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UN mission chief warns of civil war after 116 massacred in Syria

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:49:22 Z

A total of 116 people were killed in a massacre in the Syrian town of Houla, the head of the UN mission in Syria, Major General Robert Mood, told the UN Security Council Sunday, diplomats said

Cyclist Ryder Hesjedal becomes first Canadian to win the Giro d’Italia

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:06:47 Z

Ryder Hesjedal has become the first Canadian to win the Giro d’Italia. Hesjedal used a strong performance in the individual time trial to win on the race's final stage

Mulcair has remortgaged his home 11 times since 1980s

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:43:12 Z

Thomas Mulcair and his wife have repeatedly refinanced their home west of Montreal, gradually increasing the debt on the property over a series of mortgages

Vatican in chaos after Pope’s butler arrested for leaks

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:26:26 Z

The detention of butler Paolo Gabriele, one of the few members of the papal household, capped one of the most convulsive weeks in recent Vatican history

Quebec students signal they could be ready to compromise on tuition hikes

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:13:06 Z

Quebec student leaders signalled Saturday they may be ready to compromise on the core of their dispute — the province’s plan to raise tuition fees

Back-to-work legislation looms over CP workers

Sun, 27 May 2012 18:55:29 Z

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt says she is prepared to table a back-to-work bill as early as Monday morning to put an end to the ongoing strike at Canadian Pacific Railway

Taxes the key to healthy aboriginal communities: Kamloops chief

Sun, 27 May 2012 15:22:44 Z

Long-time First Nations advocate and former Kamloops band chief Manny Jules has advice for aboriginal communities: Tax

Faced with legal and financial challenges, BIXI bike sharing program in a cycle of uncertainty

Sun, 27 May 2012 20:22:32 Z

BIXI launched on the streets of Montreal in May 2009. Within 16 days, it logged 26,000 trips. And yet, BIXI posted a $6.9-million shortfall in its first year

Global uncertainty may mean dark times ahead, Economist editor says

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:47:07 Z

The crisis in Greeceis just the tip of a series of much bigger problems that are leading the world into a period of tremendous uncertainty, John Micklethwait says

Oh, The Humanities!: The poop on the kids’ book debate

Sat, 26 May 2012 21:54:47 Z

Fart. Poop. Pee. Bum. Kids find those words hilarious, however some parents are fighting to cleanse public libraries of all scatological jokes

Quebec protests should alarm all Canadian politicians and voters

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:41:36 Z

Chris Selley: Even if the student strike is not the harbinger of more widespread upheaval, the anti-democratic actions and rhetoric from student leaders is alarming

David Frum: ‘Dutch disease’? We should be so lucky

Sun, 27 May 2012 16:45:25 Z

David Frum: Suppose it’s all true about Dutch disease: What should be done? Mulcair’s answer: tax carbon, which wouldn't Central Canadian manufacturers

Little known in his own country, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal is cycling’s rising star

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:33:14 Z

Hesjedal has spent the last three weeks zipping away from the competition at cycling crown jewel, Giro d’Italia. No Canadian has ever won but that could change this weekend

Northern Italy hit by 4.0 tremor one week after major quake killed 7

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:42:23 Z

Northern Italy hit by 4.0 tremor

An accidental shooting and wild ride to hospital near Kamloops leaves one dead

Sun, 27 May 2012 19:01:41 Z

An accidental shooting and wild ride to hospital near Kamloops leaves one dead

Protests moving beyond Montreal and being just about tuition

Sat, 26 May 2012 15:43:40 Z

Since Premier Jean Charest passed a law last week limiting protests in the province, demonstrations have popped up in cities not known as hotbeds of activism

Scathing undisclosed details from inside the Pickton investigation

Sat, 26 May 2012 03:11:20 Z

"I had simply seen too much, felt too much and knew too much. I wanted out." — Vancouver police officer and former missing women investigator Lori Shenher

Rex Murphy: Thomas Mulcair is too loud on Alberta, too mute on Quebec

Sat, 26 May 2012 13:40:42 Z

Rex Murphy: This is the worst time for Mulcair to be criticizing a province thousands of kilometers to the West, where oil wells are humming, but streets are calm and orderly

Two more seniors die in nursing home fire as Ontario dithers on sprinklers

Sat, 26 May 2012 18:39:09 Z

Christie Blatchford: The deadly fire in Hawkesbury, Ont., came hours after an inquest called for installation of sprinklers in all seniors’ homes in the province

Catholics blindsided by Ontario government over gay-straight alliances: sources

Sat, 26 May 2012 02:28:20 Z

Education Minister Laurel Broten ignored months of negotiations by announcing Friday that all schools will be required to host gay-straight alliances, Catholic sources say

Analysis: Egypt’s revolutionaries have hopes dashed by election

Sat, 26 May 2012 14:09:04 Z

Youths who put national pride before religion last year have increasingly despaired, saying the revolution has been hijacked by generals and the Muslim Brotherhood

Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman said to make self-incriminating statements

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:37:47 Z

'[Zimmeman] provided law enforcement with numerous statements, some of which are contradictory and inconsistent with the physical evidence and witness statements'

Judge sentences serial car thief to life in jail after 193 convictions

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:32:16 Z

An Ontario judge has sentenced a 'recalcitrant recidivist' to life in prison for taking police on a risky, high-speed chase that ended in a fatal crash

Pedro Hernandez on suicide watch following arrest for murder of Etan Patz over 30 years ago

Fri, 25 May 2012 21:43:25 Z

After decades of dead-end leads and false hopes among investigators, Hernandez, a former convenience-store stock clerk, was arrested Thursday in the 1979 slaying

CSIS tip led to bust of alleged people smuggling ring

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:41:20 Z

This week’s sweep started with a tip from CSIS, which has been aggressively tracking suspected smugglers to prevent another influx of boats on Canada’s shores

Mexico presidential front-runner vows to put an end to gruesome drug violence

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:04:50 Z

Pena Nieto’s campaign said drug cartels could still be attacked, particularly if they carry out murders, but arresting their leaders will no longer be the focus of efforts

Poll: When would you find it acceptable to go on EI?

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:23:22 Z

Venezuela was plan ‘A’ for Saadi Gaddafi escape plot

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:25:47 Z

Gary Peters said he and Cynthia Vanier worked to fly Gaddafi to Venezuela as part of a scheme to mediate talks with Canada and Venezuela to end Libya’s civil war

Facebook IPO fiasco deepens investors’ fear of stock market

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:12:35 Z

Facebook’s IPO, plagued by trading errors and a 16% drop in share price, will push more individual investors out of a stock market they already distrust after the financial crisis

CEO pay report shows the 1% getting more 1% than ever

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:06:30 Z

The chief executive of a typical company listed on a U.S. stock market made US$9.6 million last year. That’s an increase of more than 6% over the previous year

Tories launch legal attack on robocall challenges from 'activist group'

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:11:50 Z

Just days after a judge overturned the election of a Toronto MP, the Conservatives have moved aggressively to try to shut down a series of lawsuits

B.C. town launches cold war with ban on ice cream truck music

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:14:32 Z

The tinny music of ice cream trucks — a summer icon that provokes adults and children alike, but in very different ways — has been banned in West Kelowna

Conservatives on track to eliminate federal deficit ahead of schedule

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:26:04 Z

The federal government’s budget deficit was nearly $1.5-billion less than forecast last year, putting Ottawa on track to eliminate its total shortfall well ahead of schedule

Protests planned after North Carolina pastor says gays should be put in concentration camps

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:41:53 Z

A North Carolina group said it plans to hold a public protest on Sunday to denounce a Baptist minister’s anti-gay and lesbian sermon that has drawn hundreds of thousands of views on the Internet

Syrian troops open fire on tens of thousands of activists, 28 killed

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:00:46 Z

For the first time in the region, helicopter gunships fired on rebel-controlled mountain villages in the Latakia area of Syria, wounding at least 20 people

Egypt’s election down to Muslim Brotherhood Islamist or former Mubarak PM

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:03:37 Z

'Now Egyptians will have to choose between the revolution and the counter-revolution. The next vote will be equivalent to holding a referendum on the revolution'

State of emergency declared in Timmins as forest fire rages

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:37:29 Z

Officials in Timmins in northern Ontario have declared a state of emergency as a wildfire that has been burning for days continues to grow

What a Greek exit from the euro would mean for Canada

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:14:39 Z

Worst case scenario: North America drops back into a recession that economists warn would be far deeper and more dangerous than the one we just went through. Here's a look at three possible outcomes and their impact

Despite deaths, Mount Everest calls another wave of climbers

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:25:54 Z

A wave of climbers were headed for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday just days after four people died on their way down from the summit amid a traffic jam of more than 200 people

Boy on the milk carton: 33-year mystery may finally be solved after confession from N.J. man

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:48:35 Z

'He was remorseful, and I think the detectives thought that it was a feeling of relief on his part' to confess, Commissioner Raymond Kelly. 'We believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime'