| Should Stephen Harper speak out against the PQ’s fantasies? Posted: 12 Mar 2014 02:12 PM PDT  In 2006, the Conservative Party campaign slogan was "Stand up for Canada". By that, the Tories meant standing up for the taxpayer, for everyday Canadians. Well, it looks like Canada needs somebody to stand up for them again. This time … Continue reading →
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| Hastings School parents decry planned school swap Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:09 PM PDT The parents of Hastings School students blasted the Louis Riel School Division's proposal to relocate students due to enrolment pressures at the French immersion school nearby.  |
| 9 Shilo soldiers injured after military trucks collide Posted: 12 Mar 2014 09:51 PM PDT  Nine Canadian Forces soldiers were sent to hospital after two military trucks collided at CFB Shilo in western Manitoba on Wednesday evening.
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| B.C. measles outbreak underscores continued battle over vaccination holdouts Posted: 12 Mar 2014 01:42 PM PDT  A serious outbreak of measles in Fraser Valley communities east of Vancouver is frustrating health officials, especially over the reasons for it.
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| Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she will pay back $45K for trip Posted: 12 Mar 2014 05:37 PM PDT  EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford, hounded for weeks to repay the $45,000 bill for a lavish South Africa trip, relented Wednesday, saying the issue is now impeding the work of her government. "This afternoon I've informed my caucus, my cabinet and my party that I've personally paid for the costs associated with the recent South Africa trip," Redford said in a hastily called news conference. The issue began last December, when Redford was invited to join Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other Canadian leaders on a federal flight to South Africa for Mandela's funeral. Redford had, before entering politics, worked with Mandela to implement democratic reforms in South Africa.
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| Canada gets a new U.S. ambassador, Bruce Heyman, after eight-month delay Posted: 12 Mar 2014 07:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON - The next U.S. ambassador to Canada has had his nomination confirmed nearly a year after President Barack Obama tapped him for the job. Chicago investment banker Bruce Heyman was approved in a vote Wednesday by the U.S. Senate, where partisan wrangling has slowed down the appointment of dozens of senior diplomats. Heyman was first revealed as the president's choice last spring, but the post in Ottawa remained vacant for eight months following the departure of the last American ambassador. "Honored to be confirmed by the Senate today as the next US Ambassador to Canada," Heyman tweeted Wednesday evening.
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| Ottawa meddling, not high prices is main threat to Canadian housing: report Posted: 12 Mar 2014 02:06 PM PDT  OTTAWA - Canada's hot real estate market continued to gather steam last month, but a new report from a respected mortgage and housing expert makes the case that prices are not in bubble territory and, if anything, have room to grow. The report by Toronto-based analyst Will Dunning stands conventional wisdom on its head as related to the Canadian housing market, which almost every think-tank and economist believes is overheated and headed for a fall, whether by way of a soft landing or crash. But Dunning, of Will Dunning Inc. economic research, says based on current interest rates, which likely won't move higher for some time, and the stable labour market, the housing market is perfectly aligned with fundamentals. In fact, he says if there is a correction, it will most likely be federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's tightening of mortgage rules — rather than inflated prices — that will be the catalyst.
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| Why Alberta school shouldn’t shield students from rowdy MLAs during legislature field trips Posted: 12 Mar 2014 05:27 PM PDT  I can relate to Alberta school officials who've decided that watching politicians in action at the provincial legislature would be too disturbing for malleable young minds. Innisfail Middle School sent a letter last fall to the speaker, premier and opposition … Continue reading →
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| Coast guard warns of bad ice year for Atlantic Canada ships Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:14 PM PDT  The Canadian Coast Guard is pleading with merchant ships to plan their voyages well in advance this year as the organization's icebreaker fleet confronts some of the worst ice conditions on the Atlantic Ocean in decades.
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| Ambivalence, remembrance marks Canada's end of Afghanistan military mission Posted: 12 Mar 2014 02:46 PM PDT  There was much ambivalence and some outright avoidance in Canada on Wednesday as the last 100 Canadian Forces soldiers on duty in Afghanistan saw their mission formally come to an end. The Canadian death toll in Afghanistan was 158 soldiers, one diplomat, one journalist and two civilian contractors. Canada's military engagement in Afghanistan began with the unpublicized arrival of special forces in late 2001. The Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll released Wednesday showed widespread Canadian ambivalence about the country's military legacy from Afghanistan.
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| An independent Quebec would be among West's most indebted countries Posted: 12 Mar 2014 08:41 AM PDT  If one week of the Quebec election campaign has taught us anything, it's that the sovereignty debate is alive and well in la belle province. Interestingly, one thing the separatists in that province often seem to disregard is how an … Continue reading →
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| Poll suggests that Trudeau’s Ukraine joke didn’t hurt his popularity Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:03 AM PDT  Is Justin Trudeau Canada's new teflon man? It appears that the Liberal leader's untimely joke about Ukraine doesn't seem to be affecting his popularity. Late last month, in an interview with Radio Canada —after violent clashes that killed dozens in … Continue reading →
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| Storm leaving accidents, airport delays and closures in its wake Posted: 12 Mar 2014 01:10 PM PDT  A late-season storm is delivering quite the wallop of winter weather today, as the northern edge of a storm tracking its way through the U.S. Northeast clips southern Ontario and Quebec on its way towards Atlantic Canada. This latest blast … Continue reading →
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| Sochi Paralympics: Corporate sponsorship the ‘last barrier’ for athletes Posted: 12 Mar 2014 04:20 AM PDT When it comes to the costs of pursuing a Paralympic or Olympic dream, athletes in Canada face a mostly level playing field, though a few bastions of inequity remain.  |
| ‘Creature Sightings’ page mocking Calgary’s homeless removed from Facebook Posted: 12 Mar 2014 08:23 AM PDT  A Facebook page dedicated to photographing and mocking homeless people in Calgary was removed from the Internet on Thursday amid public backlash and a possible police investigation. The page, entitled "Creature Sightings" disappeared from Facebook at about 10:30 a.m., after … Continue reading →
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| Olivia Chow resigns as federal MP, officially enters Toronto mayoral race Posted: 12 Mar 2014 06:13 AM PDT  Hopefully Olivia Chow can swim, because she's jumping into shark-infested waters by formally entering the Toronto mayoral race on Wednesday. Chow, formerly a New Democrat MP, resigned her seat in Parliament this morning is expected to formally kick off her mayoral campaign on Thursday. … Continue reading →
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| Canadians reported second-largest number of UFO sightings last year Posted: 12 Mar 2014 11:47 AM PDT  I take reports about UFO sightings with a large grain of salt. I suppose it's possible extra-terrestrials from stars hundreds of light years from Earth could have the technology to visit us more often than I see my mother. I … Continue reading →
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| Mysterious Windsor Hum gets Ottawa review Posted: 12 Mar 2014 10:59 AM PDT  A federally funded report on the mysterious Windsor Hum has been submitted to both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Natural Resources.
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| Nine soldiers injured in training accident at Canadian Forces Base Shilo Posted: 12 Mar 2014 09:33 PM PDT BRANDON, Man. - A collision between two military trucks engaged in a training exercise has sent nine Manitoba soldiers to hospital.  |
| NAFTA could be open for discussion, Harper hints during trade talk Posted: 12 Mar 2014 08:16 PM PDT  VANCOUVER - With the ink still wet on a free-trade deal with South Korea, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada would be willing to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement for the right price. Harper stopped in Vancouver on his way home from South Korea on Wednesday, wasting no time in selling the new agreement. In a question-and-answer session at a B.C. Chamber of Commerce gathering, he said his government remains focused on building global trade, "particularly given that some of our traditional trading partners — like the United States — may not have the kind of growth rates that you're talking about for a very long time to come." That said, the prime minister made it clear that Canada may be interested in renegotiating NAFTA with the U.S. and Mexico.
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| Floating hotel draws workers to NW Canada boom town Posted: 12 Mar 2014 03:53 PM PDT  By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Hundreds of construction workers in booming northern British Columbia will take up residence this week in unique digs on board a cruise ferry revamped into a floating luxury hotel. The aging ship will help relieve a housing shortage in one busy Canadian port town already bursting ahead of a promised energy boom that could last more than a decade. The Silja Festival - a Baltic ferry made over as the Delta Spirit Lodge - will spend at least a year docked outside Kitimat, British Columbia, where it will provide housing for about 600 workers in town for Rio Tinto Alcan's $3.3 billion smelter-upgrade project, which is expected to wrap up in 2015. After that, the ship's owners hope more contracts will float their way as major energy companies like Chevron Corp, Petronas and Royal Dutch Shell push ahead with proposed liquefied natural gas export (LNG) projects along Canada's Pacific coast.
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| Canada PM criticizes shipment delays in Vancouver port labor dispute Posted: 12 Mar 2014 11:19 AM PDT  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Wednesday it was unacceptable for striking truck drivers to delay shipments at the country's largest port in Vancouver, but noted that it was up to the provincial government to deal with the conflict. The labor dispute at the port, a gateway to fast-growing Asian markets, escalated this week just as Harper signed a free trade agreement with South Korea aimed at boosting Canadian exports to Asia. "This is obviously a big problem," Harper told a business audience in Vancouver when asked to comment on the strike. "As I understand it, unfortunately the labor disputes here are really under the jurisdiction of the provincial government, not ours, but we are concerned about this," he said.
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