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FC Edmonton coach Colin Miller to direct Canada’s men’s team at CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament
Colin Miller’s déjà vu season as Canada’s men’s national soccer team head coach continues. The FC Edmonton head coach will be the interim coach for a third time in 2013, as the team gets set for next month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. Here, Miller is pictured at Commonwealth Stadium when he was named head coach for FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League in ...
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Elderly Vancouver man dragged by car after thief takes off with his jewelry
Police are still searching for a suspect who robbed an elderly man and dragged him with a car for about a block. Around 12:30 p.m. Monday, a 61-year-old left a store on East Broadway after purchasing jewelry. He was walking north on Quebec Street when a suspect came up behind him, grabbed the bag of jewelry and ran into a waiting a ...
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‘Ultimate trivialization of the Zionist dream’ Rabbis say sexy tourism ads for Tel Aviv ‘disgusting’
A youth outreach program of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs that caused a buzz by using oral sex jokes to promote tourism in Israel three years ago, is once again under fire for using group sex to advertise ';sexy, secular and sassy'; Tel Aviv to young Jewish Canadians. Reaction from Canadian rabbis to the new online ad from CIJA’s ';Size Doesn’t ...
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The hunt for an untainted Montreal mayor resumes following latest resignation
MONTREAL -- The hunt for an untainted Montreal mayor resumed Tuesday as Michael Applebaum resigned one day after being arrested on 14 corruption-related charges. In a brief statement in the main foyer of City Hall, Mr. Applebaum maintained his innocence and vowed to fight the charges but said it was in the city's best interest for him to step ...
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After weeks of negotiations EU blames Canada for stalled trade deal
The European Union is accusing Canada of holding up a major trade deal in an undiplomatic bout of finger-pointing as each side blames the other for an apparent impasse in negotiations.In an unusually frank statement, the EU said it's ready to make the hard political decisions necessary to bridge differences. Canada, in reply, is saying it has yet to receive an offer that addresses its core ...
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MLB Toronto 8 Colorado 3
Maicer Izturis on solo shots as streaking Toronto reeled off a seventh consecutive win. Former Rocky Esmil Rogers (3-2) collected the victory, yielding three runs (two earned) on four hits over 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out five. Colorado ...
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Job action by foreign service hurting Canadian tourism industry
Hundreds of foreign service officers walks out of Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters June 06, 2013 in Ottawa. (Dave Chan for The Globe and ...
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Senators call for zero tolerance on harassment in RCMP
An RCMP cruiser sits parked on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 29, 2013. Senators are recommending the force change its code of conduct regarding harassment. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...
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Quebec wants Haiti earthquake victims to stay in Canada
The Quebec government is hoping Ottawa will allow thousands of Haitians who fled to Canada after the 2010 earthquake to stay in the country. Amid the chaos of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Malie-Merline Fanfan found refuge aboard a Canadian military plane bound for Montreal, settling in the city's St. Michel district with her two daughters. "Imagine these children who are ...
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Suspicious powder found in downtown Vancouver building
Stanley Cup-winning (Tampa Bay Lightning, ’04), ultimately fired (New York Rangers, ’13) head coach John Tortorella is getting the second-over from the Vancouver Canucks in their search for a new bench boss. ‘Torts’ does have a way with words, particularly of the @!#$%^ variety (‘expletive deleted,’ for the tender-eared). And what are some of the juiciest ...
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Gatineau MP denounces Ontario government’s ‘cavalier’ attitude on Kettle Island bridge
OTTAWA -- The Ontario government's announcement that it would not support a bridge spanning the Ottawa River at Kettle Island demonstrates self-centred thinking, Gatineau MP Franoise Boivin said Tuesday."Is the Ontario side just saying, 'We actually don't care about the Quebecers,'?" asked Boivin.She said the announcement Monday came as a surprise since ...
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Vancouver Chinatown groups support tearing down viaducts
Stanley Cup-winning (Tampa Bay Lightning, ’04), ultimately fired (New York Rangers, ’13) head coach John Tortorella is getting the second-over from the Vancouver Canucks in their search for a new bench boss. ‘Torts’ does have a way with words, particularly of the @!#$%^ variety (‘expletive deleted,’ for the tender-eared). And what are some of the juiciest ...
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A poet without poems Canada’s taxpayer-funded wordsmith laments scarcity of assignments from Ottawa
Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate, wondering aloud why the government never asks him to write poems, has inadvertently answered his own question. "I wish that my government had asked me to write poetry about immigration policy, about Idle No More, about Canada's complicity in the Middle East, the Enbridge pipeline," Fred Wah, a Saskatchewan-born poet now living in ...
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Wolf that chased motorcyle on B.C. highway likely ‘accustomed’ to being fed by humans park officials
The mysterious grey wolf that gained international attention for chasing a Banff, Alta., motorcyclist along a B.C. highway seems to have appeared at least two other times, leading wolf-watchers to the grim conclusion the animal's days are likely numbered. "This is not normal behaviour for a natural wild wolf," said Shelley Black, co-founder of the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf ...
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Ottawa names former Conservatives to Canada-U.S. water agency
The federal government has appointed two former Conservative politicians to fill vacancies at the International Joint Commission, a key bilateral institution that oversees water that Canada shares with the United States.Benot Bouchard and Gordon Walker were each appointed to four-year terms, which began earlier this month. The Commission's current chair, Joseph Comuzzi, remains in that role ...
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Michael Applebaum Montreal mayor resigns
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum arrives at the provincial police headquarters shortly after his arrest on June 17, 2013. (Jrmie Battaglia /AFP/Getty Images) Michael Applebaum, Montreal’s beleaguered interim ...
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Bruins Gregory Campbell speaks for 1st time since breaking leg
Boston Bruins forward Gregory Campbell attempts to get up and back into the play after suffering his playoff-ending injury in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final against the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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Blackhawks Marian Hossa likely to play Game 4 Quenneville
Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa skates during the warmup bahead of Game 3 of their Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins. Hossa was a late scratch after the pre-game skate with an upper-body injury. (Brian ...
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Assault charges dropped against former NHL star Vincent Dampousse
Former NHL star Vincent Damphousse speaks during his retirement announcement as his now-estranged wife Allana listens, during a news conference on Sept. 7, 2005 in Laval, Que. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul ...
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Kings sign D-man Slava Voynov to 6-year deal
Defenceman Slava Voynov, who signed a six-year contract Tuesday, was tied for the Kings' ead in goals (six) and points (13) in the post-season, and led the team with a plus-9 rating. (Jeff Gross/Getty ...
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Montreal council must pick new mayor after Applebaum resignation
Applebaum resigned in the wake of corruption charges being laid against him, though he maintains he is innocent. Legally, Montreal's 62 councillors have 30 days to chose an interim mayor, though Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs Sylvain Gaudreault said he hopes they make the decision soon. "We would like the interim mayor to be a candidate that has stayed above the ...
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Alberta new school construction comes with condition
Premier Alison Redford was in Calgary and Edmonton to announce new school projects. Now a letter says the Calgary Board of Education needs to help find space for charter schools if they want new buildings. ...
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Canadas eavesdropping agency helped spy on G20 documents suggest
OTTAWA - Leaked documents suggest Canada helped the United States and Britain spy on participants at the London G20 summit four years ago. Britain's Guardian newspaper says spies monitored the computers and intercepted the phone calls of foreign politicians and officials at two G20 meetings in London in 2009. The newspaper says the effort included penetration of delegates' BlackBerry ...
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Suspicious package triggers evacuation at BMO building
(Jason Proctor/CBC) A suspicious package that triggered a partial evacuation at the Bank of Montreal building on West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver is not dangerous, emergency officials say. Fire crews had briefly evacuated the 15th floor of the BMO building at Georgia and Homer just after 4:00 p.m. after an employee called the fire department with a report of a suspicious package. ...
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New EPSB budget to cut 339 jobs
The Edmonton Public School Board voted unanimously Tuesday in favour of its new budget for the upcoming year. The budget will see the reduction of 339 full-time staff positions, of which 182 are teaching posts. A report says 70 per cent of the teacher reductions will be achieved through staff retirement or resignations. Trustees said the $30-million from its budget that was cut by the province ...
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