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Sunday, May 26, 2013

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford calls media 'maggots' and councillors 'unemployable'

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford arrives at a radio station in Toronto on Sunday May 26, 2013, for his weekly radio program with his brother Doug. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent ElkaimYou give a guy a pulpit and he'll use it. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took to the airwaves on Sunday and issued an all-out assault on members of the media and city council as he faces calls to resign … Continue reading →


Windsor Fire can't meet Fire Marshal's recommendations

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:25 PM PDT

Windsor Fire and Rescue says it cannot meet the recommended annual inspections of industrial buildings, set by the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal.

Drive-by shooting victim recovering in Saskatoon hospital

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:23 PM PDT

A 24-year-old man is recovering in a Saskatoon hospital after he suffered mutiple gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting in North Battleford Saturday.

CSIS knew of navy spy's activity but held file back from RCMP, CP has learned

Posted: 26 May 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Jeffrey Paul Delisle leaves court in Halifax on Oct. 10, 2012. Canada's spy agency clandestinely watched a navy officer pass top secret information to Russia for months without briefing the RCMP ??? a previously unknown operation that raises questions about whether Delisle could have been arrested sooner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew VaughanOTTAWA - Canada's spy agency clandestinely watched a navy officer pass top secret information to Russia for months without briefing the RCMP — a previously unknown operation that raises questions about whether Jeffrey Delisle could have been arrested sooner.


How to abolish the Senate of Canada

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:06 AM PDT

Liberals demand to see Senate scandal paper trailThe current crisis of legitimacy in the Senate, which has seen three of its own resign from their caucuses and either pay back or dispute improperly claimed expenses, has people talking about scrapping the whole thing.


Man calls Magnotta's old apartment home one year after killing: superintendent

Posted: 26 May 2013 08:06 PM PDT

Janitor Eric Schorer looks over Luka Magnotta's apartment in Montreal on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Tenants in a Montreal apartment block have made their home at the scene of one of Canada's most-notorious slayings - the former abode of accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan RemiorzMONTREAL - Tenants in a Montreal apartment block have made their home at the alleged scene of one of Canada's most-notorious slayings — the former abode of accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta.


Some wary as Nova Scotia hearings into undersea hydro link set to begin

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Restaurateur Boris Mirtchev poses for a portrait in downtown Halifax on Saturday, May 25, 2013. Mirtchev will watch warily as regulatory hearings begin Tuesday on a proposed undersea hydro cable to Nova Scotia that's being touted as a green and reliable solution to the province's energy woes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Devaan IngrahamHALIFAX - Boris Mirtchev will watch warily as regulatory hearings begin Tuesday on a proposed undersea hydro cable to Nova Scotia that's being touted as a green and reliable solution to the province's energy woes.


Canadians ask Bank of Canada about maple syrup smell on new bank notes

Posted: 26 May 2013 09:00 AM PDT

A representative with the Bank of Canada displays the new polymer $5 and $10 bank notes alongside the $20, $50, and $100 during a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The penny may be history, but some Canadians suspect the Bank of Canada has been circulating a new scent along with its plastic bank notes. Dozens of people who contacted the bank in the months after the polymer notes first appeared asked about a secret scratch-and-sniff patch that apparently smells like maple syrup.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickOTTAWA - The penny may be history, but some Canadians suspect the Bank of Canada has been circulating a new scent along with its plastic bank notes.


Serial killer Russell Williams has sold his infamous cottage

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:43 AM PDT

Col. Russell Williams is seen in this image taken during his interrogation on Feb. 7, 2010.The old cottage on Stoco Lake, deserted for more than three years now, is a lot like the man who once lived there.


What the Mike Duffy scandal says about Stephen Harper

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Sen. Mike Duffy (left) and Sen. Donald Plett move past members of the media as they arrive on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday. May 23, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldLet us see how active and important Stephen Harper's governing agenda is these days.


Five politicians who survived their own foolishness

Posted: 26 May 2013 10:58 AM PDT

Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto speaks to reporters at the Osaka city hall in Osaka, western JapanToronto Mayor Rob Ford wouldn't be the first politician to laugh his way to a longer career in politics. Here are five politicians who beat the odds.


BoC governor Mark Carney will hold his last interest rate meeting this week

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:00 AM PDT

Mark Carney delivers his last speech as governor of the Bank of Canada before the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Montreal. Carney will become governor of the Bank of England next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul ChiassonTORONTO - The Bank of Canada's latest rate announcement, along with a number of other key economic indicators, will be front and centre this week for the Toronto and U.S. markets.


Cyclist dead after collision with bus along Vancouver's Stanley Park Causeway

Posted: 26 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT

VANCOUVER - Police say a cyclist is dead after she fell into traffic and was hit by a public transit bus on Vancouver's Stanley Park Causeway.

RCMP investigation of Senate expenses must be 'unfettered' says former top Mountie

Posted: 26 May 2013 11:55 AM PDT

Liberals demand to see Senate scandal paper trailOTTAWA - A former RCMP superintendent says he's never seen the degree of political control over the Mounties that exists now, and says it "does not bode well" for an objective police investigation of the Senate expense scandal.


Newly-discovered historical document causing a stir in Spain, Canada

Posted: 26 May 2013 07:29 AM PDT

A newly-discovered will written by a Basque fisherman in Placentia in the 16th century has caused quite a stir in both Spain and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Vega Sport chocolate coconut protein bars recalled due to undeclared milk

Posted: 26 May 2013 01:25 AM PDT

OTTAWA - Some Vega Sport Protein Bars are being pulled from stores because they contain milk that is not declared on the label.

Hungry bear heads up tree for a rest after gobbling up two chickens

Posted: 25 May 2013 06:47 PM PDT

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A B.C. conservation officer is hoping a hungry bear that gobbled up two chickens in a North Vancouver neighbourhood will soon climb out of a tree and head back to its habitat.

Banff officials hunt for cougar that man fought off with skateboard

Posted: 26 May 2013 06:28 PM PDT

BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada officials are advising people in Banff to be on alert after a man told them he fought off an attacking cougar with his skateboard.

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