Canada
Harper unveils new cabinet, focuses on economy
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveiled a new cabinet on Thursday and vowed to defend Canada against a global crisis that he said was making it harder to predict the nation's economic future.
Ontario political vets get key duties
OTTAWA–Prime Minister Stephen Harper has tapped three Ontario politicians – all veterans of Mike Harris's old cabinet – to steer Canada through tough economic times.
Fine or jail for not reporting child porn, N.S. government proposes
Halifax police are backing a provincial government plan to make it mandatory to report child pornography in Nova Scotia.
Toronto rolls out $1.6B capital budget plan
Now is not the time to cut infrastructure spending, Mayor David Miller said yesterday at the rollout of Toronto's $1.6 billion capital budget.
Harper's angels: PM puts three rookie MPs in key cabinet posts
I'm thrilled that 11 women are in the new cabinet. I really am. But can we stop now with the applause and the kudos, not to mention the "political courage" it took Stephen Harper to up the number of women in his Conservative cabinet?
Transit commission hopes to avoid Toronto's hybrid bus woes
Ottawa is trying to dodge Toronto's woes with hybrid electric-diesel buses. The Toronto Transit Commission is so unhappy with its hybrid buses that transit managers are trying to switch 250 hybrid electric-diesel bus purchases for this year and ne...
Ben Johnson, Charlie Francis, former Ont. premiers mourn judge Dubin
TORONTO — Charles Dubin, who was best known for heading a groundbreaking inquiry into drug use in amateur sport, was remembered Wednesday at his funeral service as a "giant" in the legal profession, and for his fair and decent treatment of others.
Toronto council denies request to demolish heritage site
Toronto City Council voted first thing yesterday to refuse a request from a developer to demolish Leaside's so-called Talbot Apartments, three low-rise apartment buildings that have stood across Bayview Avenue from Mount Pleasant Cemetery for near...
Canadian Blood Services says reserves low, asks for more donors
OTTAWA — Canadian Blood Services is putting out a call for more blood donors, saying its inventory has dropped 40 per cent in the last two months.
Maple Leaf battered by meat recall costs
A fatal listeria outbreak linked to its Toronto processing plant hit Maple Leaf Foods Inc. hard in the third quarter, but the company's private polling suggests consumers are ready to start buying its processed meat again.
New faces, new jobs in store for revamped cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will promote some key MPs and infuse his cabinet with new ones today in a sweeping shuffle that will launch his new government.
Courtroom shocked at Frost trial
NAPANEE — A key witness against David Frost, who says she was coerced into three-way sex with the former junior hockey coach over a period of six years, cannot recall anything resembling a third testicle.
Edmonton man dies after Taser hit
The family of a 38-year-old father who died after police used a Taser to stop his rampage through a strip of west Edmonton businesses says officers should never have used the controversial device.
Patients in Alberta to be tested after syringes reused
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. -- Up to 2,700 patients, including children, need to be tested for HIV and hepatitis because a handful of nurses in a northern Alberta hospital injected drugs with used syringes for nearly two decades. Health officials said the...
N.L. premier apologizes to victims of botched cancer tests
A contrite Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams told breast cancer patients Tuesday that he was truly sorry the province had botched their tests. "We sincerely apologize and take full responsibility," he said at the end of his testimony before the ...
Sarah McLachlan to sing at 2009 Cultural Olympiad marking one year to Games
VANCOUVER - Vancouver singing star Sarah McLachlan will open the 2009 Cultural Olympiad, marking the one-year countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
PM calls first ministers meeting to tackle financial-meltdown issues
OTTAWA, QUEBEC, TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gathering premiers and territorial leaders Nov. 10 to discuss how Ottawa can respond to the stumbling economy and global financial crisis - a meeting that leaves the Tories time to follow ...
Rogers cashes in on iPhone popularity
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. rode the iPhone's popularity to a big jump in quarterly profit in its last quarter but said costs associated with selling the device could weigh on future earnings.
Oil sands pipeline may be delayed
CALGARY -- Uncertainty over the pace of oil sands development could delay the construction of a major pipeline that will connect Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, potentially slowing the flow of bitumen to an untapped refining market.
High school student knifed for $1 gloves
A fight over a cheap pair of gloves nearly cost a 15-year-old boy his life yesterday. The Grade 9 student was brazenly stabbed in the stomach in front of at least 50 students in a busy hallway at Don Mills Collegiate Institute, witnesses said.