials say they're not concerned the demonstrations will pose any serious problems. Anti-Olympic groups are planning a large event in ...
IOC president Jacques Rogge says he is confident about Cypress snow at Vancouver Games
February 08, 2010 - 5:17 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The president of the International Olympic Committee will begin each day during the Winter Olympics with two things. A cup of coffee and the weather forecast. But Jacques Rogge said Monday that while it's clear there's no carpet of snow covering the city, there is no ...
Torch relay arrives in Surrey, where Nigerian-born Igali will light cauldron
February 08, 2010 - 5:13 pm
SURREY, B.C. - The Olympic torch relay made its way Monday through the Vancouver-area community of Surrey, home to one of the largest Indo-Canadian populations in the country, as it enters the final days of its coast-to-coast tour of Canada. The torch is now in the Lower Mainland as the ...
McGuinty shrugs off accusations of vote-buying with Nortel pension guarantee
February 08, 2010 - 5:01 pm
OTTAWA - It's up to voters to decide whether the Ontario Liberals are trying to buy votes in an upcoming Ottawa byelection by providing an estimated $200 million to help Nortel pensioners or just doing the right thing, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday. "I have a tremendous amount of ...
Albertans brace for $2B "fiscal correction" in new provincial budget
February 08, 2010 - 4:45 pm
EDMONTON - Alberta's Conservative government will attempt to bail the province out of a record deficit Tuesday with a new tight-fisted budget. But with the most volatile revenue flow in all of Canada, Alberta could end up being swamped by a drop in energy prices or an expected boost in the ...
Man who set record for longest-ever stay in space by Canadian gets degree
February 08, 2010 - 4:43 pm
CALGARY - A Canadian astronaut who was granted an honorary degree from the University of Calgary while orbiting in space now has a hard-copy version to the show the world. Bob Thirsk, who spent six months aboard the International Space Station last year, returned to the university to ...
NHL Players' Association helps to replace equipment lost in Sask arena fire
February 08, 2010 - 4:43 pm
KINDERSLEY, Sask. - Memories of the intense cold, the camaraderie and the scratchy old public address system came flooding back to pro hockey player Steve MacIntyre when he heard last month that the old arena in Kindersley, Sask., where he used to play, had burned down. MacIntyre, 29, who ...
Murder charges against top CFB Trenton officer leave military community reeling
February 08, 2010 - 4:40 pm
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - The Canadian military was rocked to its core Monday following the bombshell allegation that the colonel in command of the country's largest air force base had killed two women and sexually assaulted two others. Col. Russell Williams, a 46-year-old career member of the ...
Guidelines could cut unnecessary CT scans for kids with head injury: study
February 08, 2010 - 4:34 pm
TORONTO - A team of researchers from pediatric institutions across Canada has developed a set of rules to help doctors decide whether a child with a minor head injury should receive a CT scan. The seven clinical signs - dubbed the CATCH rules - are derived from a study of almost 3,900 ...
Ottawa pulls funding for embattled First Nations University of Canada
February 08, 2010 - 4:04 pm
REGINA - Some say the federal government's decision to pull funding from the First Nations University of Canada over ongoing concerns with finances and governance will be the "nail in the coffin" for the school. Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl said Monday his department won't renew ...
Hamilton, Ont. man among five people killed in an explosion at a Conn. power plant
February 08, 2010 - 4:03 pm
HAMILTON, Ont. - U.S. authorities say a Canadian is among five people killed in an explosion at a power plant under construction in Middletown, Conn.. The powerful explosion blew apart large swaths of the nearly completed 620-megawatt Kleen Energy plant as workers were purging a gas line ...
Ontario government to launch $1.6M ad campaign on tax changes, including HST
February 08, 2010 - 3:43 pm
OTTAWA - Ontario's controversial move to harmonize sales taxes will be part of a new $1.6-million government ad campaign that's poised to hit newsstands on Thursday. The print ads, which highlight an income tax cut that took effect Jan. 1, will invite readers to "take a closer look at ...
N.S. premier says he will bring legislation to boost spending controls
February 08, 2010 - 3:10 pm
HALIFAX, N.S. - Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter says he will introduce legislation intended to strengthen spending controls following a probe that concluded members from all three main parties inappropriately and excessively used public money. In his first public remarks since the ...
It's still a seller's market in housing but it's not a bubble, economists say
February 08, 2010 - 3:07 pm
MONTREAL - It's still a seller's market for homeowners, but economists say it's not a real estate "bubble." Canada's housing market is on the rebound after a decline in 2009 with resales expected to set a new annual record this year and home building is off to a strong start, according to ...
Suspect, 45, charged in three separate sexual assaults in Thompson, Man.
February 08, 2010 - 3:07 pm
THOMPSON, Man. - RCMP in Manitoba have charged a man with sexually assaulting three women in a northern community. Police say the first alleged assault occurred last October against a woman who was in a home in Thompson, Man. Two other women came forward last month and alleged they ...
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