Prime minister to make an announcement at Halifax Armoury with defence minister
May 11, 2008 - 22:54
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be in Halifax on Monday to make an announcement concerning the Defence Department. The Prime Minister's Office confirms Harper will be at the Halifax Armoury at 1 p.m., but there were no further details about what he might have to say. A ...
EnCana announces dividing into two companies: one oil, one gas
May 11, 2008 - 21:43
CALGARY - Canada's energy capital will have to make room for another huge player, as EnCana Corp. (TSX:ECA), one of the country's most prominent oil and gas producers, splits itself off into two separate Calgary-based companies. The proposed corporate overhaul would create a publicly ...
Ontario man wins $1 million at poker tournament in Barcelona
May 11, 2008 - 21:42
TORONTO - An Ontario man who captured the million-dollar first prize at a poker tournament in Barcelona on the weekend says his only goal was to win enough cash to put his granddaughter through university. Jack Hinchey of Oshawa says his 10-year-old granddaughter Victoria was on his mind ...
Harper under fire for delaying Mulroney-Schreiber probe
May 11, 2008 - 20:59
OTTAWA - Six months after Prime Minister Stephen Harper first promised a public inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair, he has yet to name anyone to head the probe or even set an official mandate for it. That has opposition critics growing increasingly impatient. "It confirms ...
Details of Dziekanski airport Tasering stripped from RCMP report
May 11, 2008 - 18:17
OTTAWA - The RCMP call it Occurrence No. 2007-34748. Millions of people around the world know it as the infamous Taser zapping at the Vancouver International Airport last October that sparked so many questions about Robert Dziekanski's death. The Mounties have stripped any new ...
Governor General dubbed oelegant mix" of Lady Di and Nelson Mandela
May 11, 2008 - 18:15
PARIS - Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean charmed French media and even had President Nicolas Sarkozy swooning during a visit to France that also saw a significant shift in relations between the two countries. Jean was officially in France to take part in celebrations marking Quebec City's 400th ...
Sunday services continue at three-breakaway Anglican churches
May 11, 2008 - 18:15
TORONTO - Two of three breakaway Anglican parishes in the Diocese of Niagara spurned an Ontario court ruling issued last week requiring them to share their church buildings with the diocese, opting instead to conduct Sunday services at new locations. The third parish honoured the Ontario ...
900 First Nation's residents airlifted out of James Bay community due to flooding
May 11, 2008 - 18:11
TORONTO - Some 900 people are being evacuated Sunday from a First Nation's community along the coast of James Bay due to fears of flooding. The continued threat of flooding has prompted the leaders of Attawapiskat to broaden the evacuation of their community, located about 500 kilometres ...
Environmentalists, energy companies look to U.S. for decision on polar bears
May 11, 2008 - 17:58
Canadian environmentalists and energy companies will be looking to the American government this week for a decision that will affect everything from the economy of remote northern communities to how this country's energy is sold in the U.S. After months of delay, a court order will force ...
Man allegedly holds ex-wife hostage with hunting rifle for three hours
May 11, 2008 - 17:51
QUEBEC - A 34-year-old man allegedly held his ex-wife hostage for three hours on Sunday. Police say the man barged into his ex-wife's home in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, northeast of Quebec City, with a hunting rifle. They say the woman managed to contact police, who quickly surrounded the ...
Liberal party pollster, some MPs uneasy about Dion's plan for carbon tax
May 11, 2008 - 16:14
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has been warned by his own party pollster that his proposal to impose a carbon tax could be a tough sell in an election, insiders say. But they say Dion is determined to forge ahead with the politically risky scheme. He's convinced that the bold step ...
Information watchdog silent on new rules for handling complaints
May 11, 2008 - 16:12
OTTAWA - Canada's information watchdog is about to dramatically change the way he treats complaints about government secrecy, but with just three weeks to go the new rules remain hidden. Beginning June 2, Information Commissioner Robert Marleau is doing away with a first-come, first-served ...
CEO says Canadian Space Agency hindered by lack of leadership
May 11, 2008 - 16:11
MONTREAL - The head of a leading space company is complaining that Canadian Space Agency operations are being hindered because of a lack of leadership. Since Marc Garneau left in November 2005 for his first run at federal politics, the CSA has had four presidents. Three of them have acted ...
Electronic system for N.B. municipal elections draws international attention
May 11, 2008 - 14:42
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's municipal and school board elections are drawing international attention - not for who is running - but because of the way ballots will be counted. On Monday, the province will become the first in Canada to use electronic tabulation machines to count ballots ...
Williams lashes out against accusations of tight message control
May 11, 2008 - 14:40
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams says a former public servant made "offensive and stupid" remarks when he told a public inquiry that radio call-in shows influenced the government's handling of an emerging scandal involving flawed breast-cancer testing. In recent ...
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