| Wife pregnant and on life support, B.C. man awaits C-section Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST  Dylan Benson's pregnant wife suffered a medical emergency after Christmas and was declared brain dead, but remains in a B.C. hospital on life support until the doctors feel it's safe to perform a caesarean section.
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| Dolphins and orcas mix it up off Vancouver Island Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:39 PM PST Passengers aboard a B.C. Ferry got quite an eyeful yesterday while waiting to leave Departure Bay near Nanaimo B.C. as dolphins and orcas cavorted near the vessel.  |
| Don't look to us for a timeline on Keystone XL, White House tells Canada Posted: 03 Feb 2014 08:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON - The Canadian government is asking Barack Obama not to "rag the puck" on a Keystone XL decision. But to hear the U.S. administration tell it, the president doesn't have the puck on his stick, isn't anywhere near it, and won't commit to touching it soon. The State Department is legally in charge of the file for at least another 90 days, and there's no indication of when it might hand things over to the president. Obama spokesman Jay Carney faced a dozen questions on the pipeline at the daily White House briefing Monday, with one query referring to the Canadian government starting to express its frustration.
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| CSEC not spying on Canadians, head of eavesdropping agency insists Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:55 PM PST  OTTAWA - The head of Canada's eavesdropping agency says a controversial effort to understand airport wireless systems did not breach the privacy of Canadians. John Forster told a Senate committee Monday that Communications Security Establishment Canada was merely collecting electronic metadata — or data trails about messages — and not the actual content of those messages and calls. A document obtained by CBC — originally leaked by former American spy contractor Edward Snowden — indicates the pilot project was intended to help the agency locate kidnappers and terrorists. The CSEC slide presentation suggests information was taken from an unidentified Canadian airport's free Wi-Fi system over a two-week period.
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| NDP demands answers from Tories over alleged airport spying Posted: 03 Feb 2014 01:15 PM PST  Defence Minister Rob Nicholson came under fire in question period Monday over a report CSEC spied on travellers using Wi-Fi at an airport. Opposition defence critic Jack Harris says the Tories are "evading" questions on the matter.
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| Quebec provincial police raise death toll in seniors' home fire to 28 Posted: 03 Feb 2014 12:29 PM PST  L'ISLE-VERTE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they are not ruling out anything — including a criminal cause — in their investigation of a fire at a seniors' home in L'Isle-Verte. Lt. Guy Lapointe confirmed on Monday that 28 people died when fire roared through the Residence du Havre. Provincial police said Monday they have ended recovery operations on the site of the disastrous blaze that struck the seniors' home in the early hours of Jan. 23 and plunged the tiny town into grief. "The search for both victims and any elements that might allow us to advance the investigation has been concluded," Lapointe said, adding that the investigation is continuing.
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| B.C. mom-to-be kept on life support Posted: 02 Feb 2014 11:31 PM PST Robyn Benson, who was declared brain dead in December, is being kept alive in a Victoria hospital long enough for her unborn son to have a good chance of surviving  |
| Ontario judge orders 13 Lev Tahor kids be turned over to Quebec children's aid Posted: 03 Feb 2014 04:20 PM PST  CHATHAM, Ont. - Children from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect must be turned over to child protection authorities in Quebec, where a court had ordered that they be placed in foster care, an Ontario judge ruled Monday. Much of the Lev Tahor community of about 200 people left their homes in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que., in the middle of the night days after a child welfare agency started a court case against a couple of families, involving 14 children. In their absence, the court in Quebec ruled in November that the children be placed in care for 30 days, but the insular community had already settled in Chatham, Ont. When the children's aid society here went to court to ask that the Quebec court order be enforced, Lev Tahor argued that Ontario had no jurisdiction.
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| John Tory slammed for suggesting women get paid less because they don’t negotiate Posted: 03 Feb 2014 02:42 PM PST  Last week, President Barack Obama made gender income equality one the pillars of his State of the Union address. The so-called 'gender income gap' is also an issue in Canada: According to the Conference Board of Canada, the gap in … Continue reading →
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| Toronto libraries flooded with requests for 'Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story' Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:48 AM PST  A new book that delves into the history of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, his rise to power and his troubles with drug addiction was released internationally on Monday, but anticipated nowhere more than Toronto itself. Crazy Town: The Rob Ford … Continue reading →
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| Should the Harper government cap bank ATM fees? Posted: 03 Feb 2014 12:52 PM PST  A contentious issue that probably affects the majority of adult Canadians was debated in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon. New Democrats introduced an opposition day motion asking the Harper government to cap ATM withdrawal fees at 50 cents … Continue reading →
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| Environmental health risks of Alberta oilsands probably underestimated: study Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:53 PM PST  EDMONTON - A new study suggests the environmental health risks of oilsands operations in Alberta's Athabasca region have probably been underestimated. The study, by the University of Toronto's environmental chemistry research group, looked at reported levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) — chemicals which can be released into the air, water and soil when bitumen-rich oilsands are mined and processed. "Our study shows that emissions of PAH estimated in environmental impact assessments conducted to approve developments in the Athabasca oilsands region are likely too low," reads the study published Monday in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "The potential therefore exists that estimation of future risk to humans and wildlife because of surface mining in the Athabasca oilsands region has been underestimated."
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| Guess how much Stephen McNeil's trip to Mandela funeral cost you? Posted: 03 Feb 2014 10:29 AM PST  Liberals release expense of December trip to South Africa.
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| Cement industry 'furious' at Quebec's funding of Bombardier project Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:40 PM PST A plan to build a $1-billion cement plant in the Gaspé peninsula that would be owned by Bombardier's investment arm is coming under fire from critics, who say the Quebec government should not be underwriting the private-sector project.  |
| Sugar linked to heart disease deaths in national study; most eat too much & soda's a culprit Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:06 PM PST  The biggest study of its kind suggests the answer is yes, at least when it comes to fatal heart problems. It doesn't take all that much extra sugar, hidden in many processed foods, to substantially raise the risk, the researchers found, and most Americans eat more than the safest amount. That means your chance of dying prematurely from heart problems is nearly three times greater than for people who eat only foods with little added sugar. For someone who normally eats 2,000 calories daily, even consuming two 12-ounce cans of soda substantially increases the risk.
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| Police probing triple slaying say one man in critical condition behind deaths Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:51 PM PST  SAINT-CROIX, Que. - Quebec provincial police say one man is believed to be behind three slayings in two different towns in the province's Chaudiere-Appalaches region over the weekend. A spokesman said Monday a 54-year-old man in hospital in critical condition is their prime suspect. The suspect's eleven-year-old daughter remains in critical condition in hospital stemming from the incident on Saturday night. Police have identified the dead found outside a home in St-Croix as Benoit Daigle, 39, and Nancy Samson, 44.
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| Alberta budgets extra $5M to speed up mental health services for children Posted: 03 Feb 2014 02:19 PM PST CALGARY - Alberta is putting up $5 million for children facing mental health crises to get help right away, Human Services Minister Manmeet Bhullar announced Monday. "If a child is dealing with trauma in the child intervention system, I want that child to receive assistance as soon as possible," Bhullar told a news conference. More than $1 million is to be given to three care agencies — in Red Deer, Edmonton, and Calgary — to hire staff and improve services so that children and youth deemed to be in acute distress can be seen and counselled right away. The province also plans to work with existing mental-health professionals, including counsellors and psychologists, to allow for children in care to get up to eight counselling or treatment sessions right away.  |
| Murder trial begins in case of Brampton, Ont., boy found beaten and starved Posted: 03 Feb 2014 03:52 PM PST  The list of injuries and indignities suffered by 10-year-old Shakeil Boothe before he died is sobering to read. The boy's father, Garfield Booth, and stepmother Nichelle Boothe-Rowe are charged with second-degree murder in the May 2011 death of Shakeil.
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| A bridge too far? Ottawa pushes ahead with new Windsor-Detroit link without U.S. funding Posted: 03 Feb 2014 11:41 AM PST  When it comes to big projects dear to its heart, the Conservative government's approach is press on regardless. That's true with the stalled Keystone XL oilsands pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast and with the proposed International Trade … Continue reading →
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| In hot Canadian market, parents hold keys to homeownership Posted: 03 Feb 2014 11:47 AM PST  By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - Laura Parsons helped her son buy his first home four years ago, and she's ready to help her daughter do the same, making her part of what many say is a growing trend across Canada, where home prices have soared 84 percent in 10 years. "I am going to give her the downpayment," said Parsons, 54, a mortgage banker in Calgary, Alberta, where an oil industry boom has pushed home prices to record highs. "It is increasingly common in the city of Toronto, where prices are pressing the limits of affordability, for most buyers looking to get a foot into the market," said Steven Fudge, a sales representative at Bosley Real Estate in Toronto. A 2013 survey of 2,000 people for Bank of Montreal found that 27 percent of first-time buyers in Canada expect their parents or other family members to help them purchase a house.
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| CN Rail to meet with union over stalled labor deal Posted: 03 Feb 2014 09:11 AM PST  By Susan Taylor TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co said it will meet on Monday afternoon with officials from the union representing 3,000 train conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators to discuss solutions after members rejected a tentative labor deal. Union members have "a lot of mistrust" with Canada's largest railway, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference General Chairman Roland Hackl told Reuters, and will need assurances that CN will respect rest provisions for workers in the current agreement. "There's logistical issues in relieving a crew, so we understand when it happens occasionally, but ... it has grossly escalated since the memorandum was reached." CN, which negotiated a new three-year agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference - Conductors, Trainpersons and Yardpersons (TCRC-CTY) in October, said extreme winter weather conditions since last December have hampered normal operations and slowed trains.
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