Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines

---

• Terror case pushes tiny mosque into media spotlight
• 6 stranded hikers rescued en route to Grouse Mountain
• Construction grief returns for Regina coffee shop
• Rehtaeh Parsons's family has 'heartfelt' talk with Harper
• Quebec soldier faces more than 30 gun-smuggling charges
• Image of normalcy surrounds Canada’s terror plot suspects
• Video: Montreal terror suspect tries to speak out in court
• One suspect in violent Toronto bank robbery arrested
• Health care becomes election battleground for NDP, Liberals in Week 2
• Free-speech battle is for MPs to decide, Speaker rules
• Should Canada close its borders in the face of terrorism?
• Rogers plans to launch a customer loyalty program this year, says CEO
• What’s behind the killing and beheading of West Coast sea lions?
• Ailing Winnipeg woman in Switzerland seeking assisted suicide
• Liberals think Tory policies are root cause of terrorism, say Tories
• TransCanada says it's somewhat surprised over EPA reaction to Keystone pipeline
• Is Preston Manning planning to ‘control’ Calgary city council?
• Ontario cop accused in cheese-smuggling operation charged with breach of bail
• Foreign workers shouldn't be used to drive down wages: Carney
• Saskatchewan endures coldest spring in over a century
• Canada train plot suspects in court; to fight charges
• Canadian February retail sales rise more than expected

Terror case pushes tiny mosque into media spotlight Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:52 PM PDT MONTREAL - There were some tense moments today outside a tiny Montreal mosque where a man charged with terrorism used to occasionally pray.

6 stranded hikers rescued en route to Grouse Mountain Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:28 PM PDT Six hikers were airlifted to safety after they missed the markers on the Hanes Valley route towards Grouse Mountain on Tuesday.

Construction grief returns for Regina coffee shop Posted: 23 Apr 2013 09:15 PM PDT A Regina coffee shop owner is bracing for another financial hit as the city resumes construction in front of his business, disrupting traffic flow for the second summer in a row.

Rehtaeh Parsons's family has 'heartfelt' talk with Harper Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:12 PM PDT Two weeks after their daughter died following months of alleged online harassment, the family of Rehtaeh Parsons sat down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urged him to ban the distribution of intimate images online under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Quebec soldier faces more than 30 gun-smuggling charges Posted: 23 Apr 2013 01:50 PM PDT CFB TRENTON, Ont. - An investigation into an international weapons smuggling operation has led police to raid an Ontario army base and lay more than 30 charges against a Quebec soldier.

Image of normalcy surrounds Canada’s terror plot suspects Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:24 AM PDT As the case against two suspected terrorists accused of plotting to inflict massive casualties in an attack on Canadian soil began working its way through the criminal justice system on Tuesday, questions linger about who the two men are and … Continue reading →

Video: Montreal terror suspect tries to speak out in court Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:30 AM PDT Chiheb Esseghaier, one of the suspects in an alleged terror plot against a Via Rail train, tried to address a Montreal court Tuesday. The Crown prosecutor says the judge made it clear the hearing wasn't the right venue for his remarks.

One suspect in violent Toronto bank robbery arrested Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:37 PM PDT One suspect has been arrested in connection to a brazen and deadly Toronto bank robbery, police said on Tuesday while appealing for more help from the public in capturing a second suspect. Staff Insp. Mike Earl of the hold-up squad … Continue reading →

Health care becomes election battleground for NDP, Liberals in Week 2 Posted: 23 Apr 2013 03:18 PM PDT Liberal Leader Christy Clark posed for cameras in an excavator breaking ground for a new hospital on Vancouver Island and New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix shook hands at a seniors activity centre in Vancouver, as health care became the latest battleground in the British Columbia election campaign.

Free-speech battle is for MPs to decide, Speaker rules Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:23 AM PDT Speaker Andrew Scheer left the door open for backbench MPs to continue pressing for greater freedom to speak their minds in the House of Commons, but rejected a Conservative MP's complaint his privileges had been infringed.

Should Canada close its borders in the face of terrorism? Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:06 AM PDT An alleged attempt to execute a terrorist plot on Canadian soil has many reevaluating the relationship that Canada has with terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda.

Rogers plans to launch a customer loyalty program this year, says CEO Posted: 23 Apr 2013 02:42 PM PDT TORONTO - Telecommunications giant Rogers plans to roll out a loyalty rewards program this year that gives bonuses for using a variety of its services, a move it hopes will keep customers from straying to a growing number of competitors.

What’s behind the killing and beheading of West Coast sea lions? Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:50 PM PDT Is illegal killing of wild animals to harvest parts for black-market sales behind the death and decapitation of four West Coast sea lions? Federal Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) officials are investigating the recent discovery of a headless Stellar sea lion … Continue reading →

Ailing Winnipeg woman in Switzerland seeking assisted suicide Posted: 23 Apr 2013 12:26 PM PDT If everything goes as planned, Susan Griffiths hopes to be dead by Thursday. The 72-year-old Winnipeg woman is in Zurich, Switzerland, on the last leg of a tragic journey for final relief from a horrifying disease that's been slowly enveloping … Continue reading →

Liberals think Tory policies are root cause of terrorism, say Tories Posted: 23 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT The Tories have taken umbrage to a tweet by a Liberal Senator about the foiled VIA Rail terrorism plot. On Tuesday, Conservative HQ sent out an email claiming that Senator Herviuex-Payette wrote a tweet saying this: "Harper wants to align … Continue reading →

TransCanada says it's somewhat surprised over EPA reaction to Keystone pipeline Posted: 23 Apr 2013 02:05 PM PDT CALGARY - TransCanada says it's somewhat surprised at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's recent critical comments of its proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Is Preston Manning planning to ‘control’ Calgary city council? Posted: 23 Apr 2013 10:10 AM PDT It's not only in the United States where money can buy elections. Global News has uncovered a video of a prominent property developer talking about donating money to the "right" candidates in order to take "control" over Calgary city council. … Continue reading →

Ontario cop accused in cheese-smuggling operation charged with breach of bail Posted: 23 Apr 2013 02:56 PM PDT ST.CATHARINES, - A southern Ontario police officer charged in a cross-border cheese-smuggling scheme last fall has been arrested again after investigators say he breached the conditions of his bail.

Foreign workers shouldn't be used to drive down wages: Carney Posted: 23 Apr 2013 06:55 AM PDT OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says the controversial temporary foreign workers program should not be used to drive wages down or to fill lower-skilled jobs.

Saskatchewan endures coldest spring in over a century Posted: 23 Apr 2013 07:48 AM PDT It's been the coldest spring so far in Saskatchewan in 113 years. According to CBC News, that's the word from Environment Canada's senior climatologist David Phillips. "You have to go back to the early 1900s to find a temperature that … Continue reading →

Canada train plot suspects in court; to fight charges Posted: 23 Apr 2013 04:15 PM PDT By Allison Martell and Randall Palmer TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) - Two men charged with an alleged al Qaeda-backed plot to derail a Canadian passenger train made their first court appearances on Tuesday, and the lawyer for one said his client would fight the charges vigorously. Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal face charges that include conspiring with each other "to murder unknown persons ... for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group. ...

Canadian February retail sales rise more than expected Posted: 23 Apr 2013 05:36 AM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian retail sales in February rose a greater-than-expected 0.8 percent from January, pushed up by higher sales at general merchandise stores and gas stations, Statistics Canada data indicated on Tuesday. The increase was greater than the 0.3 percent advance predicted by market operators. Statscan trimmed January's growth to 0.9 percent, from an initial 1.0 percent. Higher sales were reported in seven of 11 subsectors, representing 82 percent of total retail trade. In volume terms, sales were flat. ...

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610