Mexican man arrested in beating of Canadian woman - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:03:21 EST
A Mexican man has been arrested and will likely face an attempted homicide charge in the brutal beating of a Canadian woman at a five-star resort in Mazatlan.  | Shafia canal deaths case in hands of jury - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:59:02 EST
The fate of three Montrealers accused of killing four family members is now in the hands of the jury after the trial judge finished giving his instructions on Friday.
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The four-month-old Winnipeg girl who was hospitalized following a devastating fire that killed her mother, grandmother and two sisters has died, according to the head of the Islamic Social Services Association.  | Retirement income changes won't be sudden, government says - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:52:58 EST
Whatever changes the government makes to retirement income won't happen overnight, Minister of State for Finance Ted Menzies said Friday.  | RCMP apologizes for not catching Pickton earlier - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:01:07 EST
The RCMP has issued an apology for not catching B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton earlier.
 | Quebec to demand crime bill reimbursement - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:58:21 EST
Quebec Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier will insist Ottawa repay the costs of implementing the federal government's tough-on-crime agenda, otherwise known as Bill C-10.  | Asteroid makes close approach to Earth - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:10:03 EST
An asteroid about 11 metres in diameter roared past the Earth early Friday in one of the closest approaches ever recorded for such an event, astronomers say.
 | Canada condemns Libya amid reports of prisoner abuse - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:52 EST
Canada is delivering a diplomatic scolding to Libya over reports of deaths and systemic torture in Libyan prisons.  | Hockey helmet adds anti-concussion liner - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:38:22 EST
A sports equipment maker is trying to reduce head injuries with a new type of helmet.
 | 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6½ years - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:03:03 EST
A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6½ years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.  | Cruise ship survivors offered $14,454 compensation - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:59:47 EST
The company that owns the Costa Concordia — the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany — is offering uninjured passengers €11,000 ($14,454 Cdn) each to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma.  | Neilson recalls Trutaste milk over contamination - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:21:22 EST
People should not drink certain Neilson microfiltered partly skimmed milk because it may be contaminated with a cleaning solution, federal food officials say.
 | Maritimes battle snow, freezing rain - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:45:27 EST
A winter storm blanketed parts of New Brunswick with snow Friday, followed by freezing rain in the evening, while many parts Nova Scotia saw a bit of snow followed mostly by rain.
 | Toilet paper ecolabels confuse Canadians - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:43:13 EST
A Marketplace investigation reveals that while a majority of Canadians surveyed believe that a sustainable forestry logo on toilet paper means that no clear cutting takes place — this is not the case.  | Condo owner must pay for meter or unplug electric car - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:44 EST
An Ottawa man is fighting the board of the condominium complex where he lives because it does not want him charging his electric car on other residents' dimes.
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RCMP apologize to victims of Robert Pickton for not doing more - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:12 Z
The RCMP issued a public apology Friday to the families of the women murdered by Robert "Willie" Pickton, admitting the "RCMP did not do more" in the investigation before he was charged. | Busy session ahead as Parliament returns, 'prudent' budget expected - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:07:32 Z
Parliament resumes Monday for what could be one of the most acrimonious sessions in years with arguably the most important federal budget in a political generation. | Liberal-NDP battle brewing over Layton's former riding - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:06:10 Z
The NDP nominee in the coming Toronto-Danforth byelection not only is attempting to take over the riding of a party icon, who died of cancer in August, the political neophyte also could find himself up against a star Liberal candidate. | Jurors begin deciding fate of Shafia family - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:53:26 Z
Jurors began deciding the fate Friday of three members of a Montreal family accused of killing four other family members, unaware that there was an eyewitness to some events at the isolated spot where the victims were found dead. | Changing old-age benefits fragile situation for government - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:06:49 Z
Messing with public pensions is a minefield one would think most prime ministers would avoid if possible. One only has to look at Brian Mulroney's experience in 1985 when public backlash forced him to retreat from a plan to de-index old age pensions from inflation. | N.L. man claims province's denial of surgery for men related to weight loss is 'discriminatory' - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:51:17 Z
Andrew Murley of Gander, N.L., says after losing more than 200 pounds, he's also lost faith in Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care system, which denies surgery to remove excess skin related to extreme weight loss. | What's in a name? Quite a lot, says lexicographer - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:07:23 Z
Would a gay-straight alliance by any other name be as inclusive? That's the question raised this week after a Catholic think-tank's recommendation that the school-based organizations instead be called "respecting differences clubs" — a euphemistic moniker that aims to comply with provincial equity mandates without advocating homosexuality. | Mexicans make arrest as badly beaten Calgary tourist flies home - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:59:13 Z
Hours after a Calgary woman found bloody and beaten in her swank resort hotel last week arrived back home for treatment, Mexican authorities announced Friday they had nabbed a Mazatlan man in the high-profile case. | Mulcair has given no money to federal NDP, documents show - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:07:01 Z
Financial reports filed with Elections Canada show no sign that front-running leadership contender Thomas Mulcair has given any money to the federal New Democratic Party over the past eight years. | Federal government to build long-awaited Attawapiskat school - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:07:48 Z
Three decades after Attawapiskat's elementary school closed due to toxic contamination, the beleaguered First Nations reserve in a remote part of northern Ontario will have a new school by 2014. | Asian carp seizure called alarming - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:06:58 Z
Almost 6.3 tonnes of Asian carp, an invasive species no one wants in the Great Lakes, has been seized at the Windsor-Detroit border in the last three weeks. | Federal deficit shrinking faster than forecast - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:07:57 Z
With just four months left in fiscal 2011-12, Ottawa should come in well under its full-year projection for a $31-billion shortfall. | TSX advances for sixth straight week - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:09:58 Z
Canadian stocks posted their sixth straight weekly advance Friday, despite a tepid session to end the week, as technology stocks and gold producers lifted Canada's benchmark index. | 'Kosher Jesus' book ignites skirmish between Jewish scholars - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:07:43 Z
Two of North America's leading orthodox rabbis — including a prominent Jewish scholar in Canada — are engaged in a fierce war of words over the proper place of Jesus Christ in the teachings and traditions of Judaism. | Fredericton's gun registry targets toys, critics complain - Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:08:05 Z
The looming end to the federal long-gun registry will soon leave Fredericton in a unique position: the only major Canadian city with a municipal gun registry. |
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Infant becomes fifth family victim in Winnipeg fire - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:47:21 -0500
An infant injured in a fatal Winnipeg fire died on Friday afternoon, three days after four other family members perished. | Suspect arrested in beating of Canadian in Mexico - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:52:53 -0500
A Mexican suspect has been arrested in the brutal beating of a Canadian woman who was vacationing in a five-star Mexican hotel last week. | Pension changes won't kick-in without fair notice: PMO - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:12:55 -0500
A brewing controversy over pensions has forced the federal government to blunt criticism that it plans to cutback on federally-funded plans like Old Age Security. | RCMP sorry for not catching killer Pickton sooner - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:52:52 -0500
Decades after women started to go missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the RCMP has apologized for not doing more to find the killer. | Shafia jury mulling first- and second-degree murder - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:38:21 -0500
The jurors in the Shafia murder trial have received their final instructions from the judge and have begun their deliberations. | Facebook IPO could value it among top companies - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:48:22 -0500
When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America. | Condo board won't let man plug in electric car - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:48:47 -0500
What happens when you buy an electric car but you can't charge its battery? That's the question facing an Ottawa man whose condominium board has taken a dim view to his power needs. | Cynthia Nixon's remarks on gay 'choice' worry activists - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:16:02 -0500
Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political, after she was quoted as saying that for her, being gay was a conscious choice. | 'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:57:58 -0500
A federal judge on Friday sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010. | Alberta's weekly wages highest in Canada - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:11:53 -0500
Alberta workers had the highest weekly earnings in the country in November, while Ontario showed the weakest wage growth in the last year, Statistics Canada says. | Canada blasts Libya over torture reports - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:33:17 -0500
Canada delivered a harsh diplomatic rebuke to Libyan officials in both countries Friday after "credible" reports of torture linked to the country's interim government. | Murdered Toronto barber not just 'some guy': family - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:05:14 -0500
The family of a popular barber shot dead earlier this week said he wasn't just "some guy," and invited the gunman to attend a candlelight vigil Friday night to see the damage caused. | Federal deficit ahead of schedule in reducing deficit - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:25:42 -0500
The federal government is well ahead of schedule in reducing the size of the deficit, even as it is preparing to cut back on pensions and the size of the public service. | Bieber pumps life into Ontario organ donations - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:46:07 -0500
A rally cry from Justin Bieber asking fans to become organ donors has done wonders for Ontario's Trillium Gift of Life Network, which has seen a boost in organ donors since the plea was made last week. | Plans in full force six months before London Olympics - Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:18:28 -0500
Director Danny Boyle offered a sneak peek of 2012 London opening ceremony that would include the ringing of a massive bell and the National Health Service. |
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