| B.C. Premier Christy Clark on 'strangely satisfying' 2013 Posted: 31 Dec 2013 07:23 AM PST  B.C. Premier Christy Clark speaks to the CBC's Stephen Smart about her upset election win, liquefied natural gas deals and what else she has in store for 2014.
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| Federal officials try to verify that an MP is under house arrest in Sri Lanka Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:41 PM PST  OTTAWA - The Canadian government says there is no arrest warrant out for a New Democrat MP in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan media and a Tamil website were reporting that Rathika Sitsabaiesan (RAH-tih-kah sit-sah-by-EE-sahn) was under some sort of house arrest in the Asian country. The Columbo Gazette attributed the news to local media reports from the community of Jaffna that Sitsabaiesan had been confined to her hotel. A Tamil website, TamilNet, posted an account saying that some Sri Lankan officials were stationed at Sitsabaiesan's hotel Tuesday night and were not allowing anyone to visit her.
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| Calgary police responding to Acadia shooting Posted: 31 Dec 2013 08:30 PM PST Calgary Police officers are on the scene of a New Year's Eve shooting in the city's southeast.  |
| Extreme wind chills prompt warnings through southern Manitoba Posted: 31 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST  Residents of southern Manitoba are certainly no stranger to cold, windy weather, but hearing the weather reports this morning likely had many of them putting 'just stay inside' on their New Years resolution list. Temperatures plunged to near -40 degrees … Continue reading →
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| B.C. hockey mom dies of injuries suffered in vicious attack outside Surrey rink Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:13 PM PST  SURREY, B.C. - A British Columbia hockey mom who was viciously attacked as she waited for her son at a Surrey hockey rink died Tuesday. Sgt. Adam MacIntosh of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Julie Paskall succumbed to the injuries she suffered on Sunday night outside the Newton Arena. Relative Randy Paskall posted a heartbreaking message on Facebook.
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| Toronto ice storm: Gift card program hits snag Posted: 31 Dec 2013 08:40 AM PST  Many Greater Toronto residents are clamouring to get their hands on gift cards aimed at compensating residents who lost food during the lengthy power outage — but the program got off to a bumpy start this morning.
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| Search called off for Canadian who jumped off Royal Caribbean cruise ship Posted: 31 Dec 2013 07:06 AM PST  The search for a Canadian man who jumped from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship has been called off, days after passengers watched Tien Phuoc Nguyen leap from the side of the ship and fall into rough waters off the coast … Continue reading →
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| Ottawa cracks down on temporary foreign workers; 'bad policy,' says critic Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:14 AM PST  The rules empower government officials to conduct workplace inspections without warrants and to blacklist employers who aren't complying. The regulations also allow government officials to interview foreign workers about their working conditions and to demand documentation from employers proving they've complied with the federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
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| Hydro crews hoping to complete massive ice storm repair job today Posted: 31 Dec 2013 12:07 PM PST  TORONTO - It's been a long, cold, and often dangerous job, but hydro crews are finally near to completing their enormous task in Eastern Canada. About 2,300 customers remain without power today — about 1,300 of them in Ontario, including nearly 800 in Toronto — another 250 in Quebec, and roughly 800 more in New Brunswick. NB Power spokesman Brent Staeben said all but 200 of the utility's customers should have power to ring in New Year's Day. Meanwhile, gift cards donated by grocery stores to help compensate those who had to throw out food during the power outages were being handed out starting Tuesday at Ontario Works offices in Toronto.
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| Accomplice to drunk driving? Police caution against tweeting RIDE checkstops Posted: 31 Dec 2013 09:10 AM PST  There are few things more dangerous about social media than its ability to unite the public in outrageous acts of complicit stupidity. From Reddit witch hunts that publicly convict innocent parties as terror suspects to Twitter pile-ons that devastate the … Continue reading →
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| Blue Rodeo's Cuddy and Keelor headline latest Order of Canada recipients Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:31 PM PST  Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor will be celebrated as Officers of the Order in a ceremony later in 2014, along with 88 other new or promoted appointees, Gov. Gen. David Johnston announced Monday. Those being honoured include actors Colm Feore and Sarah Polley, author Douglas Coupland, journalists Steve Paikin and George Jonas, historian Michael Bliss and fashion TV host Jeanne Beker.
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| Attempt to sic police on Mike Duffy makes Chatham, Ont., list of silly 911 calls Posted: 30 Dec 2013 01:19 PM PST  A southwestern Ontario resident's attempt to meddle in the Senate scandal by calling 911 on Mike Duffy made the local police force's annual list of the silliest emergency calls of the year. Police say the woman initially called after seeing the animal in the road, but when she stepped out of her vehicle to look for an address to give the 911 operator, the goat hopped in. Here is the complete list from the Chatham-Kent Police Service: 2. A female driver who saw a goat on the road called police to report the animal had jumped in the vehicle when she got out to look for an address to give the 911 operator.
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| Conservatives, Liberals and NDP use running donation tallies in year-end pitches Posted: 31 Dec 2013 10:41 AM PST  OTTAWA - The federal Conservative and Liberal parties are both boasting to supporters that they are on the cusp of raking in $2 million in donations this month as a self-imposed midnight deadline looms. The very public running tallies of donations are just the latest twist in a furious fundraising battle that has seen the Liberals under Justin Trudeau start to chip away at the Conservatives' long-running fundraising supremacy. Donors wishing to cash in on fat tax rebates for political donations on their 2013 tax return must make a contribution before the New Year, a fact all the political parties emphasize in their pitches for donations. But the year-end effort to stampede partisans into contributions belies the fact a federal election is not expected until the fall of 2015 — and that those 75 per cent tax rebates on political donations aren't going away.
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| Video: Bitter cold New Year expected Posted: 31 Dec 2013 04:18 AM PST  'Eastern Prairies remain locked in a deep freeze,' with windchill warnings, says CBC meteorologist
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| Two people hurt in backcountry avalanche near Golden, B.C. Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:07 PM PST GOLDEN, B.C. - A group of backcountry skiers has been rescued after being caught up in an avalanche near Golden, B.C., not far from the Alberta boundary. RCMP received a call from the International Emergency Response Reporting Centre on Sunday indicating that a personal emergency locator beacon had been activated.  |
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