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Knights best Blades in Memorial Cup opener
Knights left-winger Bo Horvat, right, and right-winger Seth Griffith celebrate a goal as Blades defenceman Dalton Thrower skates away in the first period during the Memorial Cup opener Friday night in Saskatoon. London scored a power-play goal in the third period to pull out a 3-2 win. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...
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Michael Phelps returning to competitive swimming report
Michael Phelps, who retired from competitive swimming at age 27 immediately after last summer's London Olympics, won 18 gold medals and 22 medals overall, more than any other Olympian. (Clive Rose/Getty ...
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Danielle Smith asks RCMP to investigate Sandhu
Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Danielle Smith has requested the RCMP conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu. Sandhu was at the centre of a CBC Investigation earlier this week when it was discovered that he owns a homebuilding company that's being pursued by creditors for not paying its debts. The CBC investigation also found that Sandhu ...
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Photos Classic $4.388M West Vancouver mansion
This Ambleside Tudor revival home features four bedrooms, two full and three half bathrooms, an outdoor pool, landscaped gardens, chef's kitchen and media/games room. The 5,634-sq-ft mansion sits on 0.56 acres that includes a trout and salmon-bearing ...
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Vancouver boosts investment in local social enterprise
Heather O’Hara, executive director of the Potluck Cafe Society at the Potluck Cafe and Catering business on Hastings St. in Vancouver on May 16, 2013. The City of Vancouver approved a plan this week to grant the society $80,000 to be used to support the growth and success of other social enterprise ...
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Ontario cottage country cleans up after severe flooding
Instead of kicking back on the dock this weekend, Stan Tick and his family are going to try to fix theirs. And pick up the flotsam and jetsam, including massive logs, that have been deposited on the lawn of their Lake Vernon property."It was very - I'm not going to say scary, because you're used to the conditions - this was really quite out of the ordinary," said Mr. Tick, ...
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Canadian PM to visit Peru Colombia to enhance economic ties
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper will pay a four-day visit to Peru and Colombia next week to enhance economic relations with South American countries.Senior officials of the Prime Minister's Office said at a news briefing that Harper will meet with leaders, representatives from the private sector and Canadians who are helping to increase economic prosperity, reinforce democratic ...
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Sidney Crosbys hat trick lifts Pens past Senators in Game 2
Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, centre, celebrates with teammate Pascal Dupuis during first period of Game 2 in Pittsburgh on Friday, May 17, 2013. (Gene J. Puskar/The Associated ...
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Sharks GM jumps to Raffi Torress defence
San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres was suspended for the rest of his team's second-round series vs. the Los Angeles Kings. (Christian Petersen/Getty ...
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Don Cherry disagrees with Raffi Torres suspension
Sharks forward Raffi Torres, who is barred from the remainder of his team's second-round playoff series against Los Angeles, is a marked man who does stupid things to upset the NHL, says Don Cherry. (Christian Petersen/Getty ...
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Keegan Bradley still in command at Byron Nelson
Keegan Bradley hits a shot during the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship at the TPC Four Seasons Resort on Friday in Irving, Tx. (Tom Pennington/Getty ...
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Mall owner sues Slave Lake and its fire department
A company is suing the province, the town of Slave Lake and its fire department for $3 million in damages caused by fire crews battling the wildfire that ripped through the community in May 2011. Sawridge Plaza Corporation owns the Slave Lake Shopping Centre, one of more than 400 buildings destroyed or damaged in the fire. In a statement of claim, the company says the town and fire service ...
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Mosquitoes arrive just in time for long weekend
Just in time for the long weekend, the mosquitoes have arrived in force. CBC's Brandy Yanchyk spoke with the city's resident mosquito expert Mike Jenkins about what Edmontonians can expect from the bloodsuckers this ...
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Taxpayers Federation outraged after acupuncturists alleged fraud
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is outraged that a Richmond, B.C. acupuncturist was able to allegedly defraud the province's Medical Services Plan for years. Mubai ...
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Cynthia Vanier began plotting Saadi Gaddafi’s escape in early 2011 SNC-Lavalin
MONTREAL - A court document filed by SNC-Lavalin alleges that a Canadian mediator and the bodyguard to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son began planning the son's escape from Libya as early as February 2011. And Canada was their first choice of destination in the early days of the uprising against the Gaddafi regime. "The plan in the beginning before your involvement was to try to get ...
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The Lede Long Before Crack Cocaine Allegations Toronto Mayor Was a Source of Controversy
angrily dismissed allegations on Friday that he had used crack cocaine in a 90-second cellphone video that is being peddled to United States and Canadian news organizations for more than ...
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MPs hear about RCMP harassment at Vancouver community meeting
5/17/2013 Members of the RCMP and the community gathered at Vancouver’s Jericho Sailing Centre on Friday to speak to politicians about harassment within the force. "There's a number of people who have stepped forward," says MP Joyce Murray, "and said there's a systematic culture that is undermining respectful treatment in the workplace, whether it's ...
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No more boring politics Canada’s moved on to cynical contempt
I was always quite proud of the Canadian political system during the time I lived in Britain, especially when their Parliament was mired in some scandal involving Rupert Murdoch or the cleaning of ancestral moats.When anyone asked about politics back home, which was not often, I would bore them with stories of peace, order and good government until their eyes glazed over and they reached for ...
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Toronto Mayor Blames Newspaper For Cocaine Video
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in a photograph taken last September. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford responded on Friday to a video that purports to show him smoking crack cocaine, calling it "ridiculous." According ...
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It Is The “may Long” And It Could Only Happen In Canada.
long weekend holiday into National Patriot's Day, honouring the 1837 "rebellions" in both Upper and Lower Canada. (Well, maybe just the Quebec part.) In LOWER CANADA, or now Quebec, the rebellion was in large part an expression of a resurgent FRENCH CANADIAN NATIONALISM. The French Canadian majority constituted the overwhelming majority in the locally elected Assembly established ...
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Mark Oldershaw reaches C1 1000 final at canoe event
Canada's Mark Oldershaw, shown here, won Friday's Canoe Sprint World Cup semifinal in four minutes 5.8 seconds. Nova Scotia's Ben Russell also qualified for the final. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...
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Power outage cost ENMAX $20M
Despite a power outage last summer that cost ENMAX Corporation $20-million, the city-owned utility told shareholders today that it is in a strong financial position. ...
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Public raising funds to buy alleged Rob Ford crack video
Two Toronto Star reporters and the editor of the U.S. website Gawker claim to have viewed a video that allegedly shows Mayor Rob Ford smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. (Chris Young/Canadian ...
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Vancouver company discovers LSD was shipped to U.S. under its name
Scott Mills of JukeboxPrint.com said his company received returned mail that it had never sent, containing LSD-laced stickers. Police are now ...
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Town Talk Massive yacht in North Vancouver belongs to Russian vodka mogul
STANDING TALLER: Shannon Belkin and Tina Oliver's golf club lunches for 100 women regularly benefited the Salvation Army's Deborah's Gate program to aid sexual-trafficking victims. This year, with Oliver still on the committee and Tali'ah Aquilini co-chairing, Belkin moved the Freedom Gala to the Sheraton Wall Centre hotel. With men now attending and author-TV reporter Victor ...
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