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• Attempted murder charges likely to stem from shootout with Alberta RCMP
• Train carrying oil and gas derails in New Brunswick, prompting evacuations
• Prince George strike averted: 'it was down to the crunch'
• Centre of violent blizzard to pass over Iqaluit Tuesday night
• Harper climate protesters won't face charges in security breach
• Icy blast sets new record lows in southwestern Ontario
• Freezing weather shuts down Toronto's airport
• Contest for Rob Anders' job triggers Tory infighting
• Ontario’s politicians playing politics in the midst of extreme weather conditions
• Tobacco prescriptions proposed as way to cut smoking rates
• Bank of Canada head says rates on hold until data improves
• U.S. environmental group puts Canadian fisheries on its target list
• Questions arise over former Tory cabinet minister lobbying for Enbridge
• Who is the next Ford family member to enter Toronto politics?
• Tory MP Patrick Brown questioned about taxpayer-funded trip to New York
• Four-year-old Toronto boy disappears for hours after school-bus mixup
• Some Canadians now spend 8 hours of free time daily staring at screens: poll
• Train carrying oil derails, catches fire in New Brunswick, Canada

Attempted murder charges likely to stem from shootout with Alberta RCMP Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:32 PM PST TOFIELD, Alta. - RCMP say a man who was wounded in a shootout with Mounties on a farm east of Edmonton will likely face attempted murder and firearms charges. RCMP Chief Supt. Randy McGinnis said it would be wrong for people to compare what happened Monday night to the 2005 ambush near Mayerthorpe, Alta., where four Mounties were gunned down by a man hiding in a Quonset hut on a rural farm. We weren't waiting for other members to come to examine a scene, to seize other items like the Quonset in Mayerthorpe," McGinnis said Tuesday. "I have heard that we should have had our emergency response team there when we first went there.

Train carrying oil and gas derails in New Brunswick, prompting evacuations Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:51 PM PST PLASTER ROCK, N.B. - A CN freight train carrying crude oil and propane derailed Tuesday night in a sparsely populated region of northwestern New Brunswick, forcing the evacuation of about 50 to 60 people after a fire that the rail company described as "significant." CN (TSX:CNR) spokesman Jim Feeny said 15 cars and a locomotive derailed in Wapske near the village of Plaster Rock. Of the cars that derailed, four were carrying propane and another four were carrying crude oil, Feeny said. The train's engineer and conductor, the only people on the train, were not hurt in the derailment, he said, adding that it's unclear what caused the train to leave the tracks.

Prince George strike averted: 'it was down to the crunch' Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:06 PM PST After months of tense negotiating, the city of Prince George and its unionized workers reached a last minute contract deal Tuesday, narrowly avoiding a strike.

Centre of violent blizzard to pass over Iqaluit Tuesday night Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:16 PM PST Environment Canada warns that though winds will diminish to light overnight as the storm moves directly overhead, powerful southeast winds will redevelop early Wednesday morning.

Harper climate protesters won't face charges in security breach Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:25 PM PST Vancouver police say no criminal charges will be laid against two protesters who got past the prime minister's security and onto a Vancouver stage right next to Stephen Harper.

Icy blast sets new record lows in southwestern Ontario Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:30 AM PST Bitter cold and extreme wind chills swept into southern Ontario last night, setting some new records and coming close to breaking some very old ones. Southwestern Ontario is feeling the full lash of the polar vortex this morning, as temperature … Continue reading →

Freezing weather shuts down Toronto's airport Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:27 AM PST Cold temperatures across central and eastern Canada shut down the country's largest airport Tuesday morning, scrubbing every scheduled to arrive flight and leaving thousands of passengers stranded and separated from their luggage. … Continue reading →

Contest for Rob Anders' job triggers Tory infighting Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:04 PM PST A tussle between Tories is brewing in Calgary where a group is preparing to challenge Conservative backbench MP Rob Anders for the nomination in his riding for the next federal election in 2015.

Ontario’s politicians playing politics in the midst of extreme weather conditions Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:36 PM PST Politicians everywhere always talk about not wanting to 'politicize' crises or emergency events. Maybe it's the nature of the beast — as they say — but its seems to me that politicians in Ontario are using the current extreme weather … Continue reading →

Tobacco prescriptions proposed as way to cut smoking rates Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:20 PM PST I'm in favour of just about anything that would cut smoking rates in Canada but I'm not sure Bill Tieleman's proposal to effectively outlaw retail sales of tobacco products is a practical solution. Tieleman, a B.C. political commentator and former … Continue reading →

Bank of Canada head says rates on hold until data improves Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:41 PM PST By Louise Egan and Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada should keep its key interest rate on hold until economic data persuades it otherwise, central bank chief Stephen Poloz said on Tuesday, adding that he was not worried about calls from some international players to tighten policy. His comments follow controversial remarks by Canada's finance minister on Sunday suggesting there would be pressure to raise interest rates in 2014. "For us, minimizing the risks of making a big mistake here is what we're trying to do, and that tells us that we should be holding rates where they are until the data flow changes our mind," Poloz said in an interview with CBC television. Asked about the potential for higher rates in 2014, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told CTV television on Sunday there would be some pressure to tighten because of the U.S. Federal Reserve scaling back its bond-purchasing program.

U.S. environmental group puts Canadian fisheries on its target list Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:32 PM PST WASHINGTON - A prominent U.S. environmental group is targeting seafood imports from countries that don't follow American fishing standards — and Canada is on its hit list. The criticism is in a report released Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defence Council, which is lobbying the U.S. administration to start enforcing a domestic law that bans imports from countries that fail to apply American sea-mammal protection rules. The report comes as the U.S. weighs regulatory changes that could result in more stringent enforcement of an existing law governing U.S. fisheries imports. Since Canada is the second-largest fish exporter to the U.S. after China, with $2.5 billion worth shipped per year, any regulatory revamp could be felt across the border.

Questions arise over former Tory cabinet minister lobbying for Enbridge Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:46 AM PST Former Conservative cabinet minster Chuck Strahl is under fire after a Vancouver-based newspaper suggested that he is working as a paid lobbyist for Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines L.P.. On Monday, the Vancouver Observer reported that Strahl, who is also the … Continue reading →

Who is the next Ford family member to enter Toronto politics? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:20 AM PST Place your bets, folks. It appears another member of the Ford family could be set to launch a political career. But which Ford will it be? No one knows for sure. For the past three years, there have been two … Continue reading →

Tory MP Patrick Brown questioned about taxpayer-funded trip to New York Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:22 AM PST Some have argued that if politicians were expected to report all their expenses online, it would become 'silly season' for the media nitpicking at every nickle disbursed. Maybe we're getting a little taste of that in this story about Conservative … Continue reading →

Four-year-old Toronto boy disappears for hours after school-bus mixup Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:25 AM PST Two things jumped out at me in the story of a little Toronto boy who went missing Monday, sparking a massive police search. Those things were "four-year-old" and "school bus." I know things have changed a lot since I was … Continue reading →

Some Canadians now spend 8 hours of free time daily staring at screens: poll Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:33 PM PST In an online poll of 2,058 Canadians — conducted this fall by Ipsos on behalf of Google — smartphone owners said 86 per cent of their daily so-called "media interactions" were screen-based, including watching TV, using a computer, tablet or e-reader. On average, smartphone owners said they spent about an hour and a half each day on their phone for personal use, with about 56 per cent of that activity happening outside the home. When asked about using their devices simultaneously — for example, swiping and tapping on a phone or tablet while watching TV — 87 per cent said they do it at least once a week. Those multi-tasking users were most likely to be on their phone while watching TV, followed by a pairing of using their phone and their computer together, and then using their tablet while channel surfing.

Train carrying oil derails, catches fire in New Brunswick, Canada Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:19 PM PST A Canadian National Railway train carrying propane and crude oil derailed and caught fire on Tuesday in northwest New Brunswick, Canada, the latest in a string of train accidents that have put the surging crude-by-rail business under heavy scrutiny. No one was injured but about 45 nearby homes were evacuated when the train derailed near the village of Plaster Rock at about 7 p.m. local time (2300 GMT), local officials and the railroad said. The train originated in Toronto and was headed to Moncton, New Brunswick, which is about 300 km (186 miles) east of the site of the accident, said Jim Feeny, director of public and government affairs at CN. This latest derailment comes a little more than a week after a train carrying crude oil in the booming oil state of North Dakota derailed and exploded.

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