| Storm blows out power and floods roads in Maritimes Posted: 12 Jan 2014 06:39 AM PST  More than 9,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity Sunday morning after a night of high wind and heavy rain.
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| Pope selects Quebec bishop as cardinal Posted: 12 Jan 2014 05:35 AM PST  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday named his first batch of cardinals, choosing 19 men from Canada, Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, including Haiti and Burkino Faso, to reflect his attention to the poor. The appointments include Gerald Cyprien Lacroix, the Archbishop of Quebec. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope's selection of churchmen from Haiti and Burkino Faso, which are among the world's poorest nations, reflects Francis' attention to the destitute as a core part of the church's mission. Also chosen to become a "prince of the church," as the cardinals are known, was Mario Aurelio Poli, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, a post Francis left when he was elected as the first Latin American pope in March.
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| Gagnon becomes 1st Canadian woman to win World Cup combined event in 30 years Posted: 12 Jan 2014 07:19 AM PST  ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria - Marie-Michele Gagnon ended a 30-year drought for Canadian women in World Cup combined events by earning her maiden victory on Sunday. Gagnon was 1.37 seconds off the lead in 16th after the super-G portion but went ahead of the field after posting the second fastest time in the slalom run. "It's really exciting, a magical moment," said Gagnon, who wasn't even born when Gerry Sorensen won a combined event in Puy St. Vincent, France, on Jan. 8, 1984 for the last triumph by a Canadian woman. "My teammate Erin Mielzynski won two years ago in Ofterschwang.
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| Accenture named lead contractor for Obamacare website: government Posted: 11 Jan 2014 03:22 PM PST  Accenture has been chosen to replace CGI Federal as the lead contractor for the Obamacare enrollment website, which failed to work when it launched in October for millions of Americans shopping for health insurance, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Saturday. CGI Federal, a subsidiary of CGI Group, built the website, HealthCare.gov, which was plagued by error messages and slow speeds for weeks after the launch. The glitches created a political crisis for President Barack Obama, threatening the roll-out of his signature healthcare law and emboldening Republican foes to call for its repeal. "As CMS moves forward in our efforts to help consumers access quality, affordable health coverage, we have selected Accenture to become the lead contractor for the HealthCare.gov portal and to prepare for next year's open enrollment period," the agency said in a statement.
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| Chan wins 7th straight, Osmond defends title at Canadian skating championships Posted: 11 Jan 2014 08:11 PM PST  OTTAWA - Patrick Chan will go to the Sochi Olympics buoyed by seven consecutive Canadian titles and the knowledge that his skating is on stronger ground then it was only a month ago. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will go with a greater sense of the pressure that will be waiting for them at next month's Games. Chan won Canadian figure skating title No. 7 on Saturday, while Virtue and Moir claimed their sixth — neither performance was perfect. But Canada's top hopes for gold say they accomplished what they came for in Ottawa.
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| No thanks: Petition to make Rob Ford a U.S. citizen not getting much support Posted: 12 Jan 2014 07:54 PM PST  WASHINGTON - A petition to make Rob Ford an honorary U.S. citizen hasn't garnered much support so far. The petition appears on the White House website under the headline: "Proclaim Robert Bruce 'Rob' Ford, the 64th Mayor of Toronto, An Honorary Citizen of the Unites States of America." The tongue-in-cheek petition says: "(Ford) has at once demonstrated an exceptional proclivity to act for the greater good and been the subject of horrifying political attacks. The evidence demonstrates the attacks are motivated by Mayor Ford's unwavering adherence to good governance over the interests of his political opponents."
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| Neil Young blasts Harper government for allowing oilsands development Posted: 12 Jan 2014 06:21 PM PST  TORONTO - Canadian rock icon Neil Young launched a blistering attack on the Harper government and Alberta's oilsands at a news conference on Sunday, saying that he was "shattered" after visiting a Fort McMurray industrial site he compared to the atomic bomb-devastated wreckage of Hiroshima, Japan. Joined on the Massey Hall stage by representatives from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Young was especially scathing in his criticism of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's "hypocritical" administration, which Young said was ignoring science to irresponsibly drive corporate profits. "Canada is trading integrity for money," said the environmentally engaged 68-year-old rocker. "That's what's happening under the current leadership in Canada, which is a very poor imitation of the George Bush administration in the United States and is lagging behind on the world stage.
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| SkyTrain sex assault suspect may have targeted ESL student Posted: 12 Jan 2014 08:12 PM PST TransLink's Transit Police have released surveillance footage in the hopes of identifying a sexual assault suspect who forced himself on a Japanese exchange student.  |
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