| Safety agency to carry out full probe of CN train derailment in New Brunswick Posted: 13 Jan 2014 02:13 PM PST  PLASTER ROCK, N.B. - The federal Transportation Safety Board said Monday it will conduct a full investigation into the cause of a CN freight train derailment in northwestern New Brunswick last week, with ...
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| Burns Lake families expected charges, support NDP's call for probe of 'bungled' blast investigation Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:47 PM PST VICTORIA - Lucy Campbell says she felt the blast that killed her brother a second time when she heard the news that no criminal charges would result from the Burns Lake sawmill explosion. Maureen Luggi says she's still in shock that her husband died at work and nobody will be held responsible. Campbell and Luggi, reacted with dismay Monday to an announcement last week that Crown counsel would not proceed with charges after what it described as a flawed investigation by WorkSafeBC into the sawmill explosion two years ago at Babine Forest Products. Luggi and Campbell supported calls Monday by Opposition New Democrat Leader Adrian Dix for an independent probe into the investigation that Dix said was "bungled" by the Liberal government.  |
| Two Vancouver men in hospital after apparent violent altercation Posted: 13 Jan 2014 08:33 PM PST Two men are in hospital after what appears to have been a violent altercation in downtown Vancouver.  |
| Neil Young leverages his fame to shine spotlight on Alberta oilsands Posted: 13 Jan 2014 11:46 AM PST  As perhaps Canada's most famous singer, when Neil Young opens his mouth people tend to listen. That has been the case through his illustrious career and now, as the 68-year-old positions himself as the face of a battle against Alberta's … Continue reading →
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| Video: Canadian army condemns 'leaks' to media Posted: 13 Jan 2014 03:10 PM PST  The Canadian army is clamping down on what it says are 'unauthorized releases of information' to the media
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| One dead in construction site collapse at Mississauga mall Posted: 13 Jan 2014 01:40 PM PST  One man is dead after a construction accident in Mississauga, Ont., pinned him beneath debris for nearly two hours on Monday. Peel Regional Police say that the man was injured in an accident at the Sheridan Mall, on Erin Mills … Continue reading →
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| Values charter opponents wear religious symbols on eve of public hearings Posted: 13 Jan 2014 01:32 PM PST  The ferment over the Parti Quebecois' proposed secular values charter will only deepen as the minority PQ government launches hearings into the legislation this week. National Assembly MNAs are expected to get about 250 submissions when they begin hearings Tuesday … Continue reading →
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| B.C. woman killed for marrying against mother's, uncle's wishes, Crown Posted: 13 Jan 2014 04:28 PM PST  The murder of Jaswinder "Jassi" Sidhu in India almost 14 years ago was motivated by her decision to marry against the wishes of her family, Deborah Strachan told the court on the first day of final arguments in the case. The woman's mother, Malkit Kaur Sidhu, and her uncle, Surjit Singh Badesha, face trial in India for conspiracy to commit murder in her death. The conduct of the two accused amounted to "a systematic campaign of terror perpetrated by the persons sought against Jassi and Mithu in order to end their marriage and restore the family's honour," Strachan told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Gregory Fitch. Jassi Sidhu and her husband, Sukhwinder (Mithu) Sidhu, were attacked near a small village in the Punjab on June 8, 2000.
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| Canada’s librarians question Tories’ policy of closing government-run libraries Posted: 13 Jan 2014 03:42 PM PST  Librarians stereotypically value silence, but they're getting ready to speak up on the Conservative government's dismantling of several federal libraries in the name of cost-cutting and efficiency. The 3,000-member Canadian Library Association (CLA) has been disturbed by Ottawa's dismantling of … Continue reading →
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| Air Canada apologizes after Alberta soldier with PTSD charged for service dog Posted: 13 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST  EDMONTON - An Alberta soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder says she's disappointed Air Canada wouldn't allow her dog on board a plane as a service animal. Sgt. Shirley Jew said the airline told her PTSD isn't recognized as a disability that requires a service dog. Staff told her she'd have to travel with her pug-schnauzer-terrier Snoopy as a pet — for a $50 fee. Air Canada refunded Jew's ticket and, in a statement, apologized, calling the matter a "misunderstanding."
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| Avalanche triggers slide, blocking Highway 16 near B.C.-Alberta border:police Posted: 13 Jan 2014 06:16 PM PST  VALEMOUNT, B.C. - No vehicles were caught under a large avalanche that rolled over Highway 16 and blocked off traffic for most of Monday near Mount Robson on the Alberta-B.C. boundary, said RCMP. Initially, RCMP said they weren't sure if any vehicles were under the heavy, packed snow. Greg Bruce, district operations manager with the Transportation Ministry, said they have confirmed that no vehicles were caught by the slide and no one was injured. However, RCMP said that a person in a pickup truck did attempt to get through the slide and became stuck in the debris and packed snow.
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| Wind Mobile says it doesn't have the money to buy wireless spectrum Posted: 13 Jan 2014 02:43 PM PST  TORONTO - On the eve of the wireless spectrum auction, new wireless player Wind Mobile says it's withdrawing from bidding due to a lack of funds.
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| First documented evidence of wolverines in The Great Bear Rainforest published Posted: 13 Jan 2014 03:37 PM PST  VANCOUVER - Evidence shows the often-reclusive wolverine has taken up residence for the first time on an island off British Columbia's Central Coast and the animal's eating habits have changed along with its relocation. The study, published Monday in The Canadian Field-Naturalist, shows that at least two wolverines inhabit Princess Royal Island, part of B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest. There are about 3,000 to 4,000 wolverines in B.C., but most of them are in the Interior, in snowy habitats and higher elevations, the study said. Department of Fisheries and Oceans biologist Tom Shardlow, who authored the report, said it was the first proven sighting of a wolverine in the area.
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| More flu vaccine arrives in Saskatchewan for people with compromised immunity Posted: 13 Jan 2014 03:18 PM PST  REGINA - Health officials in Saskatchewan say more flu vaccine has arrived to help meet overwhelming demand, but they still won't be able to immunize everyone. Some 12,000 doses in the form of a nasal spray have arrived from Quebec. Dr. Denise Werker, deputy chief medical health officer, says 9,000 injectable doses have also arrived from Ontario and the Department of National Defence. Werker says the additional doses mean that people who have compromised immune systems can get the flu shot.
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| About 30% of retired Canadians returned to work to pay bills, says ING survey Posted: 13 Jan 2014 03:58 PM PST  TORONTO - Nearly a third of retired Canadians, or 30 per cent, have returned to work and a major reason is that they misjudged how much their expected life of ease would cost.
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| Toronto council asks governments for $114 million to cover storm damage Posted: 13 Jan 2014 09:42 AM PST  Toronto city council has voted unanimously to ask the provincial and federal governments for a $114 million financial bailout following a year of extreme weather that wreaked havoc on Canada's largest city. But the likelihood of them getting that much … Continue reading →
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| Chrysler considering investment in Windsor, Ont., plant for new minivan Posted: 13 Jan 2014 01:32 PM PST  DETROIT - Chrysler is considering a billion-dollar upgrade at its Ontario plant to build a new minivan, which is expected to go on sale in about two years, chief executive Sergio Marchionne said Monday. The automaker company said it is talking with the federal and provincial governments about an incentive package that would help offset higher costs in Canada. Marchionne said the new minivan is a "huge, tremendous step forward" in terms of its styling. The Chrysler assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., produces the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans as well as several other vehicles.
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| New Canadian cardinal condemns Quebec charter for dividing people, stirring fear Posted: 13 Jan 2014 02:36 PM PST  QUEBEC - Canada's freshly appointed cardinal warned Monday that Quebec's controversial values charter is making its people increasingly afraid of each other. Quebec Archbishop Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, among a new crop of cardinals selected Sunday by Pope Francis, spoke out against proposed Parti Quebecois legislation that will be the focus of public hearings beginning Tuesday. The PQ government's plan would ban public-sector employees — including teachers and doctors — from displaying or wearing religious symbols in the workplace. "We're dividing people," Lacroix told a Quebec City news conference when asked about the charter, a document tabled last fall by the minority PQ government.
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| Time to 'aggressively phase out' old, unsafe tank cars carrying oil: CN Posted: 13 Jan 2014 02:49 PM PST  OTTAWA - The railway industry wants to "aggressively phase out" older model tank cars that have been implicated in several recent accidents, the head of CN Rail's safety division told an industry forum Monday. But the consensus at the day-long workshop was that there's no quick fix for a decades-old problem that has almost 80,000 sub-standard DOT-111 tank cars carrying flammable liquids on North American tracks. Sam Berrada, director general of safety and occupational health services for CN, told an overflow crowd of industry types, regulators, lobbyists and local first responders that railways "will continue to push aggressively" for safer, stronger tank cars. A derailment and fire involving a CN train in northwestern New Brunswick last week has renewed calls for greater safety in the booming oil-by-rail trade, which became an international cause following last summer's deadly derailment and fire in Lac-Megantic, Que.
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| Supreme Court showdown looms between Canadian judges and Harper government Posted: 13 Jan 2014 11:37 AM PST  The Conservative government's get-tough approach to sentencing criminals is in for a major test in the Supreme Court of Canada in the face of a judicial insurrection. Judges in several provinces have been defying new legislation that removed their discretion … Continue reading →
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