Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines

---

• Uncertain reception awaits Canadian held in Mauritian jail
• Report says BlackBerry to lay off 250 product testing facility staff
• Vancouverites mull $6M bike share approval
• Group wants Harper to reveal his ‘enemies list’
• Winnipeg mom sought after her two kids died
• Elliot Lake mall roof repair would have been a 'catastrophe'
• Harper ranks 38th of world leaders’ Twitter followers
• Video: Alberta floods reveal bones, bombs and other debris
• Former Olympic CEO John Furlong sued for sexual molestation
• Video: Surfers take on tsunami-like wave in New Brunswick
• Premiers want public inquiry into missing aboriginal women
• Tornado winds hit 175 km/h, Environment Canada determines
• Drunk Ontario man apologizes for swimming to Detroit
• Armless Saskatchewan driver has seatbelt ticket dropped
• Classic Canadian WWII photo to be immortalized in sculpture
• Cyclists killed on cross-Canada tour in Ontario crash
• Manitoba girl's death due to 'colonialism': First Nations leaders
• Library in P.E.I. the smallest in the world?

Uncertain reception awaits Canadian held in Mauritian jail Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:13 PM PDT A Canadian being held in Mauritian jail on charges related to plotting terrorism has been released and could be heading back to Canada, but what comes next for London, Ont., native Aaron Yoon is still unclear. He was imprisoned for … Continue reading →

Report says BlackBerry to lay off 250 product testing facility staff Posted: 24 Jul 2013 10:32 PM PDT TORONTO - BlackBerry (TSX:BB) in Waterloo, Ont., has laid off 250 workers in its new product testing facility, CTV News reported Wednesday night.

Vancouverites mull $6M bike share approval Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:32 PM PDT As Vancouver prepares to invest $6 million in a privately owned public bike share system, some residents are concerned over the use of disposable helmets and the cost to taxpayers.

Group wants Harper to reveal his ‘enemies list’ Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:40 PM PDT A group claiming to represent over 200 "civil society organizations" is asking the Harper government to reveal it's 'enemies list.' Voices - Voix says that they're concerned about reports that government staffers were directed — by the PMO — to … Continue reading →

Winnipeg mom sought after her two kids died Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:17 PM PDT WINNIPEG - Homicide officers were investigating the deaths of two young children Wednesday and were searching a residential neighbourhood for their mother.

Elliot Lake mall roof repair would have been a 'catastrophe' Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:58 PM PDT An expensive plan to fix the perennially leaking Algo Centre Mall went nowhere because the rooftop garage could not have sustained the weight of the proposed repair, the mall's owner testified Wednesday.

Harper ranks 38th of world leaders’ Twitter followers Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:54 PM PDT He's no Barack Obama, but when it comes to Twitter, Stephen Harper does okay. According to a new Twitter analysis conducted by Twiplomacy, Canada's prime minister is the 38th most followed leader in the world with 357,368 followers (as of … Continue reading →

Video: Alberta floods reveal bones, bombs and other debris Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:11 AM PDT Terrain-shifting Alberta floods reveal debris, bones and even bombs

Former Olympic CEO John Furlong sued for sexual molestation Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:52 PM PDT VANCOUVER - Two women who allege the former head of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics sexually molested them at least a dozen times when he was a teacher decades ago in Burns Lake, B.C., launched separate lawsuits Wednesday in B.C. Supreme Court, documents show.

Video: Surfers take on tsunami-like wave in New Brunswick Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:00 PM PDT A California surfer says riding a New Brunswick tidal bore for 29 kilometres was life-changing. The bore results from high tides in the Bay of Fundy, which create a tsunami-like wave in the Petitcodiac River.

Premiers want public inquiry into missing aboriginal women Posted: 24 Jul 2013 05:22 PM PDT NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. - Provincial and territorial leaders threw their support Wednesday behind a national public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, ratcheting up the pressure on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to follow suit.

Tornado winds hit 175 km/h, Environment Canada determines Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:34 AM PDT A tornado that hit the Grand Lake area last weekend produced winds of up to 175 km/h, Environment Canada has determined.

Drunk Ontario man apologizes for swimming to Detroit Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:54 AM PDT Eight beers and a few prods from his troublemaking pals lead a Windsor man to swim drunkenly across the Detroit River on Monday night, prompting an international search and making his mom very angry. John Morillo told the Windsor Star … Continue reading →

Armless Saskatchewan driver has seatbelt ticket dropped Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:43 AM PDT An armless Saskatchewan driver who was issued a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt has won a court challenge against that ticket after the province granted him an exemption to the safety rule. But that doesn't seem to be enough … Continue reading →

Classic Canadian WWII photo to be immortalized in sculpture Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:07 AM PDT It is one of the most famous Canadian photos of the Second World War and now it will be immortalized in bronze. "Wait for Me, Daddy" doesn't show a bloody battle scene or the devastation wrought by conflict. In some … Continue reading →

Cyclists killed on cross-Canada tour in Ontario crash Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:43 PM PDT NIPIGON, Ont. - A married couple on a cross-country cycling tour is dead after they were hit by a pickup truck on a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in northwestern Ontario.

Manitoba girl's death due to 'colonialism': First Nations leaders Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:25 PM PDT WINNIPEG - Manitoba aboriginal leaders say the death of a five-year-old girl at the hands of her guardians was the result of centuries of colonialism in Canada.

Library in P.E.I. the smallest in the world? Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:29 AM PDT John A. MacDonald operates what he calls "Canada's smallest library" in Cardigan, Prince Edward Island. And now he's trying to have it recognized as the smallest in the world by Guinness World Records.

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