Montrealers get rare glimpse of waterspouts in St-Lawrence River
July 23, 2008 - 6:16 pm
MONTREAL - Two cyclone-shaped waterspouts formed off the island of Montreal Wednesday, giving residents a rare look at a weather phenomenon more common to the tropics. The first was spotted early afternoon in the St. Lawrence River, near Montreal's south shore. Environment Canada ...
Travel plans for peak Olympic times still up in the air; Vancouver official
July 23, 2008 - 6:11 pm
VANCOUVER - Rush hour drivers on a major B.C. highway will have to wait a little longer to make travel plans during the 2010 Olympics, after a city of Vancouver official suggested and later recanted a statement that the route will be closed at peak times for the Games. Jerry Dubrovolny ...
Pilot who averted disaster over Gimli, Man., 25 years ago honoured with parade
July 23, 2008 - 5:19 pm
GIMLI, Man. - Twenty-five years after he pulled off a miracle in the air, retired pilot Bob Pearson was applauded, cheered and embraced by people in this small lakefront community north of Winnipeg. The hero's welcome, which included a parade, left Pearson overcome with emotion. ...
Quebec City blasts police union for handing out fewer tickets
July 23, 2008 - 5:19 pm
QUEBEC - City officials claim pressure tactics taken up by Quebec City police officers are putting motorists at risk. Since the fall, the police brotherhood has encouraged officers to issue fewer traffic tickets as they negotiate a new contract with the city. But city officials told ...
Western U.S. states join Canadian provinces to plan greenhouse gas limits
July 23, 2008 - 5:10 pm
SALEM, Ore. - Seven western states have joined four Canadian provinces to plan limits on greenhouse gas emissions. It would cover up to 90 per cent of the global warming emissions across Oregon, Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Washington and would extend to British ...
Cdn sealing industry in doubt after EU proposes to ban seal products
July 23, 2008 - 4:18 pm
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The future of Canada's commercial harp seal hunt, a centuries-old industry and way of life for several thousand East Coast fishermen, was plunged into uncertainty Wednesday after the European Union proposed a partial ban on seal products. The legislation, if approved, ...
Survey to look at how many Canadians have potentially fatal food allergies
July 23, 2008 - 4:16 pm
TORONTO - Researchers have launched a national survey to determine how many Canadians suffer from potentially fatal food allergies and how effective food labelling is in helping consumers avoid allergens that may be hazardous to their health. Details of the survey of 9,000 Canadians were ...
Public safety minister approves delayed crime-gun reporting requirements
July 23, 2008 - 4:12 pm
VANCOUVER - Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has signed off on a long-delayed requirement for police forces to report all crime guns they seize to the national firearms registry. Sections of the Public Agents Firearms Regulations that were not implemented will finally come into effect ...
Canada on the brink of 'absolute crisis' in homeless funding, advocates say
July 23, 2008 - 4:10 pm
VANCOUVER - Against the backdrop of Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside, Social Development Minister Monte Solberg announced $800,000 in federal funding for a youth shelter Wednesday. The funds will create 32 new beds at the Covenant House shelter but critics say Canada is in the midst ...
Rescued sailor says tropical storm off N.S. turned boat into a 'washing machine'
July 23, 2008 - 4:07 pm
HALIFAX - An American yachtsman whose vessel capsized in heavy seas whipped up by tropical storm Cristobal says he felt like he was "in a washing machine" as his boat overturned and then righted itself in the swirling storm, tossing him about the cabin.Cyril O'Leary, 66, of Fairhaven, Mass., was ...
Kayaker Adam van Koeverden will be Canadian flag-bearer at Beijing Olympics
July 23, 2008 - 4:06 pm
MONTREAL - He's by no means a superstitious guy, so star Canadian kayaker Adam van Koeverden doesn't believe in the so-called "flag-bearer jinx" that supposedly casts a dark cloud over the athlete chosen to lead his country into the Olympic Games. "Alex Baumann carried the flag in 1984 and ...
Witness says Saskatchewan RCMP fired three shots at man with knife
July 23, 2008 - 4:03 pm
MAYFAIR, Sask. - RCMP officers fired three shots Wednesday at a man who wouldn't drop his knife following a high-speed chase near a tiny Saskatchewan community. Witness John Vargo said he first heard sirens and saw dust flying as RCMP cruisers chased a truck down a dirt road near the local ...
Crucial police dispatch centres 'may not be functional' in disaster: RCMP report
July 23, 2008 - 3:24 pm
OTTAWA - Vital communication centres that take calls from distressed people and dispatch police officers might be crippled by an earthquake or other disaster because there are no solid backup plans to keep them running. An internal RCMP audit says the centres are also hampered by staff ...
Calgary Zoo admits mass death of stingrays remains a mystery
July 23, 2008 - 3:16 pm
CALGARY - The mystery over what triggered most of the Calgary Zoo's popular stingrays to die off in May will likely remain unsolved, and questions loom over what's next for the expensive exhibit. As the two surviving cownosed rays continue their ceaseless orbit around their spacious ...
Gasoline powers inflation rate to 3.1 per cent in June; core prices dormant
July 23, 2008 - 3:15 pm
OTTAWA - Living in Canada got a lot more expensive last month as the accelerating price of gasoline and the emergence of food inflation pushed the rate of increase in Canada's consumer price index to over three per cent for the first time in nearly three years. Statistics Canada said ...
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