Canada

Mayor Rob Ford says crack video allegations false, according to his brother

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford reads a statement to journalists at Toronto's city hall Wednesday May 22, 2013, as he details how the allegations surrounding his brother, Mayor Rob Ford, have affected his family. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris...

Over a million on boil-water advisory

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Sean Lynch Staunton stocks up on water for his hotel, Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in Montreal. Montreal has issued a boil-water advisory to a large swath of the city affecting over one million residents after a water-filtration station broke down....

Chief guilty of sexual assault stays chief

Photo: Google Maps There is debate on a small reserve in southeastern Saskatchewan about whether its chief should be removed from his job. Terry McArthur of the Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation has stayed on as leader since he pleaded guilty earlier this month to sexually assaulting...

Two face murder in Bosma death

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Hamilton Police Supt. Dan Kinsella speaks during a press conference on the Tim Bosma case in Hamilton, Ont.,on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Police say a second man has been arrested and will face a charge of first-degree murder in the death of...

Ford folly cracks up late night TV

American talk-show hosts have discovered the joys of a favourite Canadian pastime: cracking jokes at Toronto's expense and poking fun at the stereotypes of a boring city the rest of Canada loves to hate - all courtesy of the cocaine controversy swirling around Mayor Rob...

RCMP families want help

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Former RCMP officer Martin Bouchard and his wife Krista are shown in a handout photo. Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years - a quirky, funny, giving guy she'd met on a blind date. Serving with the Royal...

Liberals want hearings on Harper's office

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Senator James Cowan, the Liberal Senate leader, talks to media in Ottawa, Thursday, May 9, 2013 after copies of a report of an audit on Senators housing expenses were handed out. The Liberals in the Senate are trying to trigger...

Mother yells as driver appears in court

  Photo: CTV The mother of a toddler killed when an SUV crashed into a restaurant patio wept and trembled as the man charged in youngster's death appeared in an Edmonton court. Richard Suter, who is 62, appeared for only a minute on a video screen as his...

Ford to crack open scandal today

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at City Hall in Toronto on Friday May 17, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn Toronto city hall will be watched closely today to see if Mayor Rob Ford's camp responds to allegations that he...

Rally calls for end to ties with monarchy

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Protester Pierre Veronneau holds a dartboard at a rally by Quebec nationalists in Montreal, Monday, May 20, 2013. The Queen would not likely be amused by the way Victoria Day was observed in a small pocket of Montreal today. A...

Village mourns fishermen

Updated May 20, 2013 - A local leader in northeastern New Brunswick says the community can begin to heal now that the bodies of three missing fishermen have been recovered. Chris Avery of the Tabusintac Local Service District says the coming weeks will be very difficult for the men's...

Wind turbine proposal for Juno Beach

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Canadian veterans make their way down Juno beach to the waters edge following a ceremony marking the 60th Anniversary of D-Day in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, on the Normandy coast on June 6, 2004. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom...

PM's new chief of staff

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Stephen Harper's executive assistant Ray Novak on the Harper campaign in Montreal on Sept. 11, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson A look at the life and career of Ray Novak, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new...

Anarchist 'panda' leads a new fight

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Anarchopanda, a regular at the Quebec student protests, arrives at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday, June 5, 2012 to protest a Montreal bylaw on the wearing of masks during demonstrations.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham...

Warm summer forecast for Canada

  Photo: Castanet Staff Castanet weather cam Get ready to break out the sunscreen Canada, but don't worry about sizzling all season. Meteorologists at AccuWeather.com say the majority of Canadians can look forward to a more "typical"...

Hidden camera nails care home workers

Four employees of an Ontario long-term care facility have been suspended and two investigations have been launched, after a concerned man installed a hidden camera in his mother’s room and captured shocking video of neglect and abuse. Camille Parent said he was horrified to see video...

Feds buying ads that don't exist

The Harper government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars advertising a program that does not yet exist. Prime-time ads began airing this week during NHL playoff games -- currently the priciest advertising real estate on the dial -- that tout a new federal Canada Jobs Grant for...

Petition to rename Victoria Day

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. A television presenter watches a monitor which shows Prince Charles and his wife Camilla as they wait to watch the Victoria Day firework celebrations at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on May 21, 2012. A group of certain Canadian...

Military supplies stuck in Afghanistan

A team of 15 Canadian soldiers has been dispatched to Kandahar on a month-long assignment to assess whether dozens of military containers are still seaworthy enough to be brought home. Over 375 shipping containers full of military supplies remain stranded at Kandahar Airfield nearly 18...

Public raising funds to buy alleged video

  Photo: Contributed - indiegogo.com A frame from the video allegedly showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been caught in a video smoking crack cocaine has prompted several online crowdsourcing campaigns aimed at...