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• Alberta’s sunshine list to disclose high-level public-sector salaries
• Karim Meskine's senseless death shocks friends, family
• Toronto ice storm 'truly one of the worst' to strike city
• Major ice storm slams Ontario, at least 350,000 without power
• Prime Minister wishes Merry Christmas to residents of Calgary senior home
• Video: Travel during the storm: Oh just give up
• Idle No More flash mobs in 9 cities this weekend
• Travel chaos, power outages as ice storm grips provinces
• B.C. ambulance officials placed on paid leave; investigator called in
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year
• Video: Top five Rob Ford late night comedy moments of 2013
• Canadian special forces and army look to video games for training
• Kingston, Ont., crane dismantled four days after massive fire
• Alberta man dies from avalanche in B.C. after snowboarding out of bounds
• Canadian hikers take wrong trail, rescued from NH's Mount Adams
• Video: Rob Ford: Toronto must come together in wake of ice storm
• Canadian-born billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr. dies
• List of Canada's past Newsmakers of the Year
• Toronto deputy mayor go to person for Ontario premier on storm damage

Alberta’s sunshine list to disclose high-level public-sector salaries Posted: 22 Dec 2013 02:50 PM PST In a climate where the term "government transparency" seems to be an oxymoron, people are entitled to be cynical about so-called "sunshine lists" that disclose salaries and benefits of higher-paid civil servants. Alberta this week joined British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, … Continue reading →

Karim Meskine's senseless death shocks friends, family Posted: 22 Dec 2013 08:19 PM PST The victim of a botched robbery in New Westminster died in hospital Friday after spending his final days, including his 19th birthday, in a coma.

Toronto ice storm 'truly one of the worst' to strike city Posted: 22 Dec 2013 05:41 PM PST The worst ice storm to hit Toronto in recent memory left the city scrambling to recover on Sunday, though Mayor Rob Ford warned that the ensuing power outages and major transit problems may not be the end of it.

Major ice storm slams Ontario, at least 350,000 without power Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:21 PM PST A major ice storm swept through southern Ontario overnight and continues to cause hassles today, both to travel and to the province's power grids, as the freezing rain led to numerous traffic accidents, flight delays and cancellations and has left … Continue reading →

Prime Minister wishes Merry Christmas to residents of Calgary senior home Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:17 PM PST TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent an hour at a seniors home in his Calgary Southwest riding Sunday afternoon in one of his few public appearances for the holidays.

Video: Travel during the storm: Oh just give up Posted: 22 Dec 2013 09:53 AM PST Travel during this storm in central and eastern Canada is pure misery for providers and those who want to get somewhere

Idle No More flash mobs in 9 cities this weekend Posted: 22 Dec 2013 06:29 AM PST A year ago today flash mob round dances took place across the country, and thousands of people danced and marched from Victoria Island to Parliament Hill, in Ottawa. While some have wondered whether Idle No More is still a vibrant movement, the flashmob round adnces taking place across the country this weekend are an indication that there is still a lot of momentum.

Travel chaos, power outages as ice storm grips provinces Posted: 22 Dec 2013 06:36 PM PST TORONTO - A steady dose of freezing rain across parts of Eastern Canada turned roads and sidewalks into skating rinks Sunday, cut power to hundreds of thousands of people, and played havoc with holiday plans at one of the busiest travel times of the year. Anxious passengers found themselves stranded in airports from Toronto to St. John's, N.L., days before Christmas. Among them was Bradley Russell, on a break from work in Fort McMurray, Alta., who was trying to fly home Sunday to his wife and four-year-old son in Gander, N.L. "I've got a little boy, he wants me home, so I need to get home," said Russell as he searched frantically for an alternative flight at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, where many flights were listed as delayed or cancelled through Sunday night.

B.C. ambulance officials placed on paid leave; investigator called in Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:13 PM PST VANCOUVER - The top two officials in charge of ambulance services in British Columbia have been placed on paid, administrative leave. Darwin Sauer of the Provincial Health Services Authority says his agency has also hired a third-party investigator to review what he calls management issues concerning Michael MacDougall and Les Fisher. He says MacDougall is the executive vice-president of the health-services authority and president of BC Emergency Health Services, and Fisher is the chief operating officer of the BC Ambulance Service. He says Carl Roy, the interim president and chief executive officer of the health-services authority, and Peter Thorpe, an executive director for the ambulance service, will assume the positions.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year Posted: 22 Dec 2013 07:01 AM PST Rob Ford was a one-man news cycle, as he met each wave of allegations of bad behaviour with wild counter-allegations, mixed with a few gaffes and a sprinkling of apologies. It is for these reasons and more that editors and news directors across the country selected Ford as Canada's Newsmaker of the Year. The headline-grabbing, sound bite-generating Toronto mayor received 63 per cent of the votes in the annual survey of the country's newsrooms by The Canadian Press. But most felt there was no choice but Ford.

Video: Top five Rob Ford late night comedy moments of 2013 Posted: 22 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST Toronto Mayor Rob Ford gave U.S. late night comedy hosts a countless supply of gag material in recent months. Take a look at the cream of the crop.

Canadian special forces and army look to video games for training Posted: 22 Dec 2013 10:18 AM PST OTTAWA - Video simulation, including commercial, first-person shooting games such as Call of Duty, will play an increasing role in the Canadian military in the coming years. But a tug-of-war is underway between skeptics who see video as a mere cost-cutting tool, and soldiers who regard the technology as a welcome addition to the existing training regime. "That's something that's being seriously looked at," Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson, head of special forces, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Kingston, Ont., crane dismantled four days after massive fire Posted: 22 Dec 2013 06:25 AM PST A construction crane damaged in a massive fire on Tuesday in Kingston, Ont., was dismantled on Saturday allowing fire officials to further investigate the blaze.

Alberta man dies from avalanche in B.C. after snowboarding out of bounds Posted: 22 Dec 2013 03:24 PM PST VANCOUVER - An Edmonton man who died in an avalanche in eastern British Columbia on Friday was remembered as the kind of person who could make people smile and forget about their problems. A friend and posts on a Facebook memorial page identified the man who died just outside of the community of Golden as Shane Schroeder. Police and search-and-rescue teams responded to a call from a rider who was with Schroeder at the time of the avalanche, which happened in an out-of-bounds area near the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, police said. Scott Dougherty, a friend of Schroeder from Edmonton, said Schroeder had a knack for making people feel better.

Canadian hikers take wrong trail, rescued from NH's Mount Adams Posted: 22 Dec 2013 11:06 AM PST LANCASTER, N.H. - Two hikers from Canada are safe after getting lost on New Hampshire's Mount Adams.

Video: Rob Ford: Toronto must come together in wake of ice storm Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST Thousands of Toronto residents are without power after an ice storm lashed the city. Mayor Rob Ford is urging residents to be safe and check on one another.

Canadian-born billionaire Edgar Bronfman Sr. dies Posted: 22 Dec 2013 02:51 AM PST NEW YORK, N.Y. - Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the Canadian-born billionaire and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to emigrate and helped spearhead the search ...

List of Canada's past Newsmakers of the Year Posted: 22 Dec 2013 07:03 AM PST TORONTO - A list of Canada's Newsmakers of the Year, as determined in the annual poll of newsrooms across the country by The Canadian Press:

Toronto deputy mayor go to person for Ontario premier on storm damage Posted: 22 Dec 2013 05:18 PM PST But Ontario's premier appears to be bypassing Rob Ford as she coordinates recovery efforts with municipalities affected by the storm. Kathleen Wynne held a news conference on Sunday to talk about the province's role and she reeled off a list of mayors that either she or her office has contacted. Ford was not on the list _ Wynne said she talked to deputy mayor Norm Kelly about how the province can assist.

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