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• Ottawa, provincial finance ministers set for showdown on CPP enrichment
• Calgary pilot killed after plane crashes near Lloydminster
• Human remains found on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, B.C.
• Let’s get very serious about the ‘Santa Claus is Canadian’ debate
• Cancellations pile up ahead of big winter storm
• Black rips into Toronto Star for 'attempted coup' against Mayor Rob Ford
• Fracking opposition not surprised by licence refusal
• Nicolo Rizzuto tax rebate cheque a mistake, not fraud: Revenue Canada
• More trouble for Sears: 640 jobs lost as company ally goes into receivership
• Four police officers fired guns in subway shooting that injured young man: SIU
• Snowstorm causes traffic chaos in southern Ontario
• Canada Post changes might hurt businesses but also create opportunities
• Low-income social housing residents anxious as Ottawa ends subsidies
• Multi-vehicle crash snarls highway traffic in Ontario
• Hells Angel arrested after 10 months on the lam
• Winter storm causes travel difficulties in central and eastern Canada
• Pilot dies after small plane hits house near airport in Lloydminster, Alberta

Ottawa, provincial finance ministers set for showdown on CPP enrichment Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST OTTAWA - Finance ministers from across Canada are heading toward a showdown in the next two days on an issue they've kicked around for years — whether to boost the Canada Pension Plan to ensure seniors have adequate income for the rest of their lives. Ontario — along with Prince Edward Island, the main backer of CPP enhancement — is threatening to go it alone if federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty does not come aboard. Many believe the Ontario minister, Charles Sousa, is bluffing but he stuck to his guns in an interview with The Canadian Press. "We have the critical mass in Ontario, there's folks interested in providing those made-in-Ontario opportunities as an offset to CPP if it doesn't come forward, so I'll look at them seriously," he said.

Calgary pilot killed after plane crashes near Lloydminster Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:32 PM PST The pilot of a small plane was killed when the aircraft crashed into a home near Lloydminster Saturday afternoon.

Human remains found on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, B.C. Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:27 PM PST Coquitlam RCMP's major crimes section and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating after human remains were discovered on Burke Mountain Friday night.

Let’s get very serious about the ‘Santa Claus is Canadian’ debate Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:14 AM PST Ho Ho Holy Christmas, Canada. We've found ourselves embroiled in a debate over whether Santa Claus is a Canuck. And a faint and forgotten Canada Post outpost may help prove it. Continue reading →

Cancellations pile up ahead of big winter storm Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:41 AM PST A winter storm heading towards the Maritimes is already causing delays at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

Black rips into Toronto Star for 'attempted coup' against Mayor Rob Ford Posted: 14 Dec 2013 03:16 PM PST TORONTO - A libel notice against Rob Ford has prompted Conrad Black to come to the Toronto mayor's defence, accusing Canada's largest newspaper of being a "menace to democracy." The former media mogul did an interview with Ford on Vision TV last Monday, which led to Star reporter Daniel Dale serving a legal notice to the mayor. Dale and the Star contend that Ford's comments during the interview about an incident last year amounted to accusing him of being a pedophile. Ford has since said he stands by his comments about a confrontation he had with Dale outside his home.

Fracking opposition not surprised by licence refusal Posted: 14 Dec 2013 07:33 AM PST People on Newfoundland's west coast who are opposed to fracking near Gros Morne National Park say they aren't surprised by Shoal Point Energy's licence loss.

Nicolo Rizzuto tax rebate cheque a mistake, not fraud: Revenue Canada Posted: 13 Dec 2013 06:04 PM PST The Canada Revenue Agency says there is no evidence that a $381,000 rebate cheque issued to imprisoned mob boss Nicolo Rizzuto in 2007 was due to fraud, collusion or corruption by its employees.

More trouble for Sears: 640 jobs lost as company ally goes into receivership Posted: 14 Dec 2013 11:11 AM PST TORONTO - A total of 640 people are out of work after a key Sears Canada ally has gone into receivership.

Four police officers fired guns in subway shooting that injured young man: SIU Posted: 14 Dec 2013 01:34 PM PST TORONTO - Ontario's police watchdog said Saturday that it's believed four officers opened fire inside a Toronto subway station, wounding a man in an incident that eyewitnesses described as sending a ripple of panic through transit riders. Shots rang out inside the Queen subway station underneath the bustling Eaton Centre mall around 8 p.m. Friday, sending the 18-year-old man to hospital. Subway rider Kevin Chan described a frightening and chaotic scene onboard the train before the young man was shot. Carm Piro with the Special Investigations Unit told reporters it's believed four of the nine officers who were on the scene fired their weapons.

Snowstorm causes traffic chaos in southern Ontario Posted: 14 Dec 2013 08:49 AM PST People in southern Ontario are being hit with a blast of snow because a storm system that should arrive in Quebec in the evening and Eastern Canada on Sunday.

Canada Post changes might hurt businesses but also create opportunities Posted: 14 Dec 2013 01:28 AM PST Opinion is divided on whether Canada Post's plan to increase postage and abandon urban home mail delivery is the right move for the company and for Canadians. We take a look at who could be hurt by the planned changes and who might benefit.

Low-income social housing residents anxious as Ottawa ends subsidies Posted: 14 Dec 2013 10:11 AM PST OTTAWA - Christine Crawford is a poet and seamstress who suffers from chronic, debilitating asthma. For more than a decade, her sunny apartment in Ottawa's Sandy Hill Co-op has been her treasured oasis. In less than two years, Crawford could face the terrifying prospect of homelessness if the federal government fails to heed calls to work with provinces and territories to maintain social housing funding. "And other days I make plans to find out where in Canada you can live on a senior's pension — I'll be 65 next year — and to find a place in Canada where they have such a thing as affordable housing, and go and live there."

Multi-vehicle crash snarls highway traffic in Ontario Posted: 14 Dec 2013 12:21 PM PST A collision involving as many as 20 vehicles closed the westbound QEW as southern Ontario was hit with its first big winter storm of the season.

Hells Angel arrested after 10 months on the lam Posted: 14 Dec 2013 09:52 AM PST Quebec provincial police say they have arrested Hells Angel Maxime Guillemette, who had escaped from custody last February.

Winter storm causes travel difficulties in central and eastern Canada Posted: 14 Dec 2013 05:33 PM PST TORONTO - A winter storm sweeping through Central Canada has caused flight delays and traffic problems in some areas. Dozens of flights through Toronto Pearson and Montreal-Trudeau airports have been delayed or cancelled. Ontario Provincial Police are cautioning motorists to take care on highways, posting on Twitter — "IF YOU SEE SNOW, GO SLOW!" The OPP says weather may have been a factor in a head-on collision that killed two people near Barrie, north of Toronto.

Pilot dies after small plane hits house near airport in Lloydminster, Alberta Posted: 14 Dec 2013 05:31 PM PST LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. - A pilot is dead after a small plane crashed into a house in eastern Alberta. Transportation Safety Board spokesman John Lee says the single-engine Cessna 210 crashed on Saturday afternoon after taking off from the airport in Lloydminster. RCMP say one person was in the house and was not injured. Sgt. Jamie Hubbert says damage to the house was minimal, but it was a shock for the person inside.

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