| Fears raised after successful sex-offender program has funding slashed Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:47 PM PST  I think if you stopped 10 Canadians on the street and asked about how to deal with sex offenders, nine of them would say lock 'em up and throw away the key. But the inconvenient truth is most eventually will … Continue reading →
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| BC teachers vote 89 per cent in favour of strike action to support demands Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:05 PM PST VANCOUVER - The union representing 41,000 teachers in British Columbia has voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action, although its president says there will be no immediate school closures or disruptions to students, and members are committed to a negotiated settlement. The B.C. Teachers' Federation announced late Thursday night that 26,051 teachers, or 89 per cent of those who cast ballots, voted in favour of taking job action during a three-day provincewide vote. The results of the vote mean the union now has 90 days to initiate some kind of job action if it chooses to. "The strike vote is the first stage to put pressure on," said Jim Iker, the union president.  |
| York University shooting injures 2 Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:34 PM PST  Toronto Police are investigating a shooting at York University that injured two women Thursday night.
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| Canada won't recognize Crimea referendum results, Harper says Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:03 AM PST  The Stephen Harper government has weighed-in on the latest developments in Ukraine. On Thursday, as explained by the Canadian Press, lawmakers in Crimea — the southern region of Ukraine currently occupied by Russian troops — voted unanimously to split from … Continue reading →
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| Pauline Marois refuses to take part in English-language debate Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:52 PM PST  That was fast. It's the first full day of the Quebec election campaign and we already have our first language controversy. While three of the major party leaders are open to the idea, CBC News is reporting that Parti Quebecois … Continue reading →
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| Elections watchdog says proposed election law damages level playing field Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:49 PM PST  OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer has provided fuel to opposition claims that new election rules being proposed by the Harper government are designed to tilt the field in the Conservative party's favour. The massive rewrite of the Canada Elections Act will increase party spending and decrease voting among some groups, all the while failing to provide the investigative powers needed to get to the bottom of election fraud, Marc Mayrand told a House of Commons committee Thursday. "In Canada, electoral fairness has traditionally been understood to mean maintaining a level playing field among parties and candidates by the imposition of strict spending limits," Mayrand said. It took five years and dozens of spirited denials in the House of Commons before the Conservative party finally pleaded guilty in 2011 to significant overspending in the 2006 campaign — a plea deal that Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre celebrated as a victory.
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| Canada Post unveils redesigned community mailboxes as phase out begins Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:51 AM PST  If you're one of the Canadians destined to lose their home mail delivery, cast your eyes on your new community mailbox. Canada Post has taken the wraps off the redesigned community boxes destined to be installed in neighbourhoods where door-to-door delivery will be phased out over the next five years. The Crown corporation last month announced the first 11 communities to make the transition by the end of 2014.
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| Justin Stark's mom accepts defence minister's apology over 1-cent cheque Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:30 PM PST  The mother of a dead Hamilton, Ont., soldier who received a cheque for one cent from the federal government has accepted the apology of Defence Minister Rob Nicholson but said the incident has reopened wounds.
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| National Energy Board approves Enbridge's Line 9 reversal plan Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:20 PM PST  TORONTO - The National Energy Board issued a green light Thursday to energy giant Enbridge's plan to reverse the flow and increase the capacity of a pipeline that has been running between southern Ontario and Montreal for years. The 141-page decision on the controversial Line 9 comes some four months after the federal regulator held public hearings on the Calgary-based company's proposal. "The board's decision enables Enbridge to react to market forces and provide benefits to Canadians, while at the same time implementing the project in a safe and environmentally sensitive manner," the NEB said in a statement. "Enbridge will be permitted to operate all of Line 9 in an eastward direction in order to transport crude oil from Western Canada and the U.S. Bakken region to refineries in Ontario and Quebec."
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| School trustees face backlash after asking Toronto to enforce public nudity law at Pride Parade Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:51 PM PST  A motion requesting that Toronto enforce public nudity laws at the city's annual Pride Parade has generated quite the fuss, both online and off. The parade is a huge event, attracting up to a million spectators and participants each year. … Continue reading →
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| Most of the Lev Tahor kids at centre of custody case have left Canada: police Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:55 PM PST  CHATHAM, Ont. - An Ontario judge has issued an emergency order that 14 children from an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect at the centre of a custody case be placed in the care of children's aid, but police said Thursday most of the children have left the country. Two families whose children were ordered removed from their custody left Canada for Guatemala this week, but some of the travellers were detained in Trinidad and Tobago during a stopover, according to a Lev Tahor member's email to supporters, which was obtained by The Canadian Press. Immigration authorities in Trinidad met Wednesday with Canadian Embassy officials about the case, said Marcia Hope, a spokeswoman for that country's Ministry of National Security.
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| Federal byelection candidate gets online buzz with libertarian memes Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:21 PM PST  If elections were won based on creativity, then this guy would be the next MP for Fort McMurray - Athabasca. Libertarian candidate Tim Moen — who is running in a federal byelection which has yet to be called — is … Continue reading →
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| No personal or business tax increases in stay-the-course Manitoba budget Posted: 06 Mar 2014 02:49 PM PST  WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has tabled a cautious budget that contains no personal or business tax increases for the first time in three years. The budget caps spending growth, while making small investments in child care, rental assistance and small business. The governing NDP's popularity has plummeted since it raised the provincial sales tax by one percentage point last year — after promising in the last election campaign not to raise taxes. Finance Minister Jennifer Howard said the government is trying to live within its means without cutting front-line services.
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| Drink 'til dawn: Montreal mayor open to idea of bars selling booze until 6 a.m. Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:34 PM PST If a pilot project being proposed by Mayor Denis Coderre is successful, Montrealers might be able to do just that. If it's ever allowed in Montreal, there would only be a two-hour gap when bars couldn't serve alcohol — between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Coderre added that even his Montreal police chief agreed there's a big impact on the streets. Jean-Marie De Koninck, a longtime proponent of highway safety, said staying open until 6 a.m. would allow drinkers to gradually empty out the bars.  |
| Alberta budget shows $1.1B surplus, but billions borrowed for infrastructure Posted: 06 Mar 2014 04:23 PM PST  EDMONTON - Alberta is back in the black when it comes to day-to-day spending, but the good times are being underwritten with billions of dollars in debt, which is now at $14 billion and rising. The province will run a consolidated surplus of $1.1 billion, the first surplus in six years, in the 2014-15 fiscal year, Finance Minister Doug Horner said Thursday. There will be no new taxes and no tax increases, and Alberta will retain its status as Canada's only province without a sales tax. Horner said the province is also earmarking $1.1 billion over the next three years to help Calgary and southern Alberta recover from last year's extensive flooding.
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| Olivia Chow’s inevitable mayoral campaign won’t change much for Rob Ford Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:59 PM PST  On the day that Toronto celebrated its 180th birthday, the city's mayor was not at city hall. Rob Ford's absence was noted by media, councillors and members of a permanent protest that has formed outside his office at city hall. … Continue reading →
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| North of 69? CRTC worried there’s not enough CanCon in Canadian porn Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:35 AM PST  Canada's federal broadcasting regulator is cracking the whip on three Toronto-based adult TV channels for failing to include enough Canadian content in their programming. The Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission announced three porn channels – AOV Adult Movie Channel, AOV … Continue reading →
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| Teacher relieved of duties after making student eat banana pulled from trash Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:04 PM PST  SIMCOE, Ont. - A teacher accused of making a Grade 3 student eat a banana that had been pulled out of a garbage can has been relieved of her duties. The school board, Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud, said in a statement Thursday that the teacher's actions reflected poor judgement. The board says it regrets the incident at a Simcoe, Ont., school took place and offered "sincere apologies" to the eight-year-old student and her family. The girl's mother says the teacher took the banana from the garbage, peeled it with her bare hands, broke off a piece, ate it, then instructed the girl to eat the rest.
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| Canadian regulators approve Enbridge's Line 9 plan Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:03 PM PST  By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadian regulators on Thursday approved Enbridge Inc's Line 9 oil pipeline reversal and expansion, conditional on the country's largest pipeline company undertaking additional work on consultation and safety. Enbridge plans to reverse its Line 9B pipeline, which extends from southern Ontario to Quebec, and boost capacity of the entire Line 9 line by 25 percent to 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), in order to ship western oil to refineries in Eastern Canada. The approval by the National Energy Board (NEB) was widely expected, as the plan uses existing infrastructure, requires no new pipeline and much of the work will take place on Enbridge property or right-of-ways. "The board's decision enables Enbridge to react to market forces and provide benefits to Canadians, while at the same time implementing the project in a safe and environmentally sensitive manner," the NEB said in its report.
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| Canada says won't recognize a referendum in Crimea Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:37 AM PST  Canada will not recognize any referendum held in the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea as long as Russia maintains its "illegal military occupation" there, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. Crimea's parliament voted to join Russia on Thursday and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum on the decision in 10 days' time. "Russia's invasion of Ukraine is an act of aggression, a clear violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, and of international law. Canada will not recognize a referendum held in a region currently under illegal military occupation," Harper said in a statement.
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