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First Nations Nursing Station Staff Used Flights To Shop: Report

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Staff at a remote First Nations nursing station arranged expensive emergency medical flights — on the federal government's dime — to go g...

Wanted: Cash For B.C. Municipalities

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VICTORIA - Hundreds of municipal politicians preparing to convince the British Columbia Liberal government to help pay for local sewer upgrades, the p...

B.C. Conservatives' Roller Coaster Weekend

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia

LANGLEY, B.C. - Even in the tumultuous world of British Columbia politics, the provincial Conservatives had a roller coaster of a weekend.Weeks of lea...

Seeing Red Over RCMP Policy

CP | James Keller, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Several criminal cases against Mounties in British Columbia are facing delays as the RCMP considers whether to pay for defence lawyers and...

Fighting Vets An 'Obscene Waste Of Taxpayers' Money'

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Harper government spent $750,462 in legal fees fighting veterans over the clawback of military pensions, documents tabled in Parliament s...

What I've Learned After 100 Straight Days Of Dining Out

Lindsay Anderson | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Lindsay Anderson

This June 7, I began a rather extraordinary job. I was chosen from 1,507 applicants to dine at 365 Richmond restaurants in 365 days, and write a blog post about each and every experience.

New Controversy Over Omnibus Conservative Crime Act

CBC | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Politics

Federal New Democrat MP and justice critic Françoise Boivin is warning of growing tensions between the federal government and the courts, following a...

Meet The 2012 Canada's Walk Of Fame Inductees!

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada

TORONTO -- As a comic actor, Phil Hartman was versatile and unselfish, so adept at shining in whatever supporting role he was given that his fellow "S...

Parents Handcuffed, In Tears, Attend Funeral Of Allegedly Starved Edmonton Girl

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - A couple who are charged with starving and abusing their daughter were both in tears during the Edmonton girl's funeral on Saturday.Sheriff...

Free Tuition In This Province? Why Not!

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - One Quebec student group says that with tuition hikes officially off the table, it will now champion the idea of free education.The new Par...

B.C. Conservatives Lose Only MLA

CBC | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia

John van Dongen resigned from the B.C. Conservative Party after members voted against a leadership review at the party's annual general meeting on Sat...

Our Seniors Need A Place To Live

CBC | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia

The demand for rental housing in British Columbia is projected to grow by 36 per cent over the next 25 years, according to a report by the B.C. Non-Pr...

What MPs Tweeted About This Summer.. And Huge Subject They Ignored

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - All MPs worked the barbecue circuit this summer, but only some worked the online circuit as well.During the winter parliamentary sitting, MPs...

Canadian Linked To Anti-Islam Film Seeks Protection

CBC | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada

A Coptic Christian activist say he fears for his family's safety after being accused of playing a role in the notorious anti-Islam film that has spark...

For The Love Of Dogs

CBC | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada

A year after more than 500 dogs were seized from Paws-R-Us, a puppy mill near Shawville, Que., some advocates say Quebec's animal cruelty laws don't g...

He Wanted To 'Be One With The Tiger'

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada

NEW YORK (AP) — Before his now-infamous tangle with a Bronx Zoo tiger, David Villalobos adorned his Facebook page with New Age odes to Mother Earth ...

Starved Edmonton Girl's Parents Attend Her Funeral

CBC | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Alberta

Hundreds of people gathered in an Edmonton mosque Saturday to pray over the the body of a young girl allegedly starved and beaten by her parents. ...

Why Did This Spill Go Unnoticed?

CP | Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada

HALIFAX - It took more than five hours to stop a navy ship from leaking fuel into the Halifax harbour last year because officers failed to ensure ther...

John Cummins Kept As B.C. Tory Leader

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada British Columbia

LANGLEY, B.C. - The sole member of the B.C. Conservative party with a seat in the provincial legislature quit the party Saturday, after members voted ...

CAW Deal: Ford Workers Vote On Deal Over Weekend; GM Workers To Vote On Wednesday

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Ford workers in Hamilton and Windsor, Ont., vote today on a four-year deal reached this week that has been endorsed by their union leadershi...

Killing In the Stream Of: What Do Webcasts Like The Killers' Werner Herzog-Helmed "Unstaged" Mean?

Joshua Ostroff | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada Music
Joshua Ostroff

Mere hours after The Killers' new album Battle Born arrived on both literal and virtual store shelves, the Las Vegas synth-rock stalwarts themselves split the on- and offline difference by taking to the wondrously baroque stage of the Bronx's 1920s-era Paradise Theatre for a Werner Herzog-directed livestream concert.

Boogaard's Family Sues Over Deceased Son's Contract: Report

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The NHL Players' Association says it hasn't seen a lawsuit reportedly filed by the parents of late enforcer Derek Boogaard seeking $9...

We're Expecting! Calgary Zoo Gets Its First Ever Penguin Egg

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - Officials at the Calgary Zoo are beaming like expectant parents after their King penguin laid an egg this week.Since Asa pushed out the egg ...

Ontario Food Terminal Hosts Fresh Fest

CBC | Posted 11.21.2012 | Canada Living

Every day thousands of commuters pass by the Ontario Food Terminal as they speed along the Gardiner Expressway. And each day, thousands more eat fruit...

'Significant Instigator' Sentenced For Riot

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 09.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia

A hockey rioter described by the Crown as a “significant instigator” in last June’s Stanley Cup melee was given a 90-day sentence to be served o...