Global News - Canada

Calgary mom accused of killing two newborns going on trial

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

CALGARY - The trial of a Calgary woman accused of killing two of her newborn babies and trying to kill a third is scheduled to begin today.

Nova Scotia officials knew of E. coli outbreak 5 days before public: documents

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

HALIFAX - Public health officials in Nova Scotia knew they were dealing with an outbreak of E. coli five days before they informed the public about it in early January, documents obtained by The Canadian Press show.

NDP picks Harry Borlase as candidate for coming Labrador byelection

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

The New Democrats have chosen a northern analyst to carry the party banner in the coming Labrador byelection, rejecting a suggestion the party sit this one out.

Group launches anti-pipeline ads on anniversary of Alaskan oil spill

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

VANCOUVER - The date March 24, 1989 remains a black mark in the minds of environmentalists and coastal communities as they witnessed a massive oil slick unfurl in the waters of Alaska's Prince William Sound.

Victoria police seek tips in Canada's largest kidnapping investigation

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

VANCOUVER - Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the disappearance of four-year-old Michael Dunahee, but police say they haven't stopped looking.

Jobs and spending are on the line as Newfoundland and Labrador drifts in red ink

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Austerity is not a word that has been linked lately to oil-rich Newfoundland and Labrador but that's expected to change Tuesday.

Mental health group to appeal to Parliament to change mentally-ill law revisions

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

VANCOUVER - The Conservative government's tough stand on mentally ill offenders likely won't reduce crime and could have just the opposite result, say leaders of the country's forensic mental health organizations who are drafting a letter to express their concerns.

Ontario couple who tortured disabled man asks for lighter sentences

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

TORONTO - An Ontario couple who held a developmentally disabled man captive and tortured him while draining his bank account to buy drugs and video game equipment is asking for lighter sentences.

Provinces draw different lines between bullying and hurt feelings

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

WINNIPEG - Provinces introducing laws to crack down on school bullies are taking different approaches as they decide where to draw the line between chronic abuse and a one-time insult or slight.

Money haul suggests fight for second between Murray and Hall Findlay

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

OTTAWA - If money talks, then it's saying Justin Trudeau has a lock on the federal Liberal leadership while Joyce Murray and Martha Hall Findlay are fighting over who'll finish second.

Interest fading in New Brunswick funding for controversial MS treatment

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

FREDERICTON - Two years after New Brunswick decided to help multiple sclerosis patients pay for an unproven treatment that's only offered outside the country, the number of patients who have sought the so-called liberation treatment has fallen short of expectations.

Sparks fly over co-operation with other parties in Liberal leadership debate

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

MONTREAL - Green party Leader Elizabeth May set the cat among the political pigeons at the final Liberal leadership debate Saturday.

Greens urge NDP to stand down in Labrador byelection to defeat Conservatives

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

OTTAWA - The Green Party of Canada says it will not run a candidate in the Labrador riding vacated by former Conservative cabinet minister Peter Penashue and is urging the NDP to follow suit.

Giant welcome to Canada! Chinese Panda bears arrive for five year stay(2)

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

TORONTO - A pair of giant pandas born and raised in China are about to receive a Canadian welcome worthy of their name.

Giant welcome to Canada! Chinese Panda bears arrive for five year stay

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

TORONTO - A pair of giant pandas born and raised in China are about to receive a Canadian welcome worthy of their name.

Canadians to join millions around the world in marking Earth Hour

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

TORONTO - Canadians joined millions of others around the globe to mark Earth Hour Saturday.

Incinerators still burn in Newfoundland long after 2008 promised phaseout

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The incinerator in Burgeo, N.L., is still spewing smoke four years after an originally promised phaseout but it's so decrepit the town will soon burn trash in an open pit.

B.C. fish-farm foes criticize aquaculture committee, fear being "shouted down"

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

VANCOUVER - Critics of British Columbia's salmon-farming industry fear they could be "shouted down" and that their concerns will disappear into a "black hole" when a new committee meets to advise federal fisheries officials on aquaculture issues.

Police swiftly stop anniversary protest in Montreal; 200-plus detained, ticketed

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

MONTREAL - A march to mark an anniversary in Quebec's protest movement was swiftly broken up Friday by a police force that has shown increasing strictness in applying municipal bylaws.

Flaherty says new tax rules target cheats who aren't paying 'fair share'

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

VANCOUVER - New measures in this week's federal budget targeting tax cheats are aimed at wealthy Canadians who are using schemes with "complicated names" to hide their money from the government, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday as the federal Conservatives started the task of selling their latest fiscal plan.

Quebec election watchdog could punish parties, seek refund of illicit cash

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

MONTREAL - Quebec political parties could be asked to reimburse money they received through fake donations, according the provincial elections watchdog.

Ontario public broadcaster pulls controversial game showing bombing of pipeline

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:08:19 GMT

TORONTO - An online game funded by Ontario taxpayers that shows the bombing of a gas pipeline and drew criticism from the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia is being reviewed.