| Sunrise Propane company brass blamed for Toronto explosion Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT  On an early August morning in 2008, a massive fireball engulfed a community in northern Toronto, setting the sky ablaze for the entire city to see, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and killing one man – an employee … Continue reading →
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| Calgary mayor says Canadian Pacific apologizes for broken bridge, derailed cars Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:17 PM PDT  CALGARY - Crews have been successful in removing all of the oil products off six tanker cars that teetered on a broken rail bridge over the swollen Bow River.
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| Potential Liberal leader Cathy Bennett has backed Tories Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:15 PM PDT  St. John's businesswoman Cathy Bennett may be pondering a run for the provincial Liberal leadership, but she has supported Tory causes in recent years.
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| CRTC approves Bell's $3.4B takeover of Astral Media Posted: 27 Jun 2013 05:27 PM PDT  GATINEAU, Que. - Canada's communications regulator cleared the way for the country's newest telecom colossus Thursday, approving Bell's retooled $3.4-billion bid for Astral Media and its coveted TV specialty channels and radio stations.
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| Harper’s wife in Calgary: working hard or hardly working? Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:14 PM PDT  There are, as they say, two sides to every story. That's certainly the case with the story about Laureen Harper in Calgary on Wednesday. We have one account of the prime minster's wife doing yeomen's work and another complaining that … Continue reading →
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| Opinion: it’s time for Peter MacKay to retire from politics Posted: 27 Jun 2013 09:10 AM PDT  It's time for Peter MacKay to call it quits. On Wednesday, Postmedia News became the latest media outlet to speculate that maybe, potentially, perhaps the Defence Minister would be retiring from politics in the near future. After all, they said, … Continue reading →
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| Video: Lottery winner leaves $10,000 tip for burger in Sask. Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT  Bob Erb and his wife were traveling through Saskatchewan, Canada when they stopped into the Old West Express diner in Chamberlain.
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| TD seeks to replace CIBC as Aeroplan card partner Posted: 27 Jun 2013 02:11 PM PDT  By Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank has agreed to replace Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce as issuer of the popular Aeroplan credit card, a move that could pressure CIBC's bottom line at a time when Canadian banks are struggling to drive profit growth. Shares of Aimia Inc , which runs the Aeroplan loyalty program, rose more than 10 percent after it announced the proposed 10-year agreement with TD on Thursday. Shares of the two banks rose modestly. ...
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| B.C. man convicted of human trafficking for treatment of Filipino nanny Posted: 27 Jun 2013 08:17 AM PDT  He is said to have treated his Filipino nanny like a slave, and now he faces life in prison for human trafficking. Vancouver's Franco Yiu Kwan Orr was found guilty of human trafficking on Wednesday, in a case that pitted … Continue reading →
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| Canadian astronaut Hadfield gets rare national honour Posted: 27 Jun 2013 01:10 PM PDT  LONGUEUIL, - Just days before his retirement, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has received a one-of-a-kind national honour for his accomplishments during his memorable final space mission.
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| Bee colony swarms construction site at Toronto’s Union Station Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:38 PM PDT  Thousands of itinerant honey bees decided to move into a construction site in downtown Toronto on Wednesday, briefly making themselves at home on a backhoe. The Toronto Star reported a colony swarmed the area, most likely in search of a … Continue reading →
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| Feds one step closer to cutting gun registry Posted: 27 Jun 2013 12:44 PM PDT  MONTREAL - The Harper government has won the latest round in its battle to delete, once and for all, the last remaining portion of the federal long-gun registry.
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| Space junk armour tested by UNB scientists Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:39 AM PDT  New Brunswick scientists are firing massive guns to test armour that could eventually protect airplanes, military equipment and even spacecrafts.
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| Rapper highlights patriotic ‘Black Trudeau’ track for Canada Day Posted: 27 Jun 2013 08:56 AM PDT  Canadian rapper Maestro Fresh Wes is embracing his home and native land in his new song Black Trudeau, with rhymes about the late prime minister, jokes about Rob Ford and nothing but love for the maple leaf. The rapper, whose … Continue reading →
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| Newspaper tracks down ‘Slurpy’, mysterious Rob Ford lookalike Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:03 AM PDT  The supposed existence of a video recording of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking from a crack pipe is still up in the air, but at least we know one thing. 'Slurpy' Ford is real, and he's spectacular. The National Post … Continue reading →
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| Better Business Bureau warns about storm-chasing scammers Posted: 26 Jun 2013 06:54 PM PDT  As many rush to help those in affected by flooding in southern Alberta, another group of people are doing their best to take advantage of the situation.
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| Leak shuts down Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline for second time this month Posted: 27 Jun 2013 07:40 PM PDT  HOPE, B.C. - As one Kinder Morgan crew worked on stemming an oil leak from its Trans Mountain pipeline in British Columbia on Thursday, another worked on winning over the province's reluctant public for a major expansion of the line.
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| Tanker cars derail on broken bridge in flood-hit Calgary Posted: 27 Jun 2013 04:11 PM PDT  By Nia Williams and Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, June 27 - Five rail cars carrying hazardous petroleum products derailed on a broken bridge over the swollen Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, on Thursday, perching perilously close to the water as emergency crews rushed to prevent a spill. The cars contain petroleum distillate, a flammable light oil product that is used in paint and polishes or can be mixed with the sludgy crude from the Canadian oil sands so the crude can flow in pipelines. ...
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| Canada adds icy weather to icewine rules Posted: 26 Jun 2013 02:50 PM PDT  By Peter N Henderson TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is tightening the rules for producing its popular icewine, a sweet dessert wine that is only made in cold climates, to crack down on fraudsters who sell mislabeled bottles that don't make the grade. In regulations published this week, the Canadian government said any bottle labeled and sold as icewine must be made only from grapes that have frozen on the vine. Some producers of counterfeit ice wine add artificial sweetener to mimic the wine's sugary taste, while others freeze grapes after they have been picked. ...
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