Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines

---

• CBC executives involved with Ghomeshi investigation put on leave
• Canada hangs on to beat Russia 5-4, end world junior gold-medal drought
• Harper takes in Canada-Russia gold-medal game at world junior championship
• CBC puts two managers on leave after Ghomeshi probe
• Canada PM demotes gaffe-prone veterans affairs minister

CBC executives involved with Ghomeshi investigation put on leave Posted: 05 Jan 2015 03:08 PM PST TORONTO - Two high-ranking CBC executives involved with interviewing employees in connection with the Jian Ghomeshi affair have been put on indefinite leave of absence.

Canada hangs on to beat Russia 5-4, end world junior gold-medal drought Posted: 05 Jan 2015 09:32 PM PST TORONTO - The sweetest sound was the final buzzer.

Harper takes in Canada-Russia gold-medal game at world junior championship Posted: 05 Jan 2015 08:42 PM PST TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a break from politics Monday to attend the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship.

CBC puts two managers on leave after Ghomeshi probe Posted: 05 Jan 2015 02:28 PM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said on Monday it has placed two executives at the heart of a scandal involving former radio personality Jian Ghomeshi on leaves of absence, effective immediately. The CBC's head of human resources and industrial relations, Todd Spencer, and its executive director of radio, Chris Boyce, will both take an unspecified break from their duties, the public broadcaster said on Twitter. ...

Canada PM demotes gaffe-prone veterans affairs minister Posted: 05 Jan 2015 10:03 AM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's gaffe-prone veterans affairs minister was demoted on Monday after a string of embarrassments that threatened to harm the Conservative government's image less than a year before the next election. Julian Fantino, widely criticized by opposition politicians and some veterans affairs advocates, will now serve as a junior defense minister, a government statement said. He was replaced by backbench legislator and former air force officer Erin O'Toole. ...

You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo News Canada - Canada Headlines To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now.	Email delivery powered by Google
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States