| Kathy Dunderdale to step down as N.L. premier Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:39 PM PST  Kathy Dunderdale is poised to resign Wednesday as Newfoundland and Labrador's premier.
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| Premier Kathy Dunderdale of Newfoundland and Labrador to resign: senior Tory Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:50 PM PST  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Kathy Dunderdale of Newfoundland and Labrador will quit politics Wednesday after cutting a family vacation short over political upheaval, a senior member of the province's Progressive Conservative party says. Paul Oram, a former cabinet minister who served alongside Dunderdale, said he was informed Tuesday night of her decision. Oram, who stepped down in 2009 citing health issues, now serves as president of the Tory party's district association in the riding of Terra Nova. "We are not commenting on any speculation tonight," spokeswoman Jennifer Tulk said in an email.
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| Vancouver bike share going forward despite Montreal flop Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:45 PM PST The impending bankruptcy of Montreal-based bike-sharing company Bixi has one Vancouver city councillor questioning the City of Vancouver's plans for a multi-million-dollar bike-sharing program.  |
| BlackBerry to sell most of its Canadian real estate holdings; no price disclosed Posted: 21 Jan 2014 03:44 PM PST  WATERLOO, Ont. - BlackBerry is selling the majority of its commercial real estate holdings in Canada, but the struggling smartphone maker refused Tuesday to say how much it expects to make from the deals....
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| Rob Ford admits to new rambling, drunk video; says it is his 'personal life' Posted: 21 Jan 2014 12:32 PM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has confirmed that a video that shows him drunk, slurring and swearing in public is real and was shot on Monday night, some two months after Ford swore he had stopped drinking alcohol and doing drugs. … Continue reading →
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| Canadian athletes will be safe at Sochi Olympics, COC says Posted: 21 Jan 2014 09:45 AM PST  Despite the apparent threat of suicide bombers and a recent video released by Islamic extremists threatening an attack on the Sochi Games, Canadian Olympic officials say they are confident athletes will be safe while competing in Russia. A Canadian Olympic … Continue reading →
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| Bombardier laying off 1,700 employees, mostly in Montreal area Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:20 PM PST  MONTREAL - Bombardier is permanently laying off 1,700 employees in its aerospace division, mostly in Montreal, as it steps up efforts to cut costs amid delays with two new aircraft and a tough market for both commercial and business planes. The company disclosed the decision to its workforce in an internal memo that says affected employees will be notified in the coming weeks. Human resources vice-president Sylive Bourdon said despite encouraging economic signs, challenges facing the aerospace industry require prudence by management to ensure Bombardier's long-term success. Dave Chartrand of the Machinists union said the positions being cut over the next few months include 300 contractors, hundreds of engineers, temporary employees and others hired to work on special projects.
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| Polar vortex settles in over Ontario as Maritimes brace for another blizzard Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:47 AM PST  The eastern half of Canada is in the grips of the polar vortex again today, with plummeting temperatures, biting wind chills, and yet another blizzard on the way for Atlantic Canada. The bitter cold that settled down over the prairies … Continue reading →
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| Older phones shouldn't get same protection from searches as smartphones: Crown Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:56 PM PST  VANCOUVER - Recent changes in the law requiring police to obtain search warrants before examining the contents of smartphones shouldn't apply to older, less-advanced cellphones, a Crown lawyer told British Columbia's highest court Tuesday. The B.C. Court of Appeal is examining whether it was legal for the RCMP to search two BlackBerry phones seized from a suspect following a 2006 kidnapping in Richmond, near Vancouver. Text messages recovered from the phones contributed to the conviction of Rajan Singh Mann, who is now appealing. Several recent decisions, including one last year from the Supreme Court of Canada, have concluded police must treat today's smartphones — which can hold immense amounts of emails, photos and other documents — in the same way as a computer.
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| Loonie falls ahead of Bank of Canada's interest rate announcement Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:38 PM PST  TORONTO - The Canadian dollar fell Tuesday, a day before the Bank of Canada makes its latest announcement on interest rates.
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| Agree to disagree: PMs admit they differ on Israeli settlements, Harper refuses to criticize Posted: 21 Jan 2014 11:58 AM PST  JERUSALEM - Throngs of Israelis literally reached out to touch Stephen Harper on Tuesday as he basked in a hero's welcome at the sacred Western Wall, shortly after he and his Israeli counterpart insisted their countries do, indeed, have differences of opinion. The prime minister's jam-packed second full day in Israel included a morning chat with President Shimon Peres, as well as a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and six Canadian cabinet ministers, including John Baird and Jason Kenney. Netanyahu and his wife then accompanied Harper and his wife Laureen to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum for a harrowing look back at the horrors perpetrated on the Jews by Nazi Germany.
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| Confusion over 'iPod tax' deepens Posted: 21 Jan 2014 02:29 PM PST It's still unclear whether Canadians will have to absorb a five per cent tariff when they purchase an MP3 player in 2015, even though many people don't even use the music devices anymore.  |
| Investigation into muzzled husky, kitten shows 'history of abuse' Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:13 AM PST  WARNING: This story contains disturbing details. The preliminary investigation into the deaths of a husky and a kitten found muzzled and dead in a Calgary alley has revealed the animals had a history of traumatic physical injuries, according to the Calgary Humane Society.
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| Rob Ford staff emails show scandal caused chaos, buried Boston agreement Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:36 AM PST  Panicked councillors, harried staffers, a cancelled trip to Boston and … an earthquake? When the revelation that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was caught smoking crack on video first hit the city in May, it was a chaotic time for the … Continue reading →
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| Quebec union was ready to enlist PQ help to thwart corruption inquiry Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:15 PM PST  MONTREAL - Quebec's largest labour federation was ready to ask Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois for help in ensuring no corruption inquiry ever took place, according to a wiretap conversation heard Tuesday. The 2009 exchange, which was played at the Charbonneu Commission, is between two senior union bosses — then-federation president Michel Arsenault and Jean Lavallee, a former president of the federation's construction wing. Arsenault is overheard saying he has a deal with "Blanchet," a reference to Claude Blanchet, Marois' husband, who previously ran the Quebec Federation of Labour's billion-dollar Solidarity Fund.
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| Conrad Black owes taxes on income and benefits in residency dispute Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:15 PM PST  TORONTO - Conrad Black owes the Canadian government taxes on income and taxable benefits from 2002, according to a ruling by the Tax Court of Canada. Chief Justice Gerald Rip sided with the CRA's argument in a dispute over Black's residency status because he owned homes in both Canada and the United Kingdom. "As a resident of Canada, he is subject to tax on his worldwide income, including from employment in a third state unless the (Canada-United Kingdom Income Tax) Convention determines otherwise, which it does not," Rip wrote in his Jan. 14 ruling. "Therefore, I determine that the Minister of National Revenue may assess tax against the applicant on the basis that he was a resident of Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act."
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| Lac-Mégantic disaster's MM&A sold to Florida Great Lakes Partners Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:10 AM PST  An American firm made the winning bid to buy the assets of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the company at the centre of the fatal derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Que.
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| Sarah Palin, Aljazeera and the Jerusalem Post weigh-in on Stephen Harper’s Israeli stance Posted: 21 Jan 2014 11:20 AM PST  Stephen Harper's Middle Eastern tour is getting a lot of media coverage, not only in Canada, but around the world. The attention should be a surprise: Stephen Harper — a leader of a G-8 country — has positioned himself as … Continue reading →
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| Old partisan, leadership rivals unite to pay tribute to Jean Chretien Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:24 PM PST  TORONTO - Former prime minister Jean Chretien was celebrated Tuesday as a political leader of courage, passion and vision — with some of the highest praise coming from his erstwhile partisan rivals. The star-studded tribute for the little guy from Shawinigan who went on to serve in almost every senior cabinet post before leading the Liberals to three consecutive majority victories was unique in the annals of Canadian political history. It brought together current and former politicians from coast to coast and of every partisan stripe to honour one man's love of and commitment to his country, something commonly celebrated in the United States but curiously avoided until now in Canada. "But it's clear from the evening we've had tonight that if you look at every important advance in history, it's had political leadership behind it."
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| Exclusive: North Dakota governor says railcar safety standards for crude needed now Posted: 21 Jan 2014 12:39 PM PST  By Ernest Scheyder NEW YORK (Reuters) - Provisional safety standards for railcars carrying crude oil are needed as soon as possible, not next year as the U.S. Department of Transportation expects, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple said in an interview on Tuesday. Federal regulators have been studying the composition of North Dakota's Bakken crude oil, as well as railcar design, after as a string of explosive derailments, including one last month in Dalrymple's hometown of Casselton, North Dakota. The derailments have boosted concerns about the safety of shipping crude oil by rail. Waiting until then "just leaves a couple of industries guessing." Some 71 percent of all oil produced in North Dakota was transported by rail in November, or around 800,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to the state's Pipeline Authority.
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