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 Michigan Oil Spill: Enbridge was warned about pipeline
A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a major Michigan river was warned by government regulators in January that its monitoring of corrosion in the pipeline was insufficient. 7/29/2010 4:02:47 PM
 Father Raymond J. deSouza: A thin blue line, doing nothing
In the continuing debate over police tactics during the recent G20 summit in Toronto, the focus has been on whether civil liberties were violated in order to keep the peace. From a distance though, it seems to me that the more fundamental question is how the police were unable or unwilling to keep the peace. 7/29/2010 2:07:39 PM
 Ottawa gives $110 million to fight diabetes in aboriginals
The federal government is giving aboriginal people a $110-million boost to help fight diabetes in their communities, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced here Wednesday. The money will go toward the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative which provides diabetes-related education and health resources. 7/29/2010 1:23:15 PM
 Sex scandal gets immigration judge 18-month jail sentence
A former immigration adjudicator in Toronto who promised to approve the refugee claim of a South Korean woman in exchange for sex, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. The actions of Steve Ellis "call for denunciation in the strongest terms," said the judge who sentenced him Thursday morning. 7/29/2010 1:20:24 PM
 Officials nab grizzly that attacked Ontario woman
On Wednesday morning, Deb Freele woke up suddenly when she felt something enter the tent she was sharing with her husband in a Wyoming campground. A grizzly bear had broken into her tent, and was moments from attacking her. "I opened my eyes, I hadn't moved and then I felt the bear crunch down on my arm," Freele told CTV News. 7/29/2010 1:05:38 PM
 Food industry urged to pinch sodium from products
Canadians need to break their addiction to salt, and food manufacturers need to help. The Sodium Working Group released six general and 27 specific recommendations in its report Thursday that call for manufacturers to voluntarily lower the sodium content of their products over time. 7/29/2010 12:58:55 PM
 Chaykin tributes recall 'unforgettable characters'
The late Maury Chaykin is being hailed as "one of our greatest actors" and a performer who created "unforgettable characters" in the tributes emerging after his death on Tuesday. Chaykin, the award-winning actor whose prolific career spanned films and television died early Tuesday at Toronto General Hospital at the age of 61. 7/29/2010 11:54:46 AM
 More drivers abusing road Flagpersons
In her line of work, says Micheline Archambault, the most important thing is patience. Keeping calm, she said, is the only way to handle raging motorists and cyclists who yell, kick and spit when faced with delays. "Oh my God, I've been called every name in the book. Even some I've never heard of," Archambault said. 7/28/2010 5:09:52 PM
 Get informed before selling old gold: Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau in British Columbia is advising consumers to do their homework before responding to internet sites or television ads offering to buy their surplus gold. The agency suggests getting two or three appraisals from a jeweller or jewelry store before deciding to sell. 7/28/2010 4:16:15 PM
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GM closes Windsor plant, ending an era General Motors closed its only remaining manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday, ending a 90-year relationship with the border-city. The closure of the transmission plant puts about 500 employees out of work. Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis said city officials are "deeply concerned" about the GM workers. 7/29/2010 5:29:40 AM
GM closes Windsor plant, ending an era 7/29/2010 5:28:17 AM
Missing Mountie presumed drowned Missing Mayo RCMP Const. Michael Potvin is presumed to have drowned, says the force's chief in Yukon. Potvin, 26, wound up in the Stewart River at Mayo on July 13 when the boat he was in capsized. Witnesses said he swam for shore and was only a few metres from the riverbank when he went under. 7/29/2010 5:12:16 AM
Football player must pay kids $590,000 for killing mom (Video) Former NFL football star Tommy Kane, now in prison for killing his wife, has been ordered to pay $590,000 to his children and their guardian for the pain and suffering he's caused. The Montreal-born wide receiver is serving 18 years after pleading guilty in the November 2003 stabbing death of his wife Tamara Shaikh. 7/28/2010 4:27:36 PM
Suitcase stickers draw ire of Baird's office Two Vancouver entrepreneurs selling eye-catching stickers so travellers can easily identify their luggage say they might consider stopping domestic sales. In one sticker, a gagged and bound flight attendant seems to be stuffed in the luggage. 7/28/2010 4:13:00 PM
B.C. man gets 11 years for child sex tourism Kenneth Klassen, 59, of Burnaby, B.C., was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for committing sex tourism with children and importing child pornography. Klassen received 10 years for the sex-tourism charges and one year for importing pornography. 7/28/2010 4:10:37 PM
Team finds ship missing in Arctic for over 150 years A British ship that had been missing in Canada's Arctic waters for over 150 years was found in just 15 minutes by a team of Canadian archaeologists. A nine-member Parks Canada team discovered the wreck of HMS Investigator on Sunday when ice cleared temporarily on Mercy Bay. 7/28/2010 3:25:01 PM
Mutiny: RCMP brass put pressure on PM to replace chief as rift deepens Prime Minister Stephen Harper is facing an unprecedented crisis in the RCMP and must choose between his hand-picked civilian leader and a group of high-ranking mutineers pushing for a new top Mountie, according to RCMP insiders and experts. 7/28/2010 6:54:44 AM
Vader not guilty in McCann case: sister The sister of a man considered by RCMP as a person of interest says her brother, Travis Vader, had nothing to do with the disappearance of Lyle and Marie McCann of St. Albert, Alta. Bobbi-Jo Vader made the comments to the media Tuesday after Travis Vader made a brief court appearance in Edmonton. 7/28/2010 5:46:05 AM
Man mistaken for murder suspect says police beat him A man who says he wanted to be a police officer is rethinking his future after allegedly being beaten by a group of Toronto police officers. On July 22, Sharmake Abdi, 26, was picking up a paycheque for work he did during the G20 summit for the Commissionaires security company. 7/28/2010 5:44:55 AM
Child left in hot van at Alberta casino Charges are pending after police west of Calgary rescued a toddler who was left in a locked van outside a casino on a hot day. Security called Cochrane RCMP to the casino at the Stoney Nakoda Resort at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday after noticing a young girl — just over a year old — in distress. 7/27/2010 6:35:26 PM
Ex-StatsCan head defends mandatory census Former chief statistician Munir Sheikh has told MPs looking into the government's decision to end the mandatory long-form census that he resigned because he could not remain head of an agency "whose reputation had suffered." 7/27/2010 5:07:36 PM
Minister 'troubled' as Mounties break ranks over chief's conduct The Harper government is “troubled” by the current conflict in the senior ranks of the RCMP, with sources saying senior Mounties recently brought complaints against Commissioner William Elliott to the deputy minister of Public Safety. 7/27/2010 4:03:21 PM
Canadian priest sorry for giving dog Holy Communion A priest in Canada has apologised after giving Holy Communion to a dog. Reverend Marguerite Rea of St Peter's Anglican Church, in Toronto, received complaints from Christians all over Canada after she fed communion bread to a German Shepherd cross named Trapper. 7/27/2010 3:55:32 PM
Saskatchewan premier calls for clinical trials of MS treatment Saskatchewan is ready to help pay for clinical trials of the so-called liberation treatment for multiple sclerosis sufferers, despite a lack of scientific evidence that it might work, says Premier Brad Wall. Saskatchewan has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis among provinces. 7/27/2010 2:57:07 PM
Questions linger over OPP raids on Government offices There were still a lot more questions than answers Monday after Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne confirmed her ministry was one target of a police raid on a provincial government office complex in Toronto. The anti-rackets branch of the Ontario Provincial Police seized documents July 15 in a raid at the Macdonald Block. 7/27/2010 10:18:44 AM
Calgary is home to the happiest small business owners If you’re a small business owner in Calgary, chances are you’re a happy person right now, according to a survey of small businesses in Canada. The TD Small Business Happiness Index analyzed the happiness levels of small business owners’ in 12 North American cities, including seven in Canada. 7/27/2010 8:45:51 AM
Nissan recalls 51,100 hatchbacks in Canada, U.S. Nissan has recalled more than 50,000 Cube hatchbacks in Canada and the U.S. over "fuel system integrity" concerns. When safety testing was performed on the Cube, researchers found that an unsafe amount of fuel spilled from the vehicle when it was rotated following a "rear moving barrier crash test." 7/27/2010 6:44:35 AM
Truth? Military rejects WikiLeaks Afghanistan friendly fire report The Canadian military is rejecting a report released by WikiLeaks that suggests four Canadian soldiers who died in September 2006 were killed by friendly fire from U.S. forces. The military maintains the four soldiers died in combat with the Taliban. 7/27/2010 6:25:19 AM
Latimer denied bid for extended leave The Saskatchewan farmer who killed his severely disabled daughter has again lost a bid to be allowed to be away from his British Columbia halfway house for five days a week. However, the National Parole Board has extended day parole for Robert Latimer for another six months. 7/27/2010 6:21:43 AM
Mutiny? Senior Mounties complain top cop is ‘verbally abusive’ Senior Mounties have filed complaints recently about Commissioner William Elliott, calling the head of the RCMP “verbally abusive." The group including deputy commissioners Tim Killam and Raf Souccar, has in the last seven days taken the complaints all the way to the Prime Minister’s Office, CBC said. 7/26/2010 8:13:52 PM
P.E.I. inmate escapes police twice in one day A Charlottetown-area inmate facing drug charges escaped local and federal police custody Sunday — twice. Jeremy Carl Stephens, 24, was in the exercise yard at the Provincial Correctional Centre near Sleepy Hollow, P.E.I., when he found a way to climb onto the roof, and make a run for a wooded area nearby. 7/26/2010 6:43:34 PM
Semrau risked his life to treat wounded Afghan soldiers, court hears One month after he shot (and killed) an unarmed Taliban insurgent, Capt. Robert Semrau risked his life to treat Afghan soldiers wounded during a deadly mortar attack in the Panjwaii District, his court martial heard Monday. 7/26/2010 6:20:58 PM
Canadian's death caused by missile: Wikileaks One of the thousands of classified Afghanistan war documents controversially released Sunday by the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks shows that a Canadian military photographer who died in a 2007 helicopter crash that also killed six other NATO troops was the victim of a heat-seeking missile. 7/26/2010 6:16:14 PM
Medicine Hat Daycare provider charged with manslaughter Police in southern Alberta have charged a Medicine Hat woman with manslaughter in connection with the death of a toddler under her care at her private-home daycare. An original charge of aggravated assault has been upgraded to manslaughter, Medicine Hat police said on Monday. 7/26/2010 4:43:02 PM
Toronto G20 police shot rubber bullets, B.C. woman says A 20-year-old environmental activist from B.C. is suing the Toronto Police Service, claiming she was hit by two rubber bullets during a G20 summit protest. "I hit the ground. It's hard to describe how it feels getting shot," said Natalie Gray of Maple Ridge. 7/26/2010 4:01:44 PM
Leak indicates Western Governments are lying to citizens about Afghanistan The United States asked Canada in 2007 to apply diplomatic pressure to Saudi Arabia and South Africa over alleged Taliban fundraising in the countries. And, secret material released over the weekend has triggered a fierce debate over how truthful Western governments are being in their public accounts of the conflict. 7/26/2010 3:56:54 PM
Apple to sell iPhone 4 unlocked in Canada When the iPhone 4 goes on sale in Canada on Friday, it will bring the ability to pit the big three service providers against each other. Apple will sell its wildly popular device online and through its own retail stores, as well as through Bell, Rogers and Telus. 7/26/2010 3:52:36 PM
Senior commander urges judge to kick Semrau out of the army The former top Canadian commander in Kandahar says a military court has no choice but to kick out of the Canadian Forces a soldier found guilty of shooting a wounded and unarmed Afghan insurgent. A military court is holding a sentencing hearing to determine a penalty for Captain Robert Semrau. 7/26/2010 9:30:42 AM
National chiefs say no to B.C. mine A remote lake in the B.C. ranch country has become the focus of a national dispute over government authority to regulate industry on Crown land. Aboriginal leaders from across Canada have backed National Chief Shawn Atleo's call for the federal cabinet to reject the Prosperity gold and copper mine proposal. 7/26/2010 9:15:03 AM
‘Probably people died’ from excitement as Canada won gold: expert While most jumped for joy after Canada won Olympic hockey gold, others may have died from the excitement, an expert says. Dr. Martin A. Samuels calls such deaths “voodoo deaths,” caused by fright or high stress, a phenomenon he has been studying for 40 years. 7/26/2010 7:12:50 AM
No contract means future government can cancel fighter deal Canada won't be required to sign a contract committing it to purchasing new multi-billion-dollar stealth fighters. The Conservative government's decision in mid-July to spend an estimated $16 billion on the Joint Strike Fighter has sparked controversy. 7/26/2010 6:33:40 AM
Tough Tory stance on offender transfers raises ire of U.S. After years of cordial relations with the United States on the issue of prison transfers, the Harper government’s recent crackdown on repatriating offenders may be causing a diplomatic rift. U.S. officials were seeking to meet “face-to-face” with their Canadian counterparts to discuss the matter further. 7/26/2010 6:31:21 AM
B.C. official briefed on cost of replacing RCMP with provincial police Despite official denials that the B.C. government is considering replacing the RCMP with a new provincial police force. The province’s contract with the RCMP expires in 2012. A version of the document written in April was released to The Sun in response to a Freedom of Information request. 7/25/2010 6:54:30 AM
Married Toronto preacher Benny Hinn romantically linked to healer There’s a new televangelist soap opera. Reports this week suggest a still-married Benny Hinn is now romantically involved with Paula White, another television preacher with a colourful past. The 57-year-old Hinn is best known for his faith-healing “Miracle Crusades.” 7/24/2010 8:42:58 PM
Canada's ascent in video games industry fuels uproar in U.K. Provocative comments by Canada's top games industry lobbyist about luring away British talent and investment has ignited an uproar in the U.K., where opposition MPs and video software firms are demanding new tax breaks and other incentives. 7/24/2010 7:59:32 PM
Hogan's Heroes: Stockwell Day thinks the Census questions are like War Treasury Board President Stockwell Day suggests prisoners of war face less onerous legal obligations to divulge information to the enemy than Canadians did under the old census regime. (Ed: Regardless of Mr. Day's misinformation, no one, ever, has been jailed for not filling in the Census.) 7/24/2010 5:58:56 AM
Oliver Family fights archaic law requiring kids to support their parents When Ken Anderson was just 15 years old, his mother Shirley made it clear: She didn't want him any more. On Aug. 3 and 4, Ken, now 46, will face off against the woman who gave birth to him in B.C. Supreme Court. Shirley Anderson, now 71, is suing Ken and four of his five siblings for parental support. 7/24/2010 5:21:30 AM
Canada's 'Oily' Environment Minister says critics are overreacting to Arctic survey Denying that the federal government has any plans to exploit offshore oil in a proposed Arctic marine park, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Friday that critics are overreacting to a planned geological survey of the seabed in Lancaster Sound. 7/23/2010 5:12:57 PM
Canada moves to blunt criticism of oilsands at clean-energy conference The Harper government is using an international clean-energy conference to correct what it describes as misleading attacks against Canada's oilsands industry, Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis said Tuesday. 7/21/2010 6:56:56 AM
Ontario backpedals on unpopular eco-fees The Ontario government says it will scrap its controversial eco-fees for 90 days to develop a new system "that works for consumers," but will kick in $5-million during that time to make up for the money no longer being charged to consumers at the cash register. 7/20/2010 3:10:56 PM
Canada missing 'green' boat, finds survey of scientists, bureaucrats More than three out of four leading Canadian bureaucrats, scientists and industry leaders believe the Harper government is missing the boat on "greening" the economy and adopting the wrong policies to address climate change, according to a new international study. 7/19/2010 6:30:14 PM
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