| Que. cabinet minister says values charter likely to become election issue Posted: 14 Jan 2014 02:35 PM PST  QUEBEC - The Quebec government insists it won't back down on its values charter and is ready to make it an election issue if need be. Bernard Drainville said the Liberals and the Coalition for Quebec's Future have made it clear they will vote against the provincial budget, which is expected in a few months. That would topple the Parti Quebecois minority government and trigger a provincewide vote, which would likely take place before the charter is voted on in the legislature. "That would effectively mean the CAQ (the Coalition) and the Liberals would be making the charter an election issue," Drainville told reporters as public hearings began in Quebec City on the divisive Bill 60.
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| Burnaby's Silver Creek not yet tested following coal spill Posted: 14 Jan 2014 09:10 PM PST  CN Rail and the Ministry of the Environment are getting ready to test the waters of Silver Creek where nine tanker cars derailed on Saturday, three of them tipping over dumping coal into the water.
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| Old tug sinks, spilling diesel near Squamish Posted: 14 Jan 2014 08:41 PM PST A 112-year-old tugboat that sank near the government dock in Squamish, B.C. on Tuesday spilled up to 1,500 litres of diesel fuel into the waters of Mamquam Blind Channel.  |
| Police raid Justin Bieber's home, arrest man for drugs Posted: 14 Jan 2014 03:39 PM PST  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A police search of teen pop star Justin Bieber's California home on Tuesday in a vandalism case linked to the singer, resulted in the arrest of a man after drugs were found in the house, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said. Detectives raided Bieber's home at about 8 a.m. after the "Boyfriend" singer was accused of pelting his neighbor's home with eggs in an incident on January 9. Bieber, 19, was detained at his Calabasas home, about 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles while a dozen deputies searched for evidence. "He has not been arrested nor has been exonerated," Sheriff's Lt. David Thompson said at a news conference in nearby Malibu following the search.
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| Video: Police Search Bieber Home in Egg-tossing Case Posted: 14 Jan 2014 01:35 PM PST  The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department searched Justin Bieber's home for evidence in an egg-tossing vandalism case involving the pop star. Sheriff's officials say the 19-year-old is cooperating with detectives. (Jan 14.)
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| Six months after Alberta floods, hundreds are still living in temporary camps Posted: 14 Jan 2014 01:37 PM PST  There's good news and bad news in word that one of the two camps set up house victims of last summer's devastating southern Alberta flood is set to close. The Great Plains camp in Calgary will shut down at the … Continue reading →
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| Marois: Values charter not just about religious symbols Posted: 14 Jan 2014 01:30 PM PST  Quebec's premier says the proposed values charter is about more than just banning public employees from wearing religious symbols. Pauline Marois said she will "listen to the citizens" before implementing the rules.
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| Georges St-Pierre says less strenuous drug testing influenced his break from UFC Posted: 14 Jan 2014 01:19 PM PST  MONTREAL - Mixed martial arts star Georges St-Pierre says the Ultimate Fighting Championship's hesitant position when it came to stiffer drug testing greatly influenced his decision to take a break from the octagon. St-Pierre said Tuesday a lack of strenuous drug testing was one of the factors that led to his decision to step away from the sport. "It bothered me greatly, it was one of the reasons I decided to step aside," St-Pierre said Tuesday. The 32-year-old confirmed when asked by a reporter that his employer, the UFC, did not support him when he proposed drug testing in the weeks preceding his Nov. 16 fight against Johnny Hendricks.
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| Surge in online donations allows NDP to become debt-free Posted: 14 Jan 2014 04:10 PM PST  The NDP is assured of starting the next election campaign with money in the bank. Last week, the Official Opposition paid off its debt from the 2011 election, the last of some $6.75 million that had been borrowed to finance the campaign.
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| Police, elections investigators search firm owned by MP Del Mastro's cousin Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:34 PM PST  OTTAWA - Two people who contributed to MP Dean Del Mastro's 2008 election campaign told investigators they were reimbursed at a profit by a company owned by the MP's cousin, court documents show. Former Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, who now sits as an Independent, is not a subject of the investigation. Investigators, backed by a technical unit of the RCMP, searched the offices of Deltro in Mississauga, Ont., last fall. "I believe...that Deltro Electric Ltd., David Del Mastro and/or his staff, encouraged employees or former employees to make donations that would be reimbursed by Deltro Electric and to enlist friends or family to make similar donations," wrote investigator Ronald Lamothe.
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| New report highlights Stephen Harper’s changing tune on ad spending Posted: 14 Jan 2014 09:34 AM PST  Is it any wonder why Canadians are are so cynical about politics? As leader of the opposition, Stephen Harper consistently railed against the Liberals for using taxpayer money to promote their government. Today, Harper is one of the worst offenders. … Continue reading →
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| Recent PTSD case shows increasing value of service animals as treatment option Posted: 14 Jan 2014 11:57 AM PST  There have been long-simmering questions about how post-traumatic stress disorder is treated in Canada, about whether the military has done enough to help veterans who return from stressful missions overseas and whether the government is doing enough to help them … Continue reading →
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| Tories pushing to slay deficit, but no pressing need to balance books: experts Posted: 14 Jan 2014 02:40 PM PST  Reducing spending and eliminating jobs could damage Canada's fragile economic recovery, some argue, while others dismiss the effort as an incremental process that will have little to no immediate effect. The Tory plan to eliminate the red ink — which has already been put off a few times — is based more on economic growth than spending cuts, which have been fairly modest, said Sean Speer, senior director of the right-leaning Fraser Institute's Centre for Fiscal Studies in Vancouver. "When people are talking about deep cuts, they're overstating what the government has done," said Speer, who also served as a senior policy adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. If the government can reduce the cost of servicing its debt and dedicate some of their future surpluses towards reducing taxes, that will have a greater impact on growth in Canada, he added.
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| Canadians will double up on TV with traditional and online services in 2014 Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:21 AM PST  MONTREAL - For Jeff Taylor, the monthly cost of having Netflix is akin to what he spends at the coffee shop every couple of days.
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| Health unit reports 2 London-area flu deaths, one under 18, other over 60 Posted: 14 Jan 2014 02:55 PM PST LONDON, Ont. - The Middlesex-London Health Unit is reporting two influenza A deaths — one under the age of 18 and the other over 60. The health unit says they are the first reported flu-related deaths among Middlesex-London residents with confirmed influenza cases since Sept. 1, 2013. Officials with the health unit say the presence of the flu remains elevated in the region, and there have been 115 laboratory-confirmed influenza A cases and one case of influenza B since last September. When it comes to vaccinations, the health unit says it knows the immunization status for 97 of 116 reported cases and 78 people or 80.4 per cent of those people had not received a flu shot.  |
| Family of journalist detained in Egypt wants Canadian government to do more Posted: 14 Jan 2014 02:40 PM PST  As Mohamed Fahmy spends his third week languishing in a cold, dark, insect-ridden cell at a notorious Cairo prison, the Egyptian-Canadian journalist's family wonders why Ottawa hasn't done more to push for his release. The 40-year-old television producer with news broadcaster Al-Jazeera English was arrested with two fellow journalists — Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed — on Dec. 29 while working in a Cairo hotel room. None have been officially charged but Egypt's Interior Ministry has said the arrests were part of a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Egyptian government has branded a terrorist organization. With no bed to sleep on, no blanket to keep warm and no hospital care for a suspected broken shoulder, Fahmy's family — who contacted Canadian authorities an hour after his arrest — is imploring Ottawa to step in.
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| Wife fears for missing Whitby, Ont., teacher Jeffrey Boucher Posted: 14 Jan 2014 09:41 AM PST The wife of a Whitby, Ont., high-school teacher missing since leaving for his morning run early Monday told CBC News she just wants her husband home safely.  |
| Quebec's highway 40 falling concrete blamed on extreme temperature changes Posted: 14 Jan 2014 01:41 PM PST Transports Québec officials say they suspect recent temperature fluctuations are to blame after concrete fell onto a car on Highway 40 from the Henri-Bourassa overpass yesterday.  |
| No charges against Vancouver man who urinated on Komagata Maru memorial against racism Posted: 14 Jan 2014 02:51 PM PST  What started out as a potential hate crime has devolved down to . . . nothing. Vancouver police say no charges will be laid against the man they believe urinated on a memorial aimed at highlighting the scourge of racism. … Continue reading →
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| Saskatchewan teen begged neighbour not to shoot her pet dog, but he did anyway Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:17 PM PST SASKATOON - A teenaged girl says she begged her neighbour not to shoot her dog on his property in rural Saskatchewan, but he pulled the trigger on his rifle and her pet died in her arms, whimpering and twitching.  |
| Amid hype over constitution, Egypt's police brace for the worst Posted: 14 Jan 2014 05:38 AM PST  By Maggie Fick MANSOURA, Egypt (Reuters) - As Egyptians vote in a constitutional referendum meant to help bring stability, policemen such as Brigadier-General Sayed Emara have good reason to dig in for more bloodshed. He lost colleagues and friends last month, when a suicide bomber in a car ripped open a five-story building where security officials in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura worked. The next day, the government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, encouraging policemen, who are frequently targeted, to harden their positions against the movement which says the army and security forces robbed it of power. While much of the world's attention has focused on a security crackdown on Islamists in the struggle between the Brotherhood and the army-backed government, killing and detaining thousands, Egypt's police have also paid a high price.
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