Details held from publication shed new light on Pickton case
The story of a woman who alleges she escaped from Pickton after being stabbed is just one of the many details revealed when a publicaiton ban was lifted on the case Wednesday. (Warning graphic details)
View ArticleMan arrested after Toronto woman survives 11-storey fall
A man was arrested, three police officers were hospitalized and a young woman was in critical condition Wednesday night after an incident in which the woman plummeted 11 storeys from the balcony of a...
View ArticleMuseum probes link between Chinese restaurants and small-town Canada
There’s one in nearly every Canadian city and town. And yet some argue the Chinese landmarks, a mix of Western and Eastern cultures and born from struggle and exclusion, are fading from Canadiana
View ArticleSouth Korea launches naval drills, despite North's threats of retaliation
South Korea on Thursday launched its largest-ever anti-submarine exercise including live-fire training near the disputed sea border with North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s threats of retaliation
View ArticleGoogle, Verizon strike deal on managing Web traffic: sources
The compromise would restrict Verizon from selectively slowing Internet content that travels over its wires, but wouldn’t apply such limits to Internet use on mobile phones, according to the people...
View ArticleCanadian chopper makes ‘hard landing’ in Afghanistan
A Canadian Chinook helicopter with five crew members and five passengers aboard caught fire after making what military officials have termed a “hard landing” in dangerous Panjwaii district, west of...
View ArticleHST cooling housing market, realtors say
Almost half of its real estate agents say the number one reason for the cooling housing market is the harmonized sales tax, according to a survey from Royal LePage Real Estate Services
View ArticleMosque opponents on wrong side of freedom
John Moore: The true test for a libertarian is when he must defend the rights of his real or perceived enemies. The plan to build a Muslim cultural centre near Ground Zero is such a test
View ArticlePremiers disagree on cure for soaring health-care costs
Canada’s 13 provincial and territorial premiers are looking to tackle the 'elephant in the room' when they meet Thursday to discuss how to trim ballooning health-care costs
View ArticleVonage enables free phone calls between Facebook friends
With the costs of communication soaring these days, posting a message on a friend’s Facebook wall instead of calling them can be a smart way to keep phone bills down. Now both options can be free
View ArticleStockwell Day’s criminal logic
Kelly McParland: Day cites a StatsCan report on crime victims. The noise you hear is Absurdious, the God of Irony, being stomped to death under the jackboots of Stockwellian logic
View ArticleU.S. charges 14 with aiding al-Shabaab
Fourteen people, including a number of U.S. citizens, were indicted on charges of aiding al-Shabaab, a Somali-based Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on...
View ArticleLiberals want more debate as Tories miss census deadline
The Conservative government did not meet the deadline to produce documents on the census controversy and is ignoring the will of Parliament, Liberal MP Mark Holland said Thursday
View ArticleHarper accuses opposition of pushing election
Speaking to his Conservative caucus at a summer retreat, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canadians would rather see his party focus on governing and the economy
View ArticleRIM, Saudis near BlackBerry solution
Governments in the United States and Canada lined up behind RIM in an international security dispute Thursday, as talks between the BlackBerry maker and Saudi telecom regulators made progress
View ArticleU.S. Senate approves Kagan to top court
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court
View ArticleDisgraced U.S. general could see reputation restored
Forty years after being demoted and retiring from the U.S. Air Force in disgrace, General John Lavelle’s honour has been restored
View ArticleAl-Shabab fundraisers targeted Somali-Canadians
Two women who allegedly went door-to-door in Canadian Somali communities to raise funds for Al-Shabab are among 14 people charged with providing material support to the al-Qaeda linked militant group
View ArticleHarper needs to stick to issues that matter
Don Martin: His poll numbers are sliding and he's getting a lot of negative press for trivial matters, but Harper isn't actually in bad shape
View ArticleNew Google Canada head seeks to narrow online ad gap
Chris O’Neill knows a thing or two about home improvement after spending his childhood working in the Canadian Tire store owned by his parents
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