| Canada finds additional half-million flu shots it could buy; could still run out Posted: 10 Jan 2014 04:29 PM PST  TORONTO - Canada has identified an additional half-million flu shots it could purchase to try to meet a soaring late-season demand for the product. However the deputy head of the Public Health Agency of Canada admits the country may still run out of vaccine, if people in Central and Eastern Canada follow the lead of Western Canadians and rush to get flu shots. With manufacturers now busy producing flu shots for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere winter, there is limited additional supply to buy. Perplexingly, last year's flu season was harsher than this year's — or at least from what can be seen to date.
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| Fireball shoots into sky from derailment site after controlled explosion Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:35 PM PST  PLASTER ROCK, N.B. - A large fireball shot into the sky and a boom resounded Friday from the site of a train derailment in New Brunswick as officials carried out a controlled explosion to blast holes in three tanker cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas. CN spokesman Jim Feeny said the explosion was carried out by the rail company and a crew from Louisiana with expertise in cleaning up derailed tankers. The procedure, known as a vent and burn, was used on two tanker cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas that were burning prior to the explosion and a third one with the gas in it that was not on fire. It's the same type of explosion that was used following a CN train derailment in Gainford, Alta., in October.
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| $50-million Lotto Max jackpot goes unclaimed Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:29 PM PST TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.  |
| 2 Winnipeg patients die on doorsteps right after being discharged Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:09 PM PST  WINNIPEG - Winnipeg's health authority is investigating after two patients were sent home in taxis and died on their doorsteps in the dead of winter shortly after being discharged from hospital. Arlene Wilgosh, CEO of the authority, said both patients were discharged from Grace Hospital and sent home in cabs within days of each other around the new year. One man, 78-year-old David Silver, was found frozen on his doorstep about 14 hours after he had been sent home from hospital in the middle of the night. The patient was dead — apparently from a pre-existing condition — when emergency officials arrived, Wilgosh said.
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| Alberta MP Brian Jean resigns Fort McMurray seat Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:01 PM PST  FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Alberta Conservative MP Brian Jean says he is stepping down from his Fort McMurray-Athabasca seat effective next Friday. Jean says the decision has been difficult, but there's a right time to move on in every job. Jean was first elected as MP for the northern Alberta riding in 2004 and won re-election in 2006, 2008 and 2011. "I've spent the past 10 years fighting for the priorities of northern Albertans in Ottawa and now I feel I'm needed more right here at home in Fort McMurray," Jean said in a news release Friday.
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| B.C. teen who texted nude photos guilty of child porn Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:54 PM PST  A suburban Victoria teenage girl who texted naked photos of her boyfriend's former girlfriend has been found guilty of distributing child pornography, as well as uttering threats. But the conviction, which may be the first of its kind involving a … Continue reading →
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| 1st person to die of H5N1 flu in North America was registered nurse Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:42 PM PST  RED DEER, Alta. - The first person to die of avian flu in North America was a registered nurse in a central Alberta hospital. The woman's family said in a statement Friday that she grew up in China and moved to Alberta on her own to studying nursing. She worked at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. The World Health Organization has said she was in her late 20s.
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| RCMP investigate fraud allegations against former senator Mac Harb Posted: 10 Jan 2014 11:02 AM PST  Senators concerned about the reputation of the upper chamber cannot catch a break. After a short Christmas respite from all the Senate scandal chatter of 2013, one of their former members is, again, in the news for alleged wrongdoing. According … Continue reading →
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| Robert Pickton's brother denies any knowledge of serial killer's crimes Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:37 PM PST  VANCOUVER - The brother of Robert William Pickton says he had no idea sex workers were being taken to his family's property near Vancouver and murdered, and he denies ever helping the serial killer cover up his crimes. The children of several women whose remains or DNA were found on Pickton's property in Port Coquitlam, east of Vancouver, filed lawsuits last year against Pickton, Pickton's brother David, and the police. David Pickton has now filed statements of defence, denying any knowledge of what his brother was doing and rejecting the families' claim that he should be held liable for the women's deaths. The families' lawsuits also allege David Pickton lied to police after Robert Pickton was accused of attempting to murder a sex worker in 1997.
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| CN Rail argued against emergency provision after Lac-Megantic: memo Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:47 PM PST  OTTAWA - CN Rail argued against an emergency provision — implemented after the Lac-Megantic disaster — requiring that trains loaded with dangerous goods such as crude oil never be left unattended, newly released documents show. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt issued the emergency directive last July 23 to address key safety deficiencies exposed by the fiery derailment that claimed 47 lives in the small Quebec town. The measures dictated that at least two crew members work trains carrying hazardous goods, adding that no such train could be left unattended on a main track. A July 9 email obtained by Greenpeace Canada under the Access to Information Act shows CN Rail objected to having a crew member present round-the-clock, saying that ensuring fulfilment of the rule would be "nearly impossible."
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| Report: Canadian tech firm CGI loses Obamacare website contract Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:06 PM PST  WASHINGTON - There's a report that the U.S. government is about to dump the Canadian company that was hired to create healthcare.gov, the website whose glitches have undermined President Barack Obama's ...
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| Newfoundland power outage prompts public inquiry Posted: 10 Jan 2014 10:39 AM PST  Newfoundland and Labrador's Public Utilities Board said today it will launch a formal inquiry into outages in the island's power system, which practically collapsed over the last week.
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| Airlines in final stages of clearing backlog of flyers at Pearson airport Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:40 PM PST  TORONTO - Canada's two biggest airlines were in the home stretch Friday of clearing the backlog of passengers who saw flights delayed or cancelled during this week's partial shutdown of Toronto's Pearson ...
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| Opposition: Jobs numbers prove Tory economic policies are failing Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:43 PM PST  OTTAWA - The opposition pounced Friday on the Conservative government's insistence that the Canadian economy is still strong despite unexpectedly grim job numbers and an unemployment rate that ticked upwards in December. The numbers serve as a reminder that the "economic recovery remains fragile, and we must stay focused on our plan to grow the economy and keep taxes low to create the environment where job creation can flourish," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in a statement. "When they say, essentially, 'don't worry, be happy,' they are showing how completely out of touch they are with Canada's youth and their middle-class families," said Scott Brison, the Liberal finance critic. Youth unemployment is a particularly stubborn problem for the federal government.
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| York U debate: How far is too far when it comes to religious accommodation? Posted: 10 Jan 2014 06:09 AM PST  Is it appropriate to allow university students decline to participate in a class assignment because it would force him to interact with female students, or should they be expected to set their "firm religious beliefs aside" in their search for … Continue reading →
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| Police ID Sarnia, Ont., student, 10, as person who made 370 calls to 911 Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:32 PM PST SARNIA, Ont. - Police in southwestern Ontario say a mystery caller who placed 370 calls to the Sarnia Police Service since Christmas Day has been identified. The teacher was aware that the student enjoyed playing with gadgets and lived in the area police had identified as the source of the calls. The parent of the student had removed the SIM card before giving the cellphone to the child, believing that it would have no service capabilities.  |
| Ontario court considering Quebec order removing kids from Jewish sect Posted: 10 Jan 2014 03:23 PM PST CHATHAM, Ont. - A judge must take into consideration a proposed secular charter in Quebec when ruling whether to enforce a court order that would see children from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect who left the province returned there to foster care, the group's lawyer said Friday. Members of the Lev Tahor community were under investigation by social services in Quebec late last year for issues including hygiene, children's health and allegations that the children weren't learning according to the provincial curriculum. Child welfare authorities in Chatham are now asking the court to enforce an order subsequently made in Quebec that would see 14 children placed in foster care. The order is being appealed in Quebec.  |
| Canada sets new wireless auction in bid for competition Posted: 10 Jan 2014 01:37 PM PST  By Randall Palmer and Louise Egan OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will auction off another set of airwaves for wireless use in April 2015, structuring the rules in a way designed to boost competition and lower consumer prices, Industry Minister James Moore said on Friday. The announcement on details of the 2,500 megahertz auction comes as the Conservative government prepares to open the bidding process for the 700 MHz spectrum on Tuesday. The rules for both auctions limit the amount of spectrum the dominant three telecoms players - Rogers Communications Inc , Telus Corp and BCE Inc - can acquire in a bid to encourage at least four providers in every region. "What's important for Canadians to know about the 2500 MHz auction is that it features rules that are specifically designed to put consumer interests first, including spectrum caps and smaller geographic license areas," Moore told a news conference in Vancouver.
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| Here we go again: Rob Ford faces complaint over wasted city resources Posted: 10 Jan 2014 08:16 AM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing a formal complaint that he abused city resources by sending staff members off to run personal errands, as detailed in documents from a recent police investigation. In short, nothing else has stuck to the … Continue reading →
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| Crude oil fire on derailed Canadian train extinguished Posted: 10 Jan 2014 02:42 PM PST  By Solarina Ho TORONTO (Reuters) - A fire on a crude oil tanker on a Canadian National Railway Co train that derailed this week in New Brunswick was extinguished by Friday afternoon and CN said blazes on cars carrying liquid petroleum gas (LPG) would be put out shortly. The CN train had been burning for a fourth day as crews worked to remove the last derailed freight cars adjacent to the fires. The accident happened a week after the fiery crash of a crude oil train in North Dakota. Transport Canada announced a proposal on Friday that will turn previously voluntary standards for tank car construction into enforceable regulations.
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| Canada's finance minister says Dec job losses show recovery still frail Posted: 10 Jan 2014 09:29 AM PST  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's unexpected job losses in December demonstrate the fragility of the recovery, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday, while also noting that the 100,000 jobs created in the year 2013 were "encouraging". "This is a reminder that the economic recovery remains fragile and we must stay focused on our plan to grow the economy and keep taxes low to create the environment where job creation can flourish," Flaherty said in an emailed statement. (Reporting by Louise Egan; Editing by Randall Palmer)
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