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• Wireless code gives customers new rights starting today
• Seattle ferry theft raises security concerns; man held on $200,000 bail
• Commuting times key factor for job selection among younger workers: survey
• Senate fully co-operating with RCMP, handing over four senators' emails
• Blizzard and winter storm warnings across Alberta, Saskatchewan
• Sen. Brazeau on his new job as Frank magazine contributor
• Harper government spending $9 million on wireless industry advertising: report
• Nova Scotia Liberal breaks down in discussing photo of blackface character
• Ex-ORNGE boss’s $9.3M compensation raises questions about validity of ‘sunshine list’
• Toronto police Const. John Zivcic dies after crash
• Senator Patrick Brazeau lands a job as Frank Magazine’s newest Parliament Hill reporter
• Manitoba Tory leader defends 'infidel atheists' remark
• Tori Stafford's killer seeks public money to fund appeal of murder conviction
• Is B.C.’s flu-shot-or-mask policy for hospital visitors going too far?
• Canadian world junior hockey selection camp features smallest ever roster
• Quebec seeks to pass law to limit initial discount on new books to 10 per cent
• Garth Drabinsky's bid for full parole fails as panel split on issue
• Cop who shot mentally ill Toronto man says he was scared for his life
• B.C. teen labelled as high risk to commit terrorism, tight conditions imposed
• Seattle ferry theft raises security concerns; man held on $200,000 bail
• Canadian police arrest Toronto man suspected of spying for China

Wireless code gives customers new rights starting today Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST Cellphone customers will get caps on their excess data and roaming fees and other new rights starting today, under the CRTC's new Wireless Code of Conduct.

Seattle ferry theft raises security concerns; man held on $200,000 bail Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:56 PM PST SEATTLE - A sex offender who authorities say managed to steal one of the boats used for Seattle-to-Canada ferry service had his bail set at $200,000 as company officials reviewed security procedures to try to prevent trespassers from getting on board the vessels in the future. "We were very, very fortunate this individual did not run into a state ferry or grain ship out by the grain terminal," Clipper Vacations CEO Darrell Bryan said. Samuel Kenneth McDonough was arrested by a SWAT team that boarded a Victoria Clipper on Sunday, seven hours after the ship motored away and drifted in Elliott Bay. McDonough, 33, was jailed for investigation of burglary, reckless endangerment, malicious mischief, and an outstanding warrant for failure to register as a sex offender.

Commuting times key factor for job selection among younger workers: survey Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:02 PM PST The survey by Oxford Properties and Environics Research Group found that 76 per cent of respondents wanted a reasonable commute to the office. But that commuting time applies to only six in 10 Ontario workers, with commuters in Toronto facing an average one-way trip of 42 minutes.

Senate fully co-operating with RCMP, handing over four senators' emails Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:26 PM PST OTTAWA - Opposition parties aren't buying the Harper government's explanation for the sudden discovery of a cache of emails that could shed more light on the Senate expenses scandal and attempted cover-up. The Privy Council Office, the bureaucracy that supports the Prime Minister's Office, is taking the blame for mistakenly telling the RCMP that emails belonging to former PMO legal counsel Benjamin Perrin were deleted when he left the government's employ last March. And they're questioning whether anyone can trust that Perrin's emails haven't been tampered with to remove damaging information. Liberal House leader Dominic LeBlanc suggested the emails have surfaced now only because the RCMP has dug deep enough that Prime Minister Stephen Harper "has no other choice but to confess the truth."

Blizzard and winter storm warnings across Alberta, Saskatchewan Posted: 01 Dec 2013 07:01 PM PST Blizzard conditions have developed across southern Alberta, as an intense winter storm sweeps through the province, bringing significant amounts of snow and powerful gusts of wind along with it. Snowplows are undoubtedly out in force to keep roads clear for … Continue reading →

Sen. Brazeau on his new job as Frank magazine contributor Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:00 PM PST Suspended Sen. Patrick Brazeau says he plans to get to the "heart of the matter" in his new position as contributor to Frank Magazine. Brazeau applied Monday to become a member of the Parliamentary press gallery in Ottawa.

Harper government spending $9 million on wireless industry advertising: report Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:51 PM PST The so-called fiscally conservative Tories are certainly not living up to their moniker when it comes to government advertising. Last summer, you'll recall the big three Canadian wireless carriers — Bell, Telus and Rogers — launched an ad campaign against the government to fight the liberalization of new wireless rules which would have allowed U.S. telecom giant Verizon to enter the Canadian market.

Nova Scotia Liberal breaks down in discussing photo of blackface character Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:21 PM PST HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia politician fought back tears Monday as he discussed a photo showing him sitting on the lap of a blackface Christmas character, telling the province's African community he's sorry for any offence and wants to be part of a conversation about whether Zwarte Piet has a place in the Dutch community's holiday celebrations. Liberal member Joachim Stroink tweeted the picture of himself and his wife at a Dutch Christmas event Sunday in Halifax, which he said he has attended for several years to mark the start of the holiday season. "I do acknowledge that that whole blackface culture, there is no place for that in Nova Scotia, nor in our (Dutch) culture as well," he said at a news conference. The picture showed a smiling Stroink sitting on the lap of Zwarte Piet, or "Black Pete," a Dutch character who has been at the centre of debate in the Netherlands.

Ex-ORNGE boss’s $9.3M compensation raises questions about validity of ‘sunshine list’ Posted: 02 Dec 2013 01:43 PM PST News that the founder of Ontario's scandal-dogged air ambulance service got more than $9 million in compensation before being fired nearly two years ago won't be a confidence-booster for the province's taxpayers concerned about public-sector transpancy. Dr. Chris Mazza, CEO … Continue reading →

Toronto police Const. John Zivcic dies after crash Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:34 PM PST Toronto police Const. John Zivcic died Monday of injuries suffered in a car crash on Saturday when he was on duty.

Senator Patrick Brazeau lands a job as Frank Magazine’s newest Parliament Hill reporter Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:36 AM PST Suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau has landed a job. According to the Chronicle Herald, Brazeau will join the media fraternity as a freelance reporter for Frank Magazine. Brazeau contacted Frank to pitch the idea of him freelancing for them, according to … Continue reading →

Manitoba Tory leader defends 'infidel atheists' remark Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister is making no apologies for a recorded holiday greeting in which he refers to "infidel atheists" — a term that he claims is meant to be inclusive.

Tori Stafford's killer seeks public money to fund appeal of murder conviction Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:24 PM PST TORONTO - The jury that convicted Michael Rafferty of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford should have considered that he might have been only an accessory after the fact to her brutal murder, Ontario's Appeal Court was told Monday. The argument was part of lawyer Paul Calarco's attempt to convince the court that there is merit to an appeal of Rafferty's convictions for first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping. Rafferty wants the Appeal Court to order that the public fund his appeal, which Calarco argues is too complex for Rafferty to handle by himself. Rafferty's trial heard that he and his former girlfriend, Terri-Lynne McClintic, lured Tori from her school in Woodstock, Ont., and drove to a secluded field, where the Grade 3 student was sexually assaulted and brutally beaten to death in April 2009.

Is B.C.’s flu-shot-or-mask policy for hospital visitors going too far? Posted: 02 Dec 2013 03:43 PM PST I finally got my flu shot just yesterday; walked into a local chain drugstore and had the needle within five minutes. It was free because my wife has a chronic illness. I do it every year and think nothing of it.

Canadian world junior hockey selection camp features smallest ever roster Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST TORONTO, Cananda - The biggest challenge in coaching any national hockey team, says Brent Sutter, is forming an identity quickly. And so Sutter said the fact Hockey Canada has named its smallest roster ever — just 25 players — to its national junior selection camp is a "huge advantage." It allows him to coach and instill that identity from the get-go, he said, rather than spend time evaluating players. Minnesota Wild defenceman Mathew Dumba was the lone NHL player named Monday to a roster that Sutter called a "moving target." He's holding out hope that more NHL teams will release players before the deadline, such as Calgary Flames centre Sean Monahan, who's out with a fractured left foot.

Quebec seeks to pass law to limit initial discount on new books to 10 per cent Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST MONTREAL - The Quebec government plans to table legislation in the new year to limit the discounts on new books to 10 per cent for the first nine months after publication. Culture Minister Maka Kotto says the measure is intended to "protect the identity and culture of Quebec." "Framing the price of new printed and digital books allows the consolidation of the network of bookstores that guarantee access to a diversity of titles and provide venues for our authors in all regions of Quebec." If passed, the bill would affect not only paper copies but also digital books which are downloaded to devices such as tablets from online stores.

Garth Drabinsky's bid for full parole fails as panel split on issue Posted: 02 Dec 2013 04:03 PM PST TORONTO, Cananda - Disgraced theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky will have to make another pitch for full parole after a panel weighing his release Monday couldn't reach a unanimous decision. The two parole board members hearing Drabinsky's case couldn't agree on whether he should be allowed to live with his wife rather than at the Toronto halfway house where he has stayed since his release on day parole last year. That means he will have to make his case to another parole board panel at a hearing to be held within two months. Drabinsky appeared downcast on hearing the news at the end of an emotional four-hour hearing.

Cop who shot mentally ill Toronto man says he was scared for his life Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:38 PM PST Louie Cerqua was scared for his life. The police officer told a coroner's inquest Monday that while he received training on how to deal with a mentally ill person, those lessons didn't immediately come to mind before he decided to fire the three shots that killed Michael Eligon. To Cerqua, the only way out of what he considered an increasingly dangerous situation appeared to be firing his gun.

B.C. teen labelled as high risk to commit terrorism, tight conditions imposed Posted: 02 Dec 2013 02:29 PM PST KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A provincial court judge has tightened restrictions on a Kamloops, B.C., teenager labelled by the RCMP as a high risk to commit targeted acts of violence and terrorism. The court heard that Mounties searched the 17-year-old boy's home earlier this year and found documents about bomb making, interrogation and torturing techniques and Canadian links to al-Qaida. Judge Chris Cleaveley sentenced the teen to 20 days in custody and 10 days of community supervision for the recent charges, and then tightened the teen's probation conditions after hearing about the materials Mounties found in his home.

Seattle ferry theft raises security concerns; man held on $200,000 bail Posted: 02 Dec 2013 09:26 PM PST SEATTLE - A sex offender who authorities say managed to steal one of the boats used for Seattle-to-Canada ferry service had his bail set at $200,000 as company officials reviewed security procedures to try to prevent trespassers from getting on board the vessels in the future. "We were very, very fortunate this individual did not run into a state ferry or grain ship out by the grain terminal," Clipper Vacations CEO Darrell Bryan said. Samuel Kenneth McDonough was arrested by a SWAT team that boarded a Victoria Clipper on Sunday, seven hours after the ship motored away and drifted in Elliott Bay. McDonough, 33, was jailed for investigation of burglary, reckless endangerment, malicious mischief, and an outstanding warrant for failure to register as a sex offender.

Canadian police arrest Toronto man suspected of spying for China Posted: 02 Dec 2013 12:14 AM PST By Janet Guttsman TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a Toronto man suspected of seeking to give China classified information about Canadian shipbuilding procurement policies, security officials said on Sunday. Jennifer Strachan, a chief superintendent with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told a news conference that Canadian citizen Qing Quentin Huang, 53, faced two charges of attempting to communicate with a foreign entity. "On Thursday the RCMP was informed that the accused was taking steps to pass on information of a classified nature to China," she told a rare weekend news conference. "In these types of cases, sharing of information may give a foreign entity a tactical, military or competitive advantage by knowing the specifications of vessels responsible for defending Canadian waters and Canadian sovereignty." Strachan said Huang, who was arrested on Saturday, had worked for a subcontractor involved in ship design.

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• What’s behind the spate of suicides in Canada’s military?
• Silent Santa programs cater to children with autism
• Harper breaks into song after announcing first official trip to Israel
• Canadian man charged for allegedly trying to pass classified information to China
• The real danger for women on campus
• Liberal lead solidifies as pollsters predict significant voter shift underway
• Court freezes out killer professor's demand for second winter parka
• Will Ferrell, aka Ron Burgundy, is in the house and at Canada's curling trials
• Federal govt seeks leave to appeal 60s scoop lawsuit that was greenlit this year
• Canadian torture policy irks European security alliance, records reveal
• Splitting up the North; Canada to file Arctic seafloor claim this week
• What Mike Tyson thinks of Mayor Rob Ford
• New Champlain Bridge will be built by 2018, Lebel says
• Funeral to be held Tuesday for young victims of New Brunswick highway crash
• St. Lawrence belugas threatened by pipeline plans
• Ex-PMO counsel Ben Perrin's emails not deleted, Privy Council Office tells RCMP
• Canadian police arrest Toronto man on suspicion of spying for China

What’s behind the spate of suicides in Canada’s military? Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:59 PM PST To call the apparent suicides of three soldiers this week "very troubling," as Defence Minister Rob Nicholson did, is an understatement. Nicholson offered his condolences on behalf of the government in the Commons on Thursday. "Our thoughts and prayers are … Continue reading →

Silent Santa programs cater to children with autism Posted: 01 Dec 2013 09:18 PM PST Silent Santa times offer families with special needs children the chance to snap a traditional holiday photo in a calmer environment.

Harper breaks into song after announcing first official trip to Israel Posted: 01 Dec 2013 09:00 PM PST TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper basked in the glow of support from members of Canada's Jewish community on Sunday, announcing a first-ever trip to Israel next year and then breaking into song at a gala fundraising dinner. Hundreds of kilometres away from the battle-like atmosphere of Parliament Hill where the Senate scandal rages on, Harper was clearly relaxed and comfortable enough at the Jewish National Association dinner to belt out his own rendition of the Who's "The Seeker" and a string of other classic songs. But first, he announced an official visit to Israel, as well as Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. Harper called Israel a "light of freedom and democracy in what is otherwise a region of darkness," and reiterated that Canada will continue to back it in the United Nations and elsewhere abroad.

Canadian man charged for allegedly trying to pass classified information to China Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:22 PM PST The RCMP say they've snared a man they allege was preparing to pass along classified information about Ottawa's massive shipbuilding program to China. Continue reading →

The real danger for women on campus Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:14 PM PST Focusing on women and drinking ignores a serious reality: The student perpetrator who is a sexual offender

Liberal lead solidifies as pollsters predict significant voter shift underway Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:11 PM PST OTTAWA - The battle lines for the next election could very well be taking shape as a new poll suggests Justin Trudeau's Liberals have solidified their lead over the governing Conservatives. The Conservatives are hovering at a consist 26 per cent, while New Democrats putter along at 24 per cent. Pollster Allan Gregg says the latest numbers not only reinforce the split byelection results last Monday, but demonstrate a significant shift is underway in terms of both the Conservatives and Liberals. "You have the Liberal core constituency is coming back to where they always were and over the last year you've seen a fairly significant erosion of the Conservatives' core constituency."

Court freezes out killer professor's demand for second winter parka Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:47 PM PST TORONTO - A former Montreal professor who gunned down four academics at his university has lost his court bid to force prison authorities to give him a second winter parka. Valery Fabrikant, 72, serving a life sentence for murder, argued he needed the extra clothing because of his age. "He claims that elderly people need more clothes in the winter than younger and healthier individuals," according to Federal Court Judge Andre Scott. Fabrikant was an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Concordia University known for his disruptive behaviour against students, staff members and other academics.

Will Ferrell, aka Ron Burgundy, is in the house and at Canada's curling trials Posted: 01 Dec 2013 02:05 PM PST WINNIPEG - Will Ferrell, wearing his trademark Ron Burgundy moustache and "Anchorman" outfit, helped open the Canadian Curling trials Sunday. As for curling jargon, Ferrell said he knows what "hurry hard" means, but uses it mostly when he's stuck in traffic to get the driver in front to start moving.

Federal govt seeks leave to appeal 60s scoop lawsuit that was greenlit this year Posted: 01 Dec 2013 06:29 AM PST TORONTO - Marcia Brown Martel feels like she grew up alone. The now-50-year-old says she wants to make sure no other child in Canada shares her experience, which is why she became the representative plaintiff in a class action lawsuit that claims a devastating loss of cultural identity was suffered by Ontario victims of the so-called "60s scoop." Her hopes of having the lawsuit set a precedent, however, now lie with a judge who will hear arguments this week on whether the federal government should be allowed to appeal a court decision that gave the case the green light to proceed. The lawsuit against the Canadian government refers to a period of time between the 1960s and the 1980s when thousands of aboriginal children were taken from their homes and placed with non-native families by child welfare services.

Canadian torture policy irks European security alliance, records reveal Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:03 PM PST OTTAWA - A major alliance that promotes European security has criticized Canada for opening the door to the use of information that may have been extracted through torture. Newly disclosed briefing notes and correspondence show the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe wrote to Canada's representative to the organization to express concerns about the policy. Canada belongs to the 57-member alliance, which bills itself as the world's largest regional security organization, working for peace, democracy and stability for more than a billion people. The Canadian government responded to the February 2012 letter with a staunch defence of its information-sharing policy as a principled response to terrorism and other security threats.

Splitting up the North; Canada to file Arctic seafloor claim this week Posted: 01 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST Some time this week, Canada is expected to make its case to the world to dramatically expand its boundaries by an area equivalent to the size of all three Prairie provinces. Canada's deadline is Friday to apply to a United Nations commission for exclusive rights to what is likely to be another 1.7 million square kilometres of Arctic seafloor. The lines on the map will have been drawn by scores of scientists working everywhere from Ottawa labs to ice camps off the northern shores of Ellesmere Island, peering under the stormy black waters to discern the shape and composition of sea floor thousands of metres below. With the co-operation of three Arctic neighbours — Denmark, Russia and the United States — more than 18,000 kilometres of sea-floor data was collected from a part of the globe less familiar than the surface of the moon.

What Mike Tyson thinks of Mayor Rob Ford Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:20 PM PST In conversation with Brian Bethune

New Champlain Bridge will be built by 2018, Lebel says Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:41 AM PST Federal Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel has announced that Montrealers will get a new Champlain Bridge three years earlier than previously indicated.

Funeral to be held Tuesday for young victims of New Brunswick highway crash Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:55 AM PST CAP-PELE, N.B. - Four teenagers who were killed in a highway crash in southeast New Brunswick were being fondly remembered Sunday while people in their home community of Cap-Pelé grieved their loss. The four victims, all from Cap-Pelé, died when their car crashed into a culvert and rolled several times on Route 115 in Notre-Dame early Saturday morning. Boudreau said Justin Léger, Sébastien Léger and Justin Brown — all 18 years old — had graduated high school, while 17-year-old Luc Arsenault was to graduate at the end of this school year. Justin Léger and Sébastien Léger are not related.

St. Lawrence belugas threatened by pipeline plans Posted: 01 Dec 2013 04:30 AM PST A beluga whale habitat near Rivière-du-Loup may be in jeopardy if plans for the Energy East pipeline go ahead.

Ex-PMO counsel Ben Perrin's emails not deleted, Privy Council Office tells RCMP Posted: 01 Dec 2013 08:31 PM PST OTTAWA - The federal government says it is handing over to police a recently discovered cache of emails belonging to Benjamin Perrin, former counsel for the Prime Minister's Office and a central figure in the Senate spending scandal. The Privy Council Office released a letter to the RCMP on Sunday saying it had been mistaken when it originally told investigators that Perrin's emails were deleted, in keeping with standard procedure, when he left the job in March. In fact, Perrin's emails were already being preserved in connection with an unrelated matter, says the letter, which is signed by Isabelle Mondou, assistant secretary to the cabinet in the office of the counsel to the Clerk of the Privy Council. "Upon Mr. Perrin's departure at the end of his employment in late March 2013, the PMO was provided a notice that his emails had been deleted from the computer server," Mondou writes.

Canadian police arrest Toronto man on suspicion of spying for China Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:26 AM PST By Janet Guttsman TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police have arrested a Toronto man suspected of seeking to give China classified information about Canadian shipbuilding procurement policies, security officials said on Sunday. Jennifer Strachan, a chief superintendent with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told a news conference that Canadian citizen Qing Quentin Huang, 53, faced two charges of attempting to communicate with a foreign entity. "On Thursday the RCMP was informed that the accused was taking steps to pass on information of a classified nature to China," she told a rare weekend news conference. "In these types of cases, sharing of information may give a foreign entity a tactical, military or competitive advantage by knowing the specifications of vessels responsible for defending Canadian waters and Canadian sovereignty." Strachan said Huang, who was arrested on Saturday, had worked for a subcontractor involved in ship design.

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