N.Y. jury awards millions to Windsor Wildcats hockey players after deadly crash
March 10, 2010 - 2:37 pm
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A New York jury has awarded $2.25 million in damages to three members of the all-girls Windsor Wildcats team involved in a fatal bus crash in 2005. A jury deliberated for four hours on Monday and determined the amount of cash that should be awarded to hockey players Carly ...
A jobless recovery? Conditions there for disappointing job creation: analysts
March 10, 2010 - 2:07 pm
OTTAWA - Canadian workers may pay the price for the relatively healthy job market during last year's recession. Job creation normally goes hand in hand with economic growth - with a little lag - but few analysts expect a big jobs rebound after last quarter's sharp growth in the ...
B.C. man faces more child porn charges in international investigation
March 10, 2010 - 2:05 pm
SURREY, B.C. - More sex and child pornography charges have been laid against a Surrey, B.C., man who was arrested in January following an investigation into abuse involving nine children. The RCMP say with the eight new charges, the 36-year-old man now faces 16 charges, including sexual ...
Quebec human rights commission to hold hearings to probe racial profiling
March 10, 2010 - 1:44 pm
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is tackling the issue of racial profiling with a series of public hearings later this year. The commission says it has dealt with at least 100 complaints of racial profiling since 2005 and that the findings in a consultation document are ...
Mother can't understand beating of son in wheelchair in Australia
March 10, 2010 - 1:09 pm
WINNIPEG - Shellan Proden was struggling Wednesday to comprehend why someone would attack her son in a wheelchair and beat him for several minutes in an assault captured by a surveillance camera halfway around the world. "I can't believe a human being would do that to someone else," Proden ...
Quebec government moves to ban religious education in daycare centres
March 10, 2010 - 12:48 am
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has decided to ban religious instruction in provincially funded daycare centres. The announcement by Family Minister Tony Tomassi comes a day after he said he would not do anything to prevent groups using daycare centres to teach religious ...
Funeral on Friday for slain cop, thousands of officers expected to attend
March 10, 2010 - 12:47 am
WINGHAM, Ont. - Thousands of police officers are expected to pay tribute to slain provincial police Const. Vu Pham at his funeral on Friday. Pham - a 37-year-old married father of three - was shot and killed Monday while on duty in a rural area northwest of London, Ont. His adoptive sister ...
High-on-the-hog MP pensions, mailouts spoofed by tax watchdogs
March 10, 2010 - 12:47 am
OTTAWA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is spoofing MPs over their high-on-the-hog pensions and their $10 million in household mailouts. The MPs have collectively been awarded golden pigs in the federation's 12th annual Teddy awards, taking both the federal and lifetime achievement ...
Sotheby's Canada to auction off rare Canadian Red Ensign flag in June
March 10, 2010 - 12:46 am
TORONTO - A rare, 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer. Sotheby's Canada says the item will be in its June 2 sale of Important Canadian Art in Toronto. The auction house says the vibrant, red flag is in "exceptional condition" after being in a private ...
Canada pushes into Panjwaii to disrupt Taliban lines before spring offensive
March 10, 2010 - 11:54 am
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canadian and Afghan troops are pushing deep into southern Afghanistan's Panjwaii district, the cradle of the Taliban, to cut off enemy supply lines in advance of a major coalition offensive in Kandahar planned for the spring. The move, designed to capitalize on ...
Labrador Innu chief says ban on alcohol has been temporarily suspended
March 10, 2010 - 8:51 am
NATUASHISH, N.L. - The new chief of an aboriginal community in Labrador says a ban on alcohol has been suspended for now. Simeon Tshakapesh says a decision on the ban will be made by Natuashish councillors after a public meeting on the issue on March 23. The community narrowly voted to ...
Canada hockey, curling hot tickets at Paralympics, but seats still for sale
March 10, 2010 - 7:19 am
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Team Canada remains a strong draw for the 2010 Paralympic Games. Tickets to all of Canada's sledge hockey games have sold out and so has the gold-medal game for hockey and for wheelchair curling. This Friday's opening ceremonies in Vancouver are also expected to sell out ...
Saskatchewan native leaders hand over financial control of troubled school
March 09, 2010 - 11:33 pm
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan aboriginal leaders say they have agreed to hand over financial control of the troubled First Nations University of Canada to the University of Regina. Chief Guy Lonechild of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations said Tuesday that the decision could prompt ...
Man named in police shootout, slain officer knew each other, residents say
March 09, 2010 - 10:19 pm
A man suspected of trading gunfire with police in an incident that saw an officer shot and killed was identified Tuesday as 70-year-old Fred Preston, a former reeve of a small community that residents say the slain officer was raised in. Preston, of Sundridge, Ont., remained in critical ...
Coke charge dropped as ex-Tory MP Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving
March 09, 2010 - 10:17 pm
ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - A former Conservative MP once known for his tough stance on drugs received a "break" when cocaine possession and drunk driving charges were withdrawn in a plea bargain, an Ontario judge said Tuesday. The deal, which saw Rahim Jaffer convicted of the lesser offence of ...
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