| Rob Ford may have tried to buy crack video months before reports surfaced Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:25 PM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have tried to buy a video of himself smoking crack cocaine for $5,000 and a car, according to several media reports detailing the latest information revealed in police documents. That shocking revelation is only one … Continue reading →
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| Bill 45 passes in the Alberta legislature Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:20 PM PST Bill 45, the contentious legislation that increases fines for Alberta unions that strike illegally to $1 million a day, passed third and final reading Wednesday night.  |
| PTSD-suffering veteran speaks out about suicide attempt Posted: 04 Dec 2013 08:40 PM PST  As Canadian defence officials investigate the fourth apparent suicide of a soldier in the past two weeks, an Edmonton veteran is talking about his attempt to take his own life.
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| National Defence releases name of fourth apparent soldier suicide Posted: 04 Dec 2013 07:49 PM PST  OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has weighed in on the spate of apparent soldier suicides that have rocked the Canadian Forces in recent days. Harper says everyone should encourage veterans in need to reach out to the support and systems that are there to help. The prime minister's comments came hours after the Defence Department confirmed the military police at CFB Valcartier in Quebec are investigating the death Tuesday of Master Cpl. Lelievre is the fourth soldier believed to have committed suicide since last week.
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| Stephen Harper questioned over support for soldiers Posted: 04 Dec 2013 01:30 PM PST  Opposition parties are demanding the Tories do more in response to the apparent suicides of four Canadian soldiers in recent weeks. Prime Minister Stephen Harper says support services are available to the military.
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| Train operators breaking more rules; rail industry addressing concerns Posted: 04 Dec 2013 11:24 AM PST  A recent report that suggests there has been an increase in broken rules and safety concerns in Canada's rail industry underlines concerns expressed by Canada's auditor general. In short, we need to take precautions now. CBC News obtained records from … Continue reading →
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| HBO cameras force Leafs to watch their p's and q's Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST  The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting used to a new kind of scrutiny, as HBO's "24/7" show started filming the team Wednesday. Centre Nazem Kadri says the access HBO gets means players have to watch their language.
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| NDP brand surpasses Tory brand, closing in on Liberals’ Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:48 AM PST  A trend emerging on the federal scene suggests the New Democrats have their groove back... Continue reading →
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| Conservatives mull position on colleague's parliamentary reform bill Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:22 PM PST  OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet have yet to weigh in formally, but a Conservative MP's bid to reform Parliament is already creating a lively debate within the party caucus. At their weekly meeting Wednesday, Harper did not say whether he would allow a full free vote on Michael Chong's so-called "Reform Act of 2013." MPs are usually allowed to vote their conscience on private member's bills, but whether Harper would extend that liberty to cabinet ministers is unknown. In the meantime, the level of support among both opposition parties and Conservatives might well figure into the calculation by the Prime Minister's Office.
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| Powerful Maritime storm closes roads and schools, leaves thousands without power Posted: 04 Dec 2013 12:15 PM PST  Less than a week after nearly 50,000 residents of Atlantic Canada were left in the dark due to a powerful rainstorm, many are once again without power as another storm blasts through, bringing a mix of rain, snow and gusting … Continue reading →
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| Quebec’s PQ government moves to limit discounts on new books Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:08 PM PST  Quebec really is a place like no other in Canada. It's a beautiful province, with a great people and a vibrant culture. But its Parti Quebecois government sometimes does unorthodox things in the name of protecting said culture. Earlier this … Continue reading →
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| Conservatives and NDP battle in war of words over competing energy policies Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:23 PM PST  OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair says an NDP government would turn on its ear a Conservative policy that permits government to override environmental assessments of major energy projects. He would allow government to kill projects before they even got as far as an environmental assessment. "There are some things that some people would send to the NEB (National Energy Board) that we would say no to," Mulcair told reporters at downtown Ottawa hotel Wednesday. The NDP leader had just rolled out his party's energy policy in a speech to the Economic Club of Canada, where he promised to "take arbitrary powers out of the hands of cabinet."
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| Liberal senator tries to get Gerstein removed as chairman of Senate committee Posted: 04 Dec 2013 04:32 PM PST  OTTAWA - Conservative Sen. Irving Gerstein has thwarted a Liberal move to remove him as chairman of a powerful Senate committee until he explains his role in the upper chamber's expenses scandal. Liberal Sen. Celine Hervieux-Payette raised a point of order Wednesday asking that Gerstein step aside as chairman of the banking, trade and commerce committee until his name is cleared by the RCMP or he agrees to testify before another Senate committee about his role. Gerstein, who heads the Conservative party's fundraising arm, has been identified in RCMP documents as a central figure in the scheme to reimburse Sen. Mike Duffy for his invalid expense claims and to interfere in an independent audit of Duffy's expenses.
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| Redford cleared in ethics probe over government contract to ex's law firm Posted: 04 Dec 2013 05:24 PM PST EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford was cleared Wednesday in an ethics investigation over a potentially lucrative government contract awarded to her ex-husband's law firm. But opponents say the ruling makes clear that Redford, who has denied picking the law firm that employs Redford's ex-husband Robert Hawkes, did indeed make the decision. Ethics commissioner Neil Wilkinson, in his report, said while Hawkes's firm was chosen by the Justice Department in late 2010 as part of a consortium to sue Big Tobacco, then-justice minister Redford took a hands-off approach with the selection committee. He said Redford also didn't decide which firms would be short-listed.  |
| Saskatchewan judge washes hands of bid for same-sex prison couple to live together Posted: 04 Dec 2013 03:52 PM PST  Love blossoms in unlikely places and prison is no exception. However, two men who are long-time federal inmates have lost a bid to live together in the same Saskatchewan institution. A Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench judge has rejected an … Continue reading →
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| Grandma shows no emotion when she looks at photo of boy she starved to death Posted: 04 Dec 2013 05:23 PM PST  TORONTO - A woman who so severely neglected and starved her grandson that he withered away and died glanced without emotion at an autopsy photo of his skeletal frame at a coroner's inquest Wednesday. By the time Jeffrey Baldwin died in 2002 at age five he weighed the same as he did on his first birthday and wasn't able to lift his own head. After Bottineau spent hours at the inquest Wednesday disparaging the parenting skills of her daughter — Jeffrey's mother — and touting her own, lawyer Jordan Goldblatt displayed the shocking photo on the screen. What did rile her up were frequent references to "Eve Bottineau" and "Eve Kidman" in Catholic Children's Aid Society documents by the family's caseworker.
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| Year in Review 2013: Rob Ford crack admission among top 2013 apologies, Time says Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:50 PM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has made Time magazine's list of "Top 10 Apologies" of 2013, slotting into the number 2 position behind celebrity chef Paula Deen but ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama.
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| Barrick says Munk to step down, two other directors out Posted: 04 Dec 2013 02:46 PM PST  (Reuters) - Barrick Gold Corp , under fire for a series of missteps in a tough market, confirmed on Wednesday that its 86-year-old chairman and founder will leave the board this spring, along with two other directors. In a series of changes following criticisms that the gold mining company's board lacks independence and is too easily swayed by Munk, Barrick nominated four new independent directors. John Thornton, current co-chairman, will take up founder Peter Munk's position, as expected. "Slowly, Barrick has been ticking off the boxes as it tries to turn this big supertanker around," said Barrick shareholder John Ing, president of Maison Placements Canada.
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| Only one of 99 Alberta health executives abides by minister’s request to refuse bonuses Posted: 04 Dec 2013 01:34 PM PST  Word that only one of 99 senior Alberta Health Services (AHS) executives refused to accept performance-linked pay as requested by the government reminds me of that now-famous quote: "I am entitled to my entitlements." The phrase was uttered almost a … Continue reading →
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| Unions up rewards in bus-driver assaults, want tougher sentencing for those convicted Posted: 04 Dec 2013 11:43 AM PST  How would you like it if in your job someone at any given moment could walk up to you and punch you in the face? That's what it's like being a bus driver these days. In addition to piloting huge, … Continue reading →
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| Police believe Ford offered to buy video for $5K and a car, document says Posted: 04 Dec 2013 06:52 PM PST TORONTO - Police believe they overheard people on wiretaps during a gang investigation saying Toronto Mayor Rob Ford offered $5,000 and a car in exchange for a video, according to a newly released police document. Toronto police were in the midst of that large investigation, known was Project Traveller, when the mayor's name surfaced on the intercepts in March and April, police allege. The document, containing allegations not proven in court, suggests some of the Project Traveller targets also talked about using images of Ford using drugs to blackmail him. They were also heard saying they "love and respect Rob Ford," but have evidence of him in a lot of messed up situations and don't want to say anything, the document says.  |
| Toronto Mayor Ford may have tried to buy crack video: police documents Posted: 04 Dec 2013 09:25 PM PST  By Cameron French TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may have offered cash and a car to buy a video allegedly showing him using crack cocaine, according to notes from police wiretaps. Ford admitted early last month he had smoked crack cocaine, saying it was probably "in one of my drunken stupors," but he said he is not an addict and does not need help. The existence of an alleged video was initially reported in May by the Toronto Star newspaper and media website Gawker. Ford said at the time that he could not comment on a video he had not seen "or does not exist." But according to police notes of a recorded phone conversation involving two suspected gang members, Ford was aware of the video's existence in March, and offered to buy it.
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| Air Canada to begin flying Boeing Dreamliners in spring 2014 Posted: 04 Dec 2013 04:38 AM PST  Air Canada said on Wednesday it will take delivery of the first of 37 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft in the spring of 2014, as it continues to renew its fleet of wide-body aircraft. As the planes are gradually introduced into its fleet, the airline will offer a preview of its new Dreamliner service on some domestic and trans-Atlantic flights on a temporary basis this spring, Montreal-based Air Canada said. Beginning in July 2014, the first route that the Dreamliner will operate will be Air Canada's Toronto-Tel Aviv route. Air Canada plans to take delivery of the first of 15 787-8 series aircraft in the spring.
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