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• Surrey, B.C., police continue hunt for suspect in murder of hockey mom Julie Paskall
• British man Jamie McDonald on cross-Canada charity run beaten in hotel
• Alberta flu cases spike, 5 deaths confirmed
• Five dead from H1N1 influenza outbreak, immunization urged across Alberta
• Eastern Canada plunges into deep freeze as roller coaster winter rolls on
• What to expect from Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s re-election campaign
• Avalanche expert warns people to take care as storm sweeps across B.C. mountains
• Rafferty turned down for legal aid for appeal of conviction in Stafford slaying
• Marine unit pulls puppy from Lake Ontario
• Winnipeg teen sentenced for trying to light classmate's hair on fire
• Ont. ice storm-recovery food card program faced predictable setbacks
• Top Canadian CEOs earn annual worker's salary by lunchtime on Jan. 2
• Toronto ice storm cleanup cost estimated at $75 million
• Alberta facing aboriginal legal onslaught over oilsands in 2014
• Simon Fraser engineers create gecko-inspired space robots
• Cayman Islands police believe Canadian cruise ship passenger may have fallen overboard
• British man beaten during cross-Canada charity run wants to finish
• Video: Air Canada To Revise Controversial Voucher Policy After Twitter Backlash
• Younger generation dominates list of a dozen MPs to watch in 2014
• Winnipeg man wins $8 million in Lotto 649; says he'd like to go somewhere warm

Surrey, B.C., police continue hunt for suspect in murder of hockey mom Julie Paskall Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:44 PM PST Police in Surrey, B.C., continue to hunt for the person behind an unprovoked fatal assault on a mother waiting outside a hockey arena earlier this week, as the shocking and brutal attack threatens to further mar the city's already troubled … Continue reading →

British man Jamie McDonald on cross-Canada charity run beaten in hotel Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:35 PM PST A 27-year-old British man running across Canada to raise money for children's hospitals in Canada and England said he is thankful he was able to retrieve the camera chronicling his journey after he was beaten in a Banff, Alta., hotel on New Year's Eve.

Alberta flu cases spike, 5 deaths confirmed Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:04 PM PST Officials say the majority of the 965 flu cases in Alberta are of the H1N1 strain, which is covered by this year's vaccine. The overall number of cases has jumped by 50 per cent in one week.

Five dead from H1N1 influenza outbreak, immunization urged across Alberta Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:36 PM PST CALGARY - Health officials are confirming five people have died from an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Alberta. Three of the deaths were in Edmonton, two in Calgary. There are now 965 confirmed cases of the flu in Alberta and 270 of those people are in hospital. Dr. Gerry Predy, senior medical officer of health, says the largest numbers have been seen in the last three weeks, which is typical in the development of a flu outbreak.

Eastern Canada plunges into deep freeze as roller coaster winter rolls on Posted: 02 Jan 2014 09:20 AM PST From snow storms to ice storms to blasts of otherworldly chills, to a touch of relief coming this weekend and then plunging back into the deep-freeze next week, the country seems locked into a 'roller-coaster' season this winter. Temperatures throughout … Continue reading →

What to expect from Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s re-election campaign Posted: 02 Jan 2014 09:12 AM PST Toronto's municipal election officially got underway on Thursday and Mayor Rob Ford wasted no time filed his paperwork and making good on his promise to run for re-election despite an ongoing drug scandal. "My track record speaks for itself," Ford … Continue reading →

Avalanche expert warns people to take care as storm sweeps across B.C. mountains Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:26 PM PST REVELSTOKE, B.C. - An avalanche expert is warning people planning to hit backcountry slopes in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta in the coming days to be extra careful. Karl Klassen says a major storm tracking across the region could dump up to 50 centimetres of snow on mountains and hills in some areas that are already covered by weak layers. "We are asking people to be a bit more cautious this year than they were last year," Klassen, warning services manager for the Canadian Avalanche Centre in Revelstoke, B.C., said Thursday. The avalanche hazard prompted the B.C. government to close a 45-kilometre stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway from Craigellachie to Revelstoke in both directions until at least Friday morning.

Rafferty turned down for legal aid for appeal of conviction in Stafford slaying Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:25 PM PST TORONTO - Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General will be picking up the tab for an appeal attempt by the man convicted of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford. Michael Rafferty's lawyer says he has again be turned down for funding from Legal Aid Ontario after a judge ordered last month that it reconsider Rafferty's case. Appeal Court Justice Marc Rosenberg had ruled the case is too complex for someone with a Grade 9 education in segregation and with no access to a law library to handle on his own. Rafferty had been turned down four times by Legal Aid since his convictions in May 2012 for first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping in Tori's death.

Marine unit pulls puppy from Lake Ontario Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:27 PM PST A scared puppy survived a fall into frigid Lake Ontario with the help of Toronto police.

Winnipeg teen sentenced for trying to light classmate's hair on fire Posted: 02 Jan 2014 02:33 PM PST WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg teenager has been sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation for trying to set a Jewish classmate's hair on fire in a high school hallway. He said he believed the assault was isolated, impulsive and unplanned and that the school culture the defence spoke of was "unhealthy and dark and there's no place for it in society."

Ont. ice storm-recovery food card program faced predictable setbacks Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:49 AM PST A strategy to help Ontarians recover from a powerful ice storm that knocked power out across the province ramped back up on Thursday, as the province promised to expand a program helping residents replace food that had spoiled during a … Continue reading →

Top Canadian CEOs earn annual worker's salary by lunchtime on Jan. 2 Posted: 01 Jan 2014 05:00 PM PST TORONTO - By the time you finish lunch on Thursday, Canada's top paid CEOs will have already earned the equivalent of your annual salary. It may be hard to swallow, but according to an annual review by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, by 1:11 p.m. on Jan. 2, the average top paid Canadian CEO will have been earned as much as the average full-time worker's yearly income. The review found the average compensation among Canada's top 100 CEOs was $7.96 million in 2012. This compared with the average annual Canadian worker's salary of $46,634.

Toronto ice storm cleanup cost estimated at $75 million Posted: 02 Jan 2014 08:42 AM PST Toronto city officials estimate the cost of the cleanup after the recent ice storm will be about $75 million.

Alberta facing aboriginal legal onslaught over oilsands in 2014 Posted: 02 Jan 2014 01:00 AM PST EDMONTON - Simmering disputes over the oilsands between Alberta aboriginals and the provincial and federal governments will break into the open in 2014 as virtually every one of the many recent changes in oversight of the controversial industry comes under legal and political attack. "All litigation, all the time, is what I see on the horizon," said Larry Innes, lawyer for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Over the last 18 months, Ottawa and Edmonton have rewritten the book on resource development. Everything from how aboriginals will be consulted to land use planning to oilsands monitoring to the basic ground rules for environmental assessment has been changed.

Simon Fraser engineers create gecko-inspired space robots Posted: 02 Jan 2014 09:07 AM PST Canadian engineers, along with researchers from the European Space Agency, have developed lizard-inspired robots that could one day be crawling across the hulls of spacecrafts, doing research and repair work.

Cayman Islands police believe Canadian cruise ship passenger may have fallen overboard Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:51 AM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Police in the Cayman Islands said Wednesday that they suspect a Canadian cruise ship passenger who recently vanished may have fallen off the boat as search crews scoured waters around the British Caribbean territory. Police said they believe the unidentified 65-year-old man may have fallen around dawn on Tuesday about 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Grand Cayman. Police said they interviewed staff and witnesses aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruises ship and were still investigating the disappearance. Tracy Quan, a spokeswoman for Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises, said Wednesday the investigation was turned over to local authorities before the cruise ship departed and resumed its route.

British man beaten during cross-Canada charity run wants to finish Posted: 02 Jan 2014 09:20 AM PST Not everyone would be able to look on the bright side after a random act of violence, but 27-year-old Jamie McDonald is just thankful he has his "man bag" back following a New Year's Eve attack at a Banff, Alberta, … Continue reading →

Video: Air Canada To Revise Controversial Voucher Policy After Twitter Backlash Posted: 02 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST Air Canada says it is changing one of its policies after being accused of gender discrimination and getting bashed on Twitter. Customer Chris Turner was told he could not easily transfer his ticket voucher to his wife right away, because his wife has a different last name. Turner took to Twitter to express his frustration, which sparked a social media uproar, as other Twitter users lashed out at the policy. Krystin Goodwin has the story.

Younger generation dominates list of a dozen MPs to watch in 2014 Posted: 02 Jan 2014 07:35 PM PST The former Conservative intergovernmental affairs minister, who quit cabinet in 2007 over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's move to recognize Quebec as a nation within Canada, is pushing parliamentary reform that would give backbench MPs more independence, and future prime ministers less caucus control. The minister of employment and social development has long had a power base within the Conservative movement in his own right. He made some waves late in 2013 when he abandoned the party line by supporting former Harper chief of staff Nigel Wright and by calling for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's resignation.

Winnipeg man wins $8 million in Lotto 649; says he'd like to go somewhere warm Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:47 PM PST That's one of the priorities on Dennis Nash's list as he celebrates winning more than $8 million on the Dec. 28 Lotto 649. The Winnipeg man's was one of two tickets to share in the more than $16 million win — the other was sold in Calgary. Nash says he hasn't made any big plans yet, but he'd like to pay off some bills and take a trip somewhere warm. Nash says he won playing his usual collection of important numbers and dates that his father used to play.

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