| Industry Minister James Moore apologizes for child poverty comment Posted: 16 Dec 2013 07:57 AM PST  Industry Minister James Moore is under fire, after Vancouver's News1130 published an online column with the following headline: "Federal minister says child poverty not Ottawa's problem: James Moore says child poverty falls under provincial jurisdiction." What's worse — for Moore … Continue reading →
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| Milan Lucic 'disgusted and outraged' with Vancouver fans Posted: 16 Dec 2013 09:33 PM PST Boston Bruins forward and Vancouver native Milan Lucic said he is disgusted and outraged with Vancouver after allegedly being attacked by another man at a Vancouver nightclub after the Canucks thumped the Bruins 6-2 Saturday night.  |
| Kinder Morgan files National Energy Board application for pipeline expansion Posted: 16 Dec 2013 09:17 PM PST  VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan Canada filed its long-anticipated application to the National Energy Board on Monday to nearly triple the flow of oil through its Trans Mountain pipeline from Edmonton to the British Columbia coast. The $5.4-billion project could result in a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic in the waters that surround Vancouver. The proposal is expected to face the same opposition that threatens to stopper the competing Northern Gateway pipeline through northern B.C., but Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson said the company spent months talking to the public and First Nations to address concerns. A federal joint review panel is expected to issue its report this week on the Northern Gateway proposal, which has been plagued by controversy and opposition from environmental groups and First Nations.
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| Canada Pension Plan reform stalls without Ottawa's support Posted: 16 Dec 2013 01:31 PM PST  Ontario is ready to go ahead with pension reform on its own after Ottawa blocked a consensus on Canada Pension Plan reform.
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| Federal Liberals aim to best Tories in fourth quarter fundraising Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST  OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are hoping to pull off a feat that former astronaut Marc Garneau likens to blasting into space: raise more money in the final quarter of 2013 than the cash-hoovering Conservatives. Since those political fundraising reforms were implemented, the Conservative party has been the unrivalled king of the fundraising hill, routinely raking in two to four times more money each year than the Grits. But the Liberals have been closing the gap since Justin Trudeau took the helm in April. And, while they'll still fall well short of the Tories' total haul for 2013, they're aiming to at least bring in more donations than the ruling party over the last three months of the year.
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| FDA: Antibacterial Soaps May Pose Health Risks Posted: 16 Dec 2013 04:03 PM PST  The FDA says chemicals in many antibacterial soaps thought to fight germs may pose health risks. The agency proposed new rules for the makers of such cleansers to prove they work better than plain soap and water. (Dec. 16)
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| Toronto police face questions over weekend subway shooting, lawsuit filed by black teens Posted: 16 Dec 2013 03:36 PM PST  The cops in Canada's largest city are getting no respect these days. The Toronto Police Service is under a microscope, again, after officers opened fire Friday on an apparently disturbed man aboard a subway train. Now comes word it's facing … Continue reading →
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| What does Daniel Paillé’s resignation mean for the future of the Bloc Québécois? Posted: 16 Dec 2013 12:29 PM PST  Daniel Paillé has announced his resignation as leader of the Bloc Québécois. During a Monday afternoon press conference, the man who succeeded Gilles Duceppe as leader, said he's leaving politics because of an epileptic health issue. "I'd rather pass the … Continue reading →
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| Lac-Mégantic to see return of trains Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:06 PM PST  Six months after an unmanned train carrying crude oil went off the rails and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, trains will be rolling through the Quebec town starting on Wednesday.
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| Flaherty-Kenney spat just the latest in series of Tory caucus squabbles Posted: 16 Dec 2013 10:43 AM PST  The biggest political news story of the weekend was about the recent spat between Jim Flaherty and Jason Kenney. According to CBC News, the finance minister publicly took umbrage to the labour minister's assertion, last month, that Toronto Mayor Ford … Continue reading →
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| Canada's competition watchdog challenges Google's search dominance Posted: 16 Dec 2013 10:12 AM PST  By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Competition Bureau has filed a legal motion against Google Inc alleging that the company is abusing its dominant position in online search, joining U.S. and European anti-trust authorities in challenging the practices of the web giant. The bureau commissioner, in a federal court filing dated December 11., is seeking an order requiring Google hand over information about its business practices, including contracts. A spokeswoman for the Competition Bureau said the decision to seek the order was based on the fact that Google has, or is likely to have, information relevant to the bureau's probe of the company's practices. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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| Could pot-friendly Uruguay supply Canada with medicinal marijuana? Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:29 PM PST  Could Canada's medicinal marijuana patients soon be getting their supply from the fields of Uruguay? The South American country is poised to legalize every aspect of the pot industry and some say the country's new position as a pot proponent could open up avenues of export. … Continue reading →
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| Babies can serve time with their incarcerated moms, rules B.C. judge Posted: 16 Dec 2013 04:50 PM PST  The lawsuit was launched in 2008 by two former inmates of the Alouette Correctional Centre for Women in Maple Ridge, B.C., after a prison official cancelled the program because infants were not within the mandate of the correctional service. Justice Carol Ross ruled Monday the decision violated the mothers' equality rights and security of person and liberty, contrary to the principles of fundamental justice under the charter of rights.
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| Crackdown on massage parlours spurs debate as Supreme Court ruling looms Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:30 AM PST  MONTREAL - Their bright neon signs have become more common on Montreal's streets, and the services offered can go far beyond simple relief from aches and pains. But these days Montreal's illicit massage parlours, viewed as a haven for prostitution and even human trafficking, are coming under increased scrutiny. Newly elected mayor Denis Coderre has made a crackdown on the parlours one of his first orders of business at city hall. Prostitution isn't illegal in Canada, but many of the activities associated with prostitution are classified as criminal offences — including operating a brothel, living off the avails and soliciting.
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| Racial bias alleged in wrongful arrest suit against Toronto officers Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:37 AM PST  Five Toronto Police officers are accused of false arrest, assault and racial bias after they used a controversial practice known as carding to stop a group of black teenagers and a confrontation ensued.
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| Autopsy results suggest Quebec mobster died in jail of cyanide poisoning Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:40 PM PST  MONTREAL - Quebec's coroner's office says an inmate who died under suspicious circumstances in a federal penitentiary likely was poisoned with cyanide. A toxicology report released Monday showed levels of cyanide in Giuseppe De Vito's blood and in his stomach. De Vito died at the Donnacona Institution, a maximum-security federal facility near Quebec City.
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| Marois wants feds to reach cheese deal before legislature adopts Canada-EU free trade Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST  BRUSSELS - Premier Pauline Marois says the Quebec legislature will not endorse the Canada-Europe free-trade agreement until Ottawa explains how it will compensate the province's cheese producers. Marois says she will present the accord in the national assembly only when that detail has been finalized. The premier issued the warning in Brussels while on a tour of Europe. "I promised (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper that the accord would be presented to the national assembly once Ottawa had reached a deal with our cheese producers on compensation," she said Monday.
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| Health Canada approves hepatitis C drug with faster cure time, taken as daily pill Posted: 16 Dec 2013 02:47 PM PST  TORONTO - Health Canada has approved a once-daily tablet for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C that could transform treatment of the disease for thousands of Canadians. The drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) is to be taken in combination with older medications to treat the main forms of hepatitis C, which is caused by a blood-borne virus. Baby boomers are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C: they are five times more likely than people of other age groups to have contracted the virus, often from sharing needles for IV drug use or having sex with an infected person during their youth. The Canadian Liver Foundation recommends that all Canadians born between 1945 and 1965 be tested for the virus.
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| Industry, governments discuss conditions for oilsands water release Posted: 16 Dec 2013 05:20 AM PST  EDMONTON - Oilsands producers are talking with the federal and Alberta governments about conditions under which water from the industry's tailings ponds could be released into the environment. "If they'd be willing to take the water and dump it in the Bow River near Calgary, then perhaps," said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace. Alberta's energy regulator has already had to relax on enforcing regulations about cleaning up the ponds after companies pleaded they would simply be unable to meet their targets. "(Alberta Environment) is consulting on a tailings management framework with industry and First Nations," department spokeswoman Nikki Booth said in an email.
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| Judge grants injunction against Lubicon blockade of drilling site Posted: 16 Dec 2013 08:42 PM PST - A Calgary judge has granted an injunction against an anti-fracking blockade of an energy company's drilling site in northern Alberta. A news release from the Lubicon Lake Nation says the judge sided with PennWest Exploration (TSX:PWT). The release says PennWest wanted a week-long injunction but the judge went beyond that request and granted a six-month injunction. Lubicon Lake Nation spokeswoman Cynthia Tomlinson says it is not the end of the fight "on the land or in the courts."  |
| Canada home sales edge lower in November Posted: 16 Dec 2013 07:07 AM PST  By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - Sales of existing homes in Canada dipped in November from October as a surge in autumn sales spurred by rising mortgage rates abated, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Monday. The industry group for Canadian real estate agents said sales activity was down 0.1 percent last month from October. While actual sales for November, not seasonally adjusted, rose 5.9 percent from a year earlier, CREA said activity was sharply lower than just two months earlier, when the prospect of rising mortgage rates spurred home buying. "National sales activity in November stood 3.4 percent below the peak reached in September, providing further evidence that activity in the later summer and early fall was likely boosted by home buyers with pre-approved mortgages at lower than current interest rates jumping into the market before their pre-approvals expired," CREA said.
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| Canada provinces fail to reach deal with Ottawa to lift pensions Posted: 16 Dec 2013 01:14 PM PST By Louise Egan MEECH LAKE, Quebec (Reuters) - Canada's federal government and the governments of its 10 provinces failed to agree on Monday on a deal to enhance the country's public pension plan. Some provinces, worried by studies showing Canadians are not saving enough for retirement, want to boost Canada Pension Plan (CPP) payouts by obliging workers and employers to make higher contributions. But the federal Conservative government says asking people to pay more at a time when the world economy is still fragile makes no sense. "Now is the time for fiscal discipline ... now is not a time for CPP payroll tax increases," Junior Finance Minister Kevin Sorenson told reporters after what he called a very frank discussion.  |
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