Canada

Former army boss to lead Space Agency

Photo: CTV Chief of Defence Staff Walt Natynczyk salutes after laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in Ottawa Friday November 11, 2011. Industry representatives are welcoming the appointment of retired...

N.S man gets 11 years for kidnapping

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. David James Leblanc arrives at court in Dartmouth, N.S. on November 26, 2012. A sentencing hearing will be held today for a 48-year-old Nova Scotia man who pleaded guilty to confining and sexually assaulting a teenage boy. David James LeBlanc...

FIFA says turbans are acceptable

Soccer's world body has struck a blow against Quebec's turban ban, saying such headwear is perfectly acceptable on the pitch. FIFA said in a statement Friday that it is authorizing the wearing of male head covers at all levels of Canadian soccer. The statement says the headwear must...

Crown cops 'colluded' on Dziekanski

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. RCMP Const. Bill Bentley leaves court after the second day of his perjury trial in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday June 11, 2013. The Crown alleges the four RCMP offices involved in Robert Dziekanski's death "colluded" together to...

Squirrel takes whirl in toilet

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. A squirrel struggles to get out of a toilet in a house in Winnipeg, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Angela Campbell says she woke up early Wednesday to a commotion in her bathroom and eventually removed the critter with a pair of barbecue tongs. THE...

Via Rail's new offer represents wage cuts

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. A Via Rail employee climbs aboard a locomotive at the train station in Ottawa on Monday, December 3, 2012. The union representing customer service and on-board service workers at Via Rail said it's expecting to go on strike Friday, saying...

Mayor Ford overshadows police raids

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair holds a news conference in Toronto, Thursday, June 13, 2013.Blair says a series of early-morning raids has led to the arrest of dozens of suspected drug and gun traffickers and the seizure of large amounts of...

Police conduct early morning raids in TO

Police from several forces across Ontario held a series of early-morning raids targeting guns and drugs today, including around the Greater Toronto Area. Targets included an apartment complex in Toronto's west end where about 100 heavily armed officers raided several units in two apartment...

Massive pipeline spill in Alberta

Photo: CBC Zama City, AB A pipeline operated by a Texas-based oil company has leaked 9.5 million litres of industrial waste water in northern Alberta. The Energy Resources Conservation Board said the spill was first reported by Apache Canada Ltd. on June 1. The pipeline breach...

Restaurant stops selling giant burger

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. A Wendy's restaurant sign is seen Thursday, April 24, in Columbus, Ohio. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Kiichiro Sato A fast-food restaurant in Manitoba has backtracked on its offer to make customers a burger fit for Fred Flintstone. Barb...

Senator told to repay $231K in expenses

Photo: CTV Former Liberal senator Mac Harb. Media reports say the amount to be repaid by former Liberal senator Mac Harb over questionable expense claims has jumped to $231,000. The reports say the new tally comes from David Tkachuk, who announced Tuesday he was stepping down as...

CBC reporters freed in Turkey

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. Police are on the move during clashes at the Taksim Square in Istanbul Tuesday, June 11, 2013. The CBC says two of its reporters covering anti-government protests in Turkey have been detained.CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson says the broadcaster...

Tornado warning for Edmonton

Photo: CTV Dark clouds like these, seen in Beaumont, were seen throughout the capital region Wednesday, June 12. Courtesy: T. Crossland A tornado warning is in effect for Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Enoch, Calmar, Devon, Leduc, Beaumont and...

Fossilized feces heads to Smithsonian

Photo: The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. A museum in Saskatchewan is sending some very old poop (shown) to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.The fossilized feces from a meat-eating T. Rex was deposited 65 million years ago in what is now the province's southwest.THE...

Northern pipeline leaks waste water

Photo: CTV ZAMA CITY, Alta. - A pipeline operated by a Texas-based oil company has leaked 9.5 million litres of industrial waste water in northern Alberta. The Energy Resources Conservation Board said the spill was first reported by Apache Canada Ltd. on June 1. The pipeline breach...

New app would nab illegal parkers

Some entrepreneurial Winnipeggers are set to unleash an army of bounty hunters keen on nabbing people who park in disabled parking spots without a permit or in front of a fire hydrant. All that would be needed is a smartphone and the "spotsquad" app. Co-founder Chris Johnson says he...

Floodwaters wash out roads in Alberta

Roaring floodwaters in Fort McMurray, Alta., have eroded riverbanks, washed away roads and threatened gas and phone lines as a state of emergency remains. Days of heavy rain have pushed local waterways, particularly the Hangingstone River, to dangerously high levels, officials said. Some...

BC is in the risk zone for mega-quake

Photo: Contributed From the USGS - Earthquakes of 2.5 or more in the last 30 days. A new study says the Pacific coast has experienced 22 major earthquakes over the last 11,000 years, and is due for another. The study looked at sediment disturbance in Effingham Inlet, on the west...

Matrimonial rights on reserves protected

Photo: CBC A controversial bill meant to protect matrimonial rights on reserves has passed despite opposition from critics who say it reflects what they call Ottawa's paternalistic approach to First Nations issues. The Conservative bill passed third reading in the House of Commons...

Conditional discharge in jail-sex case

Photo: Contributed KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A jail guard who pleaded guilty to breach of trust after watching two female inmates have sex in a Kamloops, B.C., cell has been handed a conditional discharge. Forty-nine-year-old David Tompkins will also be on probation for a year and must perform...