| Justin Bieber charged with assault of Toronto limo driver Posted: 29 Jan 2014 02:44 PM PST  Justin Bieber has returned to Toronto and surrendered to police, where he was charged with assault of a Toronto limo driver. Continue reading →
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| B.C. teacher is living his Seahawks Super Bowl dreams Posted: 29 Jan 2014 09:31 PM PST A teacher from Richmond, B.C., will be living his Super Bowl dreams on Sunday when the Seattle Seahawks take on the Denver Broncos, and he has his former students to thank.  |
| Suicide of Toronto woman on swimming scholarship prompts changes at U.S. school Posted: 29 Jan 2014 09:20 PM PST  ST. LOUIS - The suicide of a young Toronto woman has prompted the University of Missouri, where she went on a swimming scholarship, to bolster its mental health services. Sasha Menu Courey, 20, killed herself in June 2011 in a Boston psychiatric hospital soon after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and two months after an earlier suicide attempt. Her parents, Mike Menu and Lynn Courey, have channelled their grief into a mental-health foundation named in her memory. "We just want to make sure that changes are made," Mike Menu said.
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| Rob Ford sued, accused of ordering jailhouse beating of sister's ex-boyfriend Posted: 29 Jan 2014 01:35 PM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been named in a statement of claim that alleges he was behind the jailhouse assault of his sister's ex-boyfriend. CBC News' Jamie Strashin first reported that Scott MacIntyre has filed a statement of claim against … Continue reading →
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| Minister Fantino sorry for behaviour at meeting with aggrieved veterans Posted: 29 Jan 2014 03:03 PM PST  OTTAWA - Julian Fantino offered an olive branch Wednesday to former soldiers left angry and insulted by the way the minister of veterans affairs dealt with their concerns. The Conservatives were in full damage control mode as both opposition parties joined veterans in demanding Fantino be fired over his brusque handling of a meeting late Tuesday — something the minister later said he "absolutely regrets." At the centre of the controversy is the imminent closure of eight regional Veterans Affairs offices, which provide support and benefit services to veterans across Canada, as the government moves toward providing services online. It's unclear how far Fantino's regrets will go mitigate a corrosive political debate about the government's push toward more online and remote services for Canada's ex-service members.
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| Calgary woman who dumped three newborns in trash gets 18 months in prison Posted: 29 Jan 2014 02:51 PM PST  A Calgary woman who dodged a murder charge after tossing three of her newborn babies in a dumpster is getting 18 months in prison for infanticide. Alberta Queen's Bench Justice Peter McIntyre sentenced Meredith Borowiec to the jail time in … Continue reading →
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| Justin Trudeau removes Senators from Liberal caucus Posted: 29 Jan 2014 06:54 AM PST  Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has announced that, effective immediately, he has released Liberal Senators from the party's national caucus. The 32 formerly Liberal Senators will now sit as Independents.
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| 19 dead and 13 others missing in fire at Quebec seniors' home Posted: 29 Jan 2014 02:42 PM PST  L'ISLE-VERTE, Qc - Nineteen people have now been confirmed dead with another 13 still listed as missing after last week's blaze at a seniors' residence in eastern Quebec.
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| A record 221 Canadian athletes to compete for Canada at Sochi Olympics Posted: 29 Jan 2014 06:05 PM PST TORONTO - Canada will send 221 athletes to the Sochi Olympics, its largest ever team for a Winter Games. The Canadian Olympic Committee officially announced its full team Wednesday. Canada's goal is to win more medals than any other country in Sochi. Canada's team of 202 athletes finished third overall four years ago in Vancouver with 26 medals, but won a record 14 gold.  |
| Canadian officials encouraged by forthcoming State report on Keystone XL Posted: 29 Jan 2014 04:38 PM PST WASHINGTON D.C., - Canadian officials say they're encouraged by what they're hearing about a long-awaited report on the environmental impact of the Keystone XL pipeline that could be released imminently by the U.S. State Department. Those sources in Washington and Ottawa say they've been told the report could be ready for release within a few days — and that it will bolster the case for the controversial energy project. "What we're hearing is that it's going to be positive for the project — and therefore positive for Canada," said one diplomat in Washington, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he hadn't seen the report himself, although he had discussed its contents with American contacts. He said there was optimism amongst Canadian officials but no celebration just yet: "You're not going to be seeing people high-fiving and toasting with champagne," he said.  |
| Ottawa teen girl who led underage prostitution ring convicted of 30 charges Posted: 29 Jan 2014 11:38 AM PST  The last of three Ottawa teenage girls who ran an underage prostitution ring was convicted Wednesday of 30 charges. The now-17-year-old girl, arrested with two others in June 2012, cried as Justice Diane Lahaie found her guilty of all but … Continue reading →
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| Couple accused of murder to be flown from N.S. to Ontario Posted: 29 Jan 2014 11:21 AM PST  A couple arrested in Nova Scotia in connection with the deaths of a mother and son from Mississauga, Ont., have been remanded so they can be flown back to Ontario to face charges.
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| Canadian journalist in Cairo faces charges that include joining terrorist group Posted: 29 Jan 2014 01:12 PM PST  The family of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo issued an urgent appeal for Ottawa's help Wednesday, as they learned the man had abruptly been charged with being a member of a terrorist group. Mohamed Fahmy was among 20 employees of satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera who were charged with several offences in what's believed to be the first time Egypt has referred journalists to trial for terrorism. Fahmy was charged with using illegal equipment, broadcasting false news that endangered national security and being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a group Egypt's military-led government has branded a terrorist organization, his family said. "It's become a very desperate situation," Fahmy's brother Adel told The Canadian Press.
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| Francois Gendron, dean of Quebec's national assembly, rushed to hospital Posted: 29 Jan 2014 01:54 PM PST  QUEBEC - The dean of Quebec's national assembly was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after suffering chest pains and respiratory problems during a cabinet meeting. A spokesman for Francois Gendron said the deputy premier would spend Wednesday night in a Quebec City hospital. Gendron, 69, has represented the northwestern Quebec riding of Abitibi-Ouest in the legislature since 1976. Health Minister Rejean Hebert, who is a doctor, decided to call an ambulance even though he did not believe Gendron was having a heart attack.
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| Stephen Harper defends Julian Fantino amid calls for his resignation Posted: 29 Jan 2014 12:49 PM PST  You had a feel a little bad for the Stephen Harper during Question Period, today, when opposition leaders railed against him for the actions of Veterans Affairs Minster Julian Fantino. He was in a no-win situation trying the defend the … Continue reading →
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| Tests confirm fourth case of deadly pig virus in Ontario: official Posted: 29 Jan 2014 11:04 AM PST  A deadly and highly contagious pig virus continues to spread across Ontario as officials confirm a fourth case of the outbreak has been found in the province. A spokeswoman for the province's Ministry of Agriculture says the latest case was found at a farm in Norfolk County, which is on the north shore of Lake Erie. Susan Murray says authorities expect to find more cases since PED is so easy to transmit. The country's first case of PED was discovered last week on a farm in southwestern Ontario, and officials say hundreds of piglets between two to five days old have died from the disease.
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| Rob Ford’s secret budget plan is destined to fail, and that's just the way he wants it Posted: 29 Jan 2014 10:59 AM PST  A Toronto city council meeting intended to establish the 2014 budget, expected to include a secretive budget proposal put forward by Mayor Rob Ford, was bound the get ugly. But no one thought it would get so ugly, so fast. … Continue reading →
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| Justin Bieber charged with assault in Toronto; allegedly hit limo driver Posted: 29 Jan 2014 08:16 PM PST TORONTO - Justin Bieber pushed his way through a teeming crowd of journalists and deliriously screaming fans Wednesday night as the global pop phenom surrendered to face a charge of assault. The blinding camera flashes and shouts of "Justin I love you!" outside a downtown Toronto police station were similar to the scene that greeted the young star in Miami last week, where he faces charges in an alleged drag racing incident. Police allege that Bieber and five other people were picked up by a limousine from a Toronto nightclub in the early morning hours of Dec. 30, and that there was an altercation en route to a hotel. Bieber was charged with one count of assault.  |
| Canadian police charge Justin Bieber with assaulting limo driver Posted: 29 Jan 2014 08:46 PM PST  By Allison Martell and Jeffrey Hodgson TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police charged Justin Bieber on Wednesday with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December, the latest in a string of legal troubles for the young pop star. The alleged incident happened in the early hours of December 30, when the limousine picked up six people including Bieber, 19, outside a Toronto nightclub, police said in a statement. Bieber allegedly struck the limousine driver on the back of the head several times during an altercation on the way to a hotel, police said. The driver got out and called police, but Bieber left before they arrived, according to the statement.
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| Canada's Trudeau boots unelected senators from Liberal caucus Posted: 29 Jan 2014 01:12 PM PST  By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, fighting to unseat Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the 2015 election, expelled all his party's members in the scandal-plagued Senate from the Liberal caucus on Wednesday. The reputation of Canada's Senate, the unelected upper chamber of its Parliament, is in tatters after controversial expense claims by four senators - three Conservative appointees and one Liberal appointee. Opponents of Trudeau, son of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, said his motive was to insulate his party from the seething expense scandal. But the Liberal leader said he was moving to fix what he called a broken Senate.
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