Global News - Canada

Talks suspended with Quebec students; no solution in sight to unrest

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - An attempt to find a solution to the Quebec student crisis has fallen apart, opening up a vast range of potential implications that could be felt from the street to the ballot box.

The sands of Tom: Mulcair talks environment after look at 'massive' oilsands

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair toured Alberta's sprawling oilsands Thursday, saying he was left agog at the size of the operations, but also with a renewed determination to make sure it all gets cleaned up.

Anonymous hacking campaign in Quebec draws attention of Montreal police

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - Montreal police have opened an investigation into the campaign of online disruption being waged by the activist group Anonymous against a growing list of targets in Quebec.

Body-parts suspect likely fled the country: Montreal police

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - An international manhunt has been launched for a porn actor wanted in a gruesome body-parts case as police announced Thursday that he is believed to have fled the country.

Criminal experts: The suspected killer in body-parts case wants attention

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - Experts in criminal behaviour say the suspect in the notorious body-parts case has a clear, desperate need: for you to pay attention to him.

Back-to-work law puts CP Rail back on tracks but backlog will take weeks to clear

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Back-to-work legislation for striking Canadian Pacific Rail workers cleared the Senate to become law Thursday, but Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is predicting it will take weeks to clear the backlog of freight once trains start rolling Friday morning.

N.B. government to introduce legislation for the election of Senate nominees

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will introduce legislation Friday that would allow people in the province to elect nominees for the Senate.

About 120 'missing children' deaths tied to residential schools now ID'd

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

TORONTO - An intensive review of Ontario records has so far turned up more than 100 possible cases of previously unidentified child and youth deaths linked to Indian residential schools, the province's chief coroner said Thursday.

Police didn't find video of cop-involved shooting after hunt for witnesses:chief

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's police chief says officers canvassed witnesses after one of their own shot and killed a mentally ill man five years ago but did not come across the video that has prompted another review of the case.

Pickton inquiry gets four-month extension for report, but not for hearings

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

VANCOUVER - The former judge overseeing the public inquiry into the Robert Pickton case has received an extra four months to write his final report, but the extension will likely do little to allay critics who have demanded commissioner Wally Oppal spend more time hearing from witnesses about why police failed to catch the serial killer.

More military drone accidents underscore need for international safety standards

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Internal federal documents show crashes by unmanned aerial vehicles are increasing the number of accident investigations undertaken by the military's flight-safety branch.

Blind advocate wins again in fight over accessibility of federal websites

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - A blind businesswoman has won a second round in a fight to force the federal government to make its websites accessible to people with visual impairments.

Embattled aid minister refuses to explain tinkering with expense claims

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda will not explain why the amounts on some of her past travel expenses have been modified.

RIM shares down, analysts take gloomy view following forecast of loss, layoffs

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

TORONTO - A fresh batch of takeover speculation greeted BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) on Wednesday as analysts weighed in on the company's projected operating loss in the current quarter and its prospects for survival.

Life at Canada's most infamous crime scene; horror and cleanup in Apartment 208

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - Residents of a low-rent apartment building now making international news as a ghastly crime scene were sucking on beers as they engaged in some neighbourly gossip about the killing in their midst and the macabre cleanup ahead.

Canadian and U.S. polices ignored tips about murder video: U.S. lawyer

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

A Montana lawyer says Canadian and American law enforcement officials ignored him when he came across a gruesome online video of what looked like the murder and dismemberment of an unidentified man.

Black bear to be shot after finding, eating human remains near Kamloops, B.C.

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A black bear that feasted on human remains it found on a remote road south of Kamloops, B.C., is now the target of conservation officers.

Money (that what they want): board to charge for music at weddings, parades

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

TORONTO - Money can't buy love — but if you want some great tunes playing at your wedding, it's going to cost you.

Canadians out at Scripps National Spelling Bee; last standing flubs 'vellon'

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

WASHINGTON - Two Canadians were eliminated on Thursday from the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Watchdog sees improvement in access to info, warns budget cuts threaten progress

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - A new report card from the information watchdog shows some government institutions are doing a better job responding to access requests.

Pregnant mom's move to U.S. not like 'child abduction,' Ontario court rules

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

TORONTO - A child-custody dispute involving a new mother who moved to California when she was seven months pregnant should be decided in the U.S. state rather than in Ontario, the province's top court ruled Thursday in a case closely watched by women's-rights activists.

Are teens becoming abstainers? Study charts declines in smoking, drinking, drugs

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

TORONTO - Are teens becoming more abstemious?

Copyright board to charge for music at weddings, parades in Canada

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

Money can't buy love — but if you want some great tunes playing at your wedding, it's going to cost you.

Ecuador plaintiffs launch attempts in Canada to collect from Chevron

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador - Plaintiffs who won a US$18 billion pollution judgment against Chevron Corp. in Ecuador say they've begun their campaign to collect the money, filing suit against the company in Canada.

Day of ping-pong proposals ends with government considering student offer

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - Negotiations between students and the provincial government will resume Thursday after students left a third night of talks saying the government wanted time to study their latest proposal.

Porn actor named as suspect in shocking Ottawa-Montreal body parts case

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - In this chain of depraved events orchestrated by a disturbed mind, it turns out that the severed human foot delivered to Tory headquarters was only the latest link.

Two Canadian girls advance to spelling bee semifinal

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

WASHINGTON - Two Canadian schoolgirls have advanced to the semifinals of the famous Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Political mastermind behind Stephen Harper made grisly discovery of human foot

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - A political mastermind behind Stephen Harper's Conservative government made the gruesome discovery of a human foot in a box belonging to a torso found in Montreal.

Mulcair confident of warm reception on first visit to Alberta's oilsands

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair is heading to Alberta for his first tour of the oilsands, confident he can dispel perceptions that he's anti-development and anti-western Canada.

Alberta to file lawsuit against tobacco companies; seeks $10B in damages

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is filing a $10-billion lawsuit against tobacco companies.

Colleague hopes 'heart-breaking' video leads to answers in police shooting

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

VANCOUVER - A colleague and friend of a man gunned down by police in a tony Vancouver shopping district five years ago says he hopes a new video will finally lead to some answers and some accountability.

Montreal downpour floods museum basement, damages hundreds of artworks

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

MONTREAL - Hundreds of works of rare art have been damaged at one of Montreal's main museums by heavy rains that battered the city, flooding basements and overwhelming the city's aging infrastructure.

Tory backbench MP Lee Richardson quitting to work for Alberta premier

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Calgary Conservative MP Lee Richardson says he is resigning his seat to work for Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

NDP questions plan to merge Fisheries financial services to minister's riding

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

FREDERICTON - The Opposition is questioning why the federal Fisheries and Oceans Department plans to close six financial support offices across the country and consolidate their work in Fredericton, the riding of Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield.

Human-rights advocates demand federal government apologize to UN official

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - A long list of human-rights groups, lawyers and activists wants the federal government to apologize for trashing the UN food envoy during his recent visit to Canada.

Snail mail can sometimes ooze: MPs can receive icky packages at work

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - From poop to hate mail and wacky crafts, members of Parliament have seen a lot of interesting — and sometimes alarming — items delivered to their offices.

Offices rife with bacteria; more found in men's then women's, study says

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

TORONTO - A new study suggests offices are rife with bacteria, with the highest concentrations found on chair arm rests and phone handsets.

CP Rail back-to-work bill speeds through Commons but slowed by Senate rules

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Back-to-work legislation designed to end a CP Rail strike and get freight moving likely won't pass in the Senate until Thursday at the earliest, despite its overnight passage in the House of Commons.

One dead after late evening shooting at Port Moody rec centre

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

A man has been shot and killed in an attack in Port Moody.

International manhunt underway for Luka Rocco Magnotta

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

A massive manhunt for a porn actor wanted in a gruesome case of dismembered body parts found in Montreal and Ottawa is extending beyond Canada.

Public Works minister cites defence purchase delays and competing agendas

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose told defence contractors Wednesday she's tired of duplication and competing agendas within government when it comes to military purchases.

Man found dead with his family in Saskatchewan ditch was depressed: family

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

ST. WALBURG, Sask. - The family of a man who was found dead in a Saskatchewan ditch along with his wife and two-year-old son says he had struggled with depression.

Big changes coming to RCMP Act to tighten discipline powers: Toews

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

OTTAWA - Legislation to modernize the RCMP's discipline process is coming soon, even though related issues are still before the courts, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Wednesday.

Bottle battle not brewing says NDP, after Tory claims that wine law corked

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

PENTICTON, B.C. - Federal NDP house leader Nathan Cullen says the Conservatives have created a tempest in a wine glass by accusing New Democrats of blocking a bill to update Canada's archaic liquor laws.

Romney presidency good for Canada trade

Thu, 31 May 2012 19:35:26 GMT

Romney presidency good for Canada trade 6442555672 TORONTO – Even though a majority of Canadians would vote for popular president Barack Obama, Mitt Romney’s business experience and free enterprise approach would boost Canada’s economy if he is elected president, experts say. “Romney understands small busine