Provides the latest RSS feeds for Canada News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Montreal News.net http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/cat/71df8d33cd2a30df/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 05:01:07 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:01:07 -0400 30 A criminal investigation has been sought against an Indo-Canadian member of legislative assembly (MLA) of the ruling Progressive Conservatives party in the Canadian province of Alberta in a case of ethics violation. Leader of the opposition Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has requested the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598848/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598848/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A video purportedly of Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine has caused an uproar in Canada, with Mr Ford calling the allegations ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598340/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:10:54 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598340/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df In some of Metro Vancouver's poorest neighbourhoods, the effects of war linger.It pervades school hallways and city streets in areas like Surrey's Guildford, Burnaby's Metrotown or the Tri-Cities' Burquitlam -- the main destinations for the bulk of government-assisted refugees who settle in B.C.Refugees are often penniless, having fled war or political upheaval in their own ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598441/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:09:55 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598441/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df ‘Higher-paying jobs, greater job security, job promotion opportunities and family reunification’ are the main reasons for thousands of immigrants from Hong Kong to leave Canada, says SFU researcher Nuowen ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598442/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:09:54 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598442/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df In this undated photo downloaded from the Union County Prosecutor’s website, Caleb ';Kai’ Lawrence McGillivary is shown. McGillivary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New York’s Times Square. The homeless hitchhiker had previously gained Internet and TV celebrity status by using a ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598443/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:08:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598443/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df This May 11, 2013 file photo shows Britain’s Bradley Wiggins adjusting his helmet prior to starting the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, an individual time trial from Gabicce to Saltara. Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Ryder Hesjedal both withdrew from the Giro d’Italia before the start of the 13th stage, Friday, May ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598406/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:08:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598406/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA - Health Canada has completed a safety review of the anti-acne medication Diane-35 and determined the drug's benefits outweigh its risks when appropriately used. In Canada, Diane-35 is approved for the temporary treatment of severe acne in women who are unresponsive to other treatments. The federal agency says it should not be used in patients with a history that puts them at risk ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598331/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:08:47 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598331/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The suspect in the slaying of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland is his son Dennis, state search warrant documents that were executed in the investigation. A Saint John, N.B., judge quashed on Friday a publication ban on the identities of those subject to the search warrants. Dennis Oland's property in Rothesay, N.B., a suburb of Saint John, was searched after his father's death ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598407/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 03:05:24 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214598407/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun, left, is congratulated by teammates Sidney Crosby and Paul Martin after they defeated the Ottawa Senators in Game 2 in Pittsburgh, Penn., Friday. (Jason ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597696/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 02:04:58 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597696/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A lawyer representing 300 women who worked for the RCMP alleging harassment and gender-based discrimination in a lawsuit says the national police force is declining an offer to mediate. "The RCMP indicated they have no interest to discuss settlement. It comes as a big surprise to us," said Vancouver class action lawyer David Klein. But earlier this year, RCMP commissioner Bob ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597697/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 02:04:55 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597697/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Late last week, four days before ';E-Day,'; pollster Dimitri Pantazopoulos met senior members of the B.C. Liberal Party’s campaign team, including former MLA and finance minister Colin Hansen. ';We’ve got 48 seats,'; Mr. Pantazopoulos told them. Popular support was in their party’s favour, enough to win a fourth consecutive Liberal majority government. They ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597675/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:56 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597675/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Set among auto shops on an industrial backstreet, the Imdadul Islamic Centre occupies a low building that housed a furniture business before it was converted into a mosque with a shiny silver dome. Founded by Guyanese Muslims, it has been a federally regulated charity in good standing since 1986. The mosque secretary, Osman Khan, co-chairs Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair's Muslim ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597676/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:55 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597676/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Canada's Official Opposition, the trade union-backed New Democratic Party (NDP), brought forward a motion last month to scuttle the recently negotiated Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA).Though their motion was doomed to be overwhelmingly defeated and quickly forgotten, the social democrats used the occasion to repeatedly denounce the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597006/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:39 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597006/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Saskatoon Blades goaltender Andrey Makarov stops a shot from London Knights centre Ryan Rupert during first period Memorial Cup action in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, May 17, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597066/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597066/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson, left, lets in a goal by Pittsburgh Penguins sniper Sidney Crosby, not shown, as Penguins forward Pascal Dupuis, right, and Ottawa Senators winger Cory Conacher watch during the first period of Game 2 in Pittsburgh, Penn. (Jason ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597067/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597067/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Pittsburgh Penguins sniper Sidney Crosby almost single-handedly took down the Ottawa Senators on Friday, scoring a hat trick in his team's 4-3 Game 2 win. (Justin K. Aller/Getty ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597068/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:58 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597068/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Calgary police have charged a man in the deaths of a woman and her young son. Thirty-five-year-old Chona Manzano and five-year-old Gabriel Manzano were found dead Thursday in a home on the northwest edge of the city. Police say a family member was alerted to a problem and went to the home around lunch time. He found the woman’s body on the main floor of the house and the child ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597069/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:41 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597069/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df – Three Clark County men were arrested for felony assault and racially-motivated malicious harassment in a March 18 assault at a Vancouver bar. The three men assaulted three other men with a deadly weapon at the Quarter Deck Bar, according to court documents. They were accused of making racist comments toward an interracial couple, and then getting a gun from a car and making death threats. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597070/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:21 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597070/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df More than the record-breaking flight as a prodigy pilot or his family's notable history or wealth, schoolmates of Dellen Millard, who is charged with first-degree murder in a shocking kidnapping case of an Ontario father, remember his dog biscuits. In grades 6 and 7, Mr. Millard walked the corridors of his elite private school carrying a box of dog treats, drawing out one bone-shaped ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597038/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 00:56:57 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597038/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Police are revisiting a months-old missing persons case after receiving information of a possible connection between the missing woman and the man accused with murdering Tim Bosma. Sgt. Stephen Woodhouse -- who was the lead detective in the search for Laura Babcock almost a year ago -- was informed earlier this week that Hamilton and Toronto police were looking into the stagnant ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597037/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 00:56:57 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214597037/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Lima, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially visit Peru on next Tuesday as announced by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry. The report said that Harper will be received in the Palace of Government by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. The objective of the Canadian Prime ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596293/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596293/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing his greatest political test following two reports that he is seen in a video apparently using crack cocaine. He called the accusations ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596334/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sat, 18 May 2013 00:01:51 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596334/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The Senators were hungry to tie up the series against the Penguins in Game 2 and hockey fans were tweeting along with the action. Ottawa put up a valiant effort but ultimately fell 4-3 to Pittsburgh. Here are some of the best tweets from Friday night's ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596336/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:55 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596336/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596335/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:55 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596335/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596338/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:54 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596338/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596337/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:53 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596337/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596339/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:44 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596339/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596194/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:54:42 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214596194/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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, who ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595624/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:34 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595624/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595576/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:48 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595576/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595625/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:28 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595625/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595627/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:27 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595627/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595626/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:27 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595626/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595628/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:27 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595628/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 used ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595630/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:25 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595630/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595631/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:25 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595631/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595629/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:47:23 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595629/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595584/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:20 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595584/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595632/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:41:39 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595632/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595633/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 22:27:31 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595633/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594919/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:22 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594919/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594974/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:54:05 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594974/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594975/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:46:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594975/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594977/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:16 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594977/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594978/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:14 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594978/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594976/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:13 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594976/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Scott Mills of JukeboxPrint.com said his company received returned mail that it had never sent, containing LSD-laced stickers. Police are now ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594979/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:09 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594979/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 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 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594980/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594980/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595423/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:26:04 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214595423/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df In the ABC hit show "Scandal", Olivia Pope is a Washington-based fixer. When people of power have trouble in D.C., Miss Pope is likely to be the first person they ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594981/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 21:19:32 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594981/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 'Today marks a new chapter for wireless in Canada."That was Anthony Lacavera's bold declaration as he launched Wind Mobile on a chilly day in December, 2009. There was a buzz in the air as hundreds of people packed Toronto's waterfront to watch the 35-year-old chairman unveil a six-metre statue of "Joe," a tribute to the average Canadian consumer. Joe was a symbol ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594152/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:26 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594152/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The race is on for incumbents in the wireless business to buy up the spectrum that was supposed to be set aside for new competitors.Telus Corp. wants to buy Mobilicity, and Rogers Communications Inc. wants to buy the spectrum that Shaw Communications bought to start a wireless provider before deciding it had better ways to spend billions of ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594153/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:18 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594153/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df (MENAFN) Statistics Canada stated that the country's inflation level declined to 0.4 percent last month from 1 percent in March, reported Reuters. The agency said that on monthly basis, prices dipped by 0.2 percent.It attributed the remarkable decline in annual inflation rate to a fall of 6 percent in gasoline prices, and a decrease of 0.7 percent in prices of passenger cars.However, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593942/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:56 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593942/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The man who was found not criminaly responsible for stomping his cellmate to death at the Edmonton Remand Centre is now suing centre staff. Two years ago, Justin Caldwell Somers, 27, killed 59-year-old Barry Stewart by stomping on his head 26 ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594154/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:34 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594154/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A controversial application to open a coal mine in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island has been rejected as inadequate by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. In a statement issued on May 16, the office said Compliance Energy's application for the Raven Coal Mine near Fanny Bay "does not contain the required information." While the EAO left the door open for the company to ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594155/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:33 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594155/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df One man charged in Tim Bosma's murder TORONTO - Toronto Police have confirmed they are reviewing the death of Wayne Millard, father of a man now charged with the kidnapping and murder of an Ancaster man. Homicide squad Staff-Insp. Greg McLane said Friday investigators are continuing to look into Dellen Millard’s Etobicoke connection when it comes to the suicide death of his father ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593957/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:25 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593957/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Last Friday, a bizarre object fell from the skies above Vernon, B.C., and lodged itself in the trees on the edge of an elementary school field. When the dust settled, curious students found themselves gazing at the smashed remains of a Maverick, an experimental flying car resembling a miniature vintage roadster. Even stranger than its appearance, however, are the Maverick's origins: ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594096/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:39 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214594096/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Suzuki Canada Inc. dealers say they deserve a payout from the auto maker over its plan to halt vehicle sales in Canada next year.The dispute has ended up in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, where Suzuki has filed a motion seeking dismissal of a claim dealers brought against the company under the National Automobile Dealer Arbitration Program (NADAP), which settles issues between dealers and ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214592854/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:41:06 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214592854/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Hundreds of people headed across the border to scoop up a ticket for tomorrow's Powerball draw - a ticket that could be worth $600-million ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593145/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:43 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593145/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The Canadian company which arranged how the Rivers State Government's controversial Bombardier Global 6000 private jet was ferried into Nigeria last year has written to the Federal Government, explaining how the jet got to the country through Senegal, among other ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593060/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:09 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593060/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Quakes on the East Coast are generally more widely felt than out West because of differences in the Earth's crust between the two regions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). East of the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593146/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:38 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593146/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Track and field expert Geoff Gowan, shown in Ottawa in this 1996 photo, passed away Friday from Parkinson's disease. (Tom Hanson/Archive/Canadian ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593149/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593149/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and right-winger Mats Zuccarello pause after the Bruins scored in overtime in Game 1 of their second-round NHL playoff series on Thursday night. Lundqvist has a career 3-11 record in OT. (Charles Krupa/Associated ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593148/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593148/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Premier Alison Redford has announced the locations of six new provincial trade offices, including a second one in China. The new offices will be set up in California, Chicago, Brazil, Singapore and India. Alberta has a trade office in Hong Kong, but the premier says another one will be situated in Beijing to cover the large Chinese market. "From my perspective, Hong Kong wasn't ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593152/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:00 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593152/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The world of male sports is often described as a macho, intolerant place where anything outside of heterosexual norms is met derisively and attacked as a weakness. But for 16-year-old Cory Oskam, that just wasn't the case. Oskam, a transgendered teenager who has transitioned to being male, says hockey was key to getting through what can often be a difficult process. "Hockey is my ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593153/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593153/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The union representing Montreal's bus and metro drivers is calling for the strengthening of the Criminal Code to give transit workers the same protection that police and other peace officers have. Union president Denis Vaillancourt was joined Friday by about 30 bus drivers who showed up in uniform at the court appearance of one of the three people accused of beating up bus driver ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593154/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593154/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Calgary's Level 3 fire ban was lifted Friday after several days of wet weather, just in time for the May long weekend. The change took effect at 4 p.m. MT and means restrictions have been removed from using back yard fire pits, camp stoves, solid fuel barbeques, chimeneas and recreational campfires in city parks within provided pits or stoves. Althought the fire ban has been lifted, a fire ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593150/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593150/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Edmonton Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating Rhianne Melin Larocque, who is believed to have been abducted on Thursday morning. Investigators say Larocque, 29, may have been assaulted and forcibly taken by three male suspects following a streetside fight near Rexall Arena in the vicinity of 75th Street and 120th Avenue. It is believed that the three suspects, led by a ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593151/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593151/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Michael Thomas Rafferty LONDON, Ont. - Michael Rafferty has been denied one way to get taxpayers to fund the appeal of his conviction in the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of an eight-year-old girl. So he’s trying another. Sentenced to life last May for the first-degree murder of Victoria ‘Tori’ Stafford in 2009, Rafferty was denied legal aid to hire a lawyer in ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214592882/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:49 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214592882/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df RCMP scouring Senate audits OTTAWA - New Democrats want all records related to Mike Duffy's expenses made public in light of allegations he billed taxpayers while campaigning for Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. And the official Opposition says Duffy is still "mooching off taxpayers" by resigning from the Conservative caucus to sit as an independent rather than doing ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593071/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:49 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593071/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Workers at a Vancouver printing shop have unwittingly uncovered what they believe to be an international LSD smuggling ring that is shipping drugs under their name. Over the past six months, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593155/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:30 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593155/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df While on parliamentary business in Ottawa, senators are allowed to bill taxpayers for certain expenses. If a senator owns a secondary residence in Ottawa, and has a primary residence more than 100 kilometres from the capital, he or she receives $29.28 per day. To claim the daily allowance, each month senators have to sign a declaration outlining the number of days they were in Ottawa on ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593072/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:08 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593072/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The National Public Health Institute of Quebec will re-evaluate the effectiveness of computed radiography (CR) equipment following the publication of an Ontario study this month that found that this ';transition'; technology detected breast cancer in 21-per-cent fewer women than the existing gold standard, digital direct radiography ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593156/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:05 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214593156/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled residents across Quebec and Ontario, with the epicentre 17 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Quebec. A 4.2-magnitude aftershock was also ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591993/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:45 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591993/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df , Canada doesn't really work this way.Labour tends not to migrate as the economic theory suggests it should. Between May, 2001 and May, 2006, Canada's dollar appreciated 40 per cent and the Bank of Canada's commodity price index climbed 63 per cent. That suggests serious change in the economic backdrop. Yet movement between economic regions - both within provinces and between them ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591994/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:35 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591994/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df (Submitted by Vicki Kretzer) Would-be firefighters looking for employment are believed to have caused some of the wildfires in Saskatchewan, an arson expert ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591996/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:14 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591996/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Single mother Denise Downing could use a break. But nobody at City Hall, Hydro Ottawa or the company that owned the old, leaking water heater in her home gives a damn.What a pathetic bunch, given the inaction and mistakes. The city refuses to bend a policy that would save the woman about $1,200 on her February water bill. And Hydro still wants her to pay a $600 bill after giving her wrong ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591816/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:14 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591816/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Senator Mike Duffy is under fire for accepting $90,000 from the Prime Minister's chief of staff and using it to repay wrongly-claimed housing allowance money. (Devaan Ingraham/Canadian ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591995/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:14 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591995/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Here are his picks for May 17, 18 and 19. 1. Cavalia's Odysseo is back under the very big top in Laval until June 9. This majestic show features 67 horses and 46 artists, musicians and acrobats! Odysseo is incredibly poetic and stunningly beautiful. 2. Montreal multi-instrumentalist Patrick Lehman flirts with Soul, R&B, Rock and Blues. He won many new fans after taking part in CBC ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591997/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:13 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591997/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df (Fotolia) SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - A mother and her toddler were bound to a basement pole with duct tape during a home invasion on Monday, police say. Police say the home in Sault Ste. Marie was targeted. Two men - at least one armed - broke into the house and ordered a woman, carrying her one-year-old daughter, to the basement. The mom and tot were taped to a pole by one man as the other ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591754/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:02 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591754/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df These two men are wanted for allegedly stealing gifts from a wedding reception in Mississauga on May 4, 2013, Peel Regional Police said. (Handout) ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591946/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591946/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df re-imagines a week in the life of a newsmaker. Today, Tristin Hopper looks at the week through the eyes of Mike Duffy, the newly independent Senator from ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591948/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:09:17 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591948/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Many countries are stepping up efforts to conclude new trade agreements with key commercial partners as forecasters continue to downgrade their near-term projections for the global economy. In just the past four months, the United States has announced that it wants to reach a free trade accord with the European Union, Japan has joined the discussions taking place under the rubric of the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591953/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:05:16 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591953/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been caught up in allegations that he was caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine, but the controversial mayor is maintaining is ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591673/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 18:04:16 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591673/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df child custody laws in the province state that the woman who births the child is the recorded and biological mom and that her husband is identified as the dad. The couple decided to tell their story in order to bring national attention to the issue. They looked to laws in British Columbia that allow couples who use the services of a surrogate to claim the babies as their own while they are still ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591954/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:50:10 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591954/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df "This particular penthouse was owned by an investor who prepurchased it from the developer a couple of years ago," listing agent Will McKitka said. "They would have paid somewhere in the $650,000 range for it, so if you included the taxes, the GST and property tax, they are really breaking even at this point. They are not motivated by ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590776/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:55 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590776/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The knock on Sakahan - Algonquin for "to light a fire" - will be, of course, that it ghettoizes "aboriginal" or "native" or, as the National Gallery of Canada prefers, "indigenous art."If so, it's a mighty capacious ghetto, not just for Sakahan's stature as the biggest single exhibition in the NGC's 130-year history (more than 150 works! ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590708/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:43 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590708/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df With the Toronto casino issue looming for the city of Toronto, some neighbourhoods in the city have seen anti-casino signs popping up on front lawns. (Fred Lum/The Globe and ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590362/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:21:26 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590362/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df . The eco-friendly festival takes place on Sept. 5-8 in Arrington, VA at Oak Ridge Farm. Artist pre-sale tickets go on sale May 22 and early bird tickets will go on sale the next day. The event will feature two main stages with alternating two-hour sets, each one starting just after the other ends. For more information, check ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590777/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:11:34 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590777/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df From the time we are knee-high, we're taught that honesty is the best policy - and a new book based on a Twitter account has taken that moral code to hilarious new heights. Montreal-area mom Bunmi Laditan has just ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590778/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:39 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590778/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Buildings were evacuated and people were shaken from sleep on Friday morning after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital. Earthquakes Canada reports a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Shawville, Quebec - about an hour's drive from Ottawa - shortly after 9:45 a.m. The agency also reports a 4.2 magnitude aftershock struck less than 10 minutes later. It might not have ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590779/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:38 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590779/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df LONGVIEW, Wash. — An inmate who collapsed at the Cowlitz County Jail died Thursday at a Vancouver hospital. The Clark County medical examiner's office will conduct on autopsy and the Cowlitz County sheriff's office is investigating what happened to 28-year-old Jenny Lynn Borelis. The Daily News reports ( http://bit.ly/12HuoPA) she hit her head Sunday when a Kelso police officer ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590608/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:03 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590608/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri May 17, 2013 6:01pm EDT (Adds Gawker campaign to buy video, details on Ford approval rating) By Julie Gordon and Cameron French TORONTO May 17 (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a target of criticism for his often unconventional conduct, on Friday denied media allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. "Absolutely not true," Ford told reporters gathered ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591803/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:09:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591803/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A man who dresses in women's clothes and wears either a blond or dark-haired wig is a suspect in a series of gropings and flashings in the Kelowna area this ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590780/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:51 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590780/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Gasoline prices were 6.0 per cent lower in April than they were a year ago, the largest drop-off since October 2009, Statistics Canada says. (Brian ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590438/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:42 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590438/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df His brand is global, his appeal universal. He sparked debate and polarized opinion. But underneath the gloss, David Beckham was, first and foremost, a very good footballer. I don't care how many boatloads of boxers he sold. I'm not interested in the volume of fragrances bought because his name was on the bottle. His brand is global, his appeal universal. He sparked debate and ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590781/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:42 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590781/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A public memorial service for Tim Bosma, the man from Hamilton, Ont., who was slain after taking two strangers on a test drive in a truck he had for sale, is scheduled for Wednesday at a local convention hall. John Veenstra, pastor at the Ancaster church Bosma attended with his wife and two-year-old daughter, said Sharlene Bosma decided to have a public service for her husband, and that the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590722/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:42 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590722/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Calgary police are reminding the public to lock their doors and windows as they investigate a large number of break-ins. About 25 break-and-enters have occured across the city in the past month and police say they believe the same person is responsible for all of them. More than a dozen of the crimes happened overnight and in some cases the doors to the homes were left unlocked. Cash, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590782/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:41 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590782/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df that defend the officer who opened fire. Police shot Jason Harron last week after arriving at the Crowfoot Shopping Centre to address reports of a suspicious vehicle. When an officer approached the vehicle, Harron allegedly sped ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590783/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:41 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590783/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A woman accused of repeatedly beating and stabbing a 69-year-old man in his home has told a courtroom that she can't recall what happened on the night of the murder because she was too intoxicated. Linda Lavoie, 47, testified Friday that she was highly intoxicated on March 25, 2010, the night that Damien Roberge was found dead in his apartment in Quebec City. He had been stabbed 17 times. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590784/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:40 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590784/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df EDMONTON - The short-staffed Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is wooing job-seekers in Toronto and Halifax with the promise of making a difference in a young, fast-growing frontier community.Representatives from Wood Buffalo, including Fort McMurray, on Friday wrapped up a four-day recruiting excursion to the two eastern cities. They were seeking to fill about 100 vacancies in a 1,300-strong ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590785/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:37 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590785/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Moosehead heir bludgeoned with axe: Report The prime suspect in the murder of New Brunswick beer baron Richard Oland is his son, Dennis, it was revealed Friday after a judge lifted the publication ban in place since last fall. Oland, 69, was found dead in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. Unconfirmed reports at the time said he'd been brutally beaten, possibly bludgeoned with an axe. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590425/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:36 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590425/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df IROQUOIS, Ont. - They say people have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than winning the lottery, and for Rodney Benton, that proved to be true. Benton, a Grade 7/8 teacher at Seaway District High School in this town south of Ottawa, was at home plate hitting balls to students Wednesday when he noticed some menacing clouds moving in and said, "Just a couple more hits then ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590723/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:35 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590723/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Another killer in Quebec not criminally responsible WINNIPEG -- Greyhound bus killer Vince Li has been granted more freedom, including supervised trips to Winnipeg, Lockport and its beaches. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590469/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:33 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590469/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA -- A Service Canada location in Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre closed for several hours Friday after an earthquake shook the National Capital Region.Spokesmen for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada were not immediately available to say why the office was closed.No notice was posted at the office, but an alert on the Service Canada website said the location was temporarily closed ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590724/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:29 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590724/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA -- Ottawa Police collaborated with the Department of National Defence, Ottawa Paramedic Services and Ottawa Fire Services on Thursday night, responding to a simulated large-scale attack at Scotiabank Place.The training exercise, purporting an incident at a hockey game with a large crowd, lasted about four hours, and involved about 300 people, including civilians who portrayed victims, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590470/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:29 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590470/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - The U.S. government has pledged $23 million to help improve security and fight drug trafficking and other crimes in the eastern Caribbean region. The narcotics affairs director of the U.S. Embassy in Barbados says the money will go toward the Regional Security System, a co-operative of police forces across the eastern Caribbean. Kurt van der Walde says the money will be ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590686/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:02 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590686/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df * TSX rises 105.45 points, or 0.84 percent, at 12,613.05 * Nine of 10 main sectors advance; materials lag * Decent U.S. data, possible end to easing aids confidence * RBC biggest positive influence, up almost 2 percent * Fed warns BMO on anti-money laundering; stock up By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, May 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Friday as robust economic data helped drive ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591949/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 16:48:26 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214591949/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Paul Godfrey takes questions from the media after he was dismissed from his post as Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. chairman, in Toronto on May 16, 2013. (Michelle Siu For The Globe and ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589181/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:47 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589181/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df TORONTO, May 17 (Reuters) - The main Canadian stock index ended higher on Friday as strong performances from some heavyweight banking and energy stocks minimized the damage from gold miners stung by bullion's continued decline. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed up 105.45 points, or 0.84 percent, at 12,613.05. It gained 0.2 percent for the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590455/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:53 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214590455/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Mud " has made its way all through the circuit and this story of two young boys and a misunderstood lovelorn fugitive is now in theatres everywhere for us to ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589564/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:59:08 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589564/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df CALGARY - Calgary police have charged a man with murder in the deaths of a woman and her young son. Thirty-five-year-old Chona Manzano and five-year-old Gabriel Manzano were found dead Thursday in a home on the northwest edge of the city. Police say they soon began looking for a vehicle associated with the home. Mounties pulled it over on a highway about 90 kilometres north near Olds and ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589565/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:58:19 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589565/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was a three-time NBA All-Star during his 12-year playing career, although he never played for his hometown Kings. He helped put together the group that has bought controlling interest of the team. (Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589570/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:44 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589570/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Human remains found by a passerby earlier this month in the Breton area near the North Saskatchewan River southwest of Edmonton have been identified. Rocky Mountain House resident Everett Goodrunning was 38 when he was reported missing in June 2008. RCMP are still trying to determine how Goodrunning died. They are asking anyone with information about the disappearance of Goodrunning is asked ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589569/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:43 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589569/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Exercise rider Jennifer Patterson gallops Preakness Stakes favourrite and Kentucky Derby winner Orb at Pimlico Race Course on Friday in Baltimore. (Garry Jones/Associated ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589566/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:43 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589566/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A year after Facebook's flashy IPO that valued the company at $104 billion, investors are skeptical about the company's future. The company has seen a devastating drop in its stock price over the past 12 months. The shares were trading hands at just over $26 on Friday, a long way off form the $38 IPO price, a level the stock has indeed never crossed. The underwhelming IPO was one of ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589567/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:43 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589567/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df U.S. lawmakers question outgoing acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service's screening of conservative groups that applied for tax exemptions in Washington, D.C., on May 17. (Jason ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589571/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:43 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589571/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df (CBC) A Court of Queen's Bench justice has ruled the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board cannot conduct a hearing into whether the province's abortion policy is violating a doctor's ability to offer accessible health care. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Paulette Garnett ruled there wasn't enough evidence to conduct a board of inquiry into the doctor's ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589572/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:42 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589572/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Wondering what you should plant and when you should plant it? Lyndon Penner answered gardening questions from readers. Replay the chat below to see the conversation. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589568/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:42 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589568/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA -- New information in an unsolved 2012 homicide led Ottawa police to search a field in Vars on Friday to look for the .357 Magnum revolver they believe was used in the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589043/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:40 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589043/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A former Tofino housekeeper who gained Internet celebrity as a homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker earlier this year was arrested Thursday for allegedly beating a New Jersey lawyer to death, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589573/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:37 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589573/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A turtle that was hit by a car in Canada was airlifted nearly 250 miles for medical treatment, officials said. The snapping turtle was hit by the car in Sarnia in southwestern Ontario last Saturday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The local Heaven's Wildlife Rescue was unable to provide the medical care the turtle needed so the animal rescue contacted Windsor pilot Rick Woodall, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589341/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:58 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589341/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Canada 5.2 quake: Canada's government agency that monitors earthquakes said the quake it registered a 5.2-magnitude temblor with an epicenter located about 11 miles northeast of Shawville, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589511/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:17 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589511/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df (Reuters) - Sweden's Alexander Edler was suspended for the rest of the ice hockey world championships on Friday for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Canada captain Eric Staal. Edler collided with Staal in the first period of Thursday's quarter-final in Stockholm, leaving the Canadian forward on the ice in visible pain and clutching his right knee. Staal, captain of the National Hockey ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589492/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:59:46 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214589492/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of criminal wrongdoing in separate cases, one involving the death of a Vancouver man and the other connected to the injury of a man in a Prince George police pursuit.The Vancouver case involves Christopher Ray, who was shot and killed by a Vancouver police officer last October. At the time, police said the officer was responding ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587833/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:04 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587833/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Canada's food watchdog is planning to impose tougher rules to deal with the threat of E. coli in slaughterhouses.Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will strengthen E. coli testing in federally inspected establishments that use raw beef. Testing will increase between April and October - considered barbecue ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587775/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:03 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587775/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df TORONTO -; A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Ottawa rattled buildings Friday in Ontario and Quebec and was felt across upstate New York from Buffalo to the Vermont ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588021/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:24 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588021/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Kim Kardashian may have been able to control her life herself before she got pregnant, but it sounds like she has some major changes coming, since Kanye likes to live a very private life. He doesn't want to be on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and he definitely doesn't want ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588217/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:31 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588217/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df dating her bodyguard even while she was married to her cheating husband. One can definitely argue that she has had a troubled love life and she doesn't seem too eager to get back into the game. Over the last couple of days, Kate told her fans that she would be answering a couple of questions on her website, and of course, people wanted to know if she had plans on finding herself a man. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588216/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:31 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588216/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Gretchen Rossi was once married to another man, meaning she has gone through a divorce. And she isn't the only woman on the show who has dealt with a divorce. She knows that once the word "divorce" enters a marriage, emotions are high and sometimes, the damage is not fixable. And it sounds like she is supporting Heather in her argument with Terry. According to a new Wetpaint ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588220/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:30 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588220/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df -106.67642211914 And, each team must also have on its roster two "import" players, usually from European hockey nations such as Finland, Sweden and Russia. This year, The Memorial Cup Tournament is being held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ( see map) with the Saskatoon Blades, Halifax Mooseheads, Portland Winter Hawks and the London Knights all chasing the big prize. Action beings on ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588219/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:30 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588219/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df parents had sold her out to the press. Her father had called her a "pathological liar" in the tabloids after getting paid for the interview and she was in tears because she thought her father was on neutral ground when it came to her and her mother. Kroy was there to console her through the pain, but he is now speaking out about how her parents acted by selling stories for money. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588218/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:30 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588218/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Bethenny Frankel got a weave in her hair when she was filming "The Real Housewives of New York" when she was filming the third season of the show. During the episode, her boyfriend at the time Jason Hoppy immediately noticed her voluptuous hair and she admitted to the weave. However, she hasn't really worn a weave since then and it isn't something she wears on a daily basis. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588221/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:29 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588221/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Jacqueline Laurita revealed that her son had been diagnosed with autism last year and since then, she has been working on getting him better by trying out various treatment options. She has revealed that his dietary changes have been a huge improvement, but it sounds like exercise may be another influential treatment option. Apparently, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588223/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:29 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588223/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df bus in the world was making a stab at finishing his morning crossword puzzle when he heard the honk of a horn, glanced out his front window, and saw that the newer version of his big yellow school bus had been ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588222/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:28 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588222/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Farrah Abraham may have been living with her parents back in Omaha a few years ago, but it sounds like she is ready to move out on her own. With the sale of her sex tape, which gave her upwards of $1 million, she is ready to move to Los Angeles to start her career. People are wondering what kind of career she is hoping to start, given she has become famous for her sex tape. Sure, she was known as ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588225/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:27 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588225/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Well, Melissa wasn't too happy with the way NeNe was talking about her. NeNe clearly took Teresa's side in the argument and Melissa thinks that the veterans of the various shows should be happy about the new cast members. "The vets need to thank the new girls for coming in. They amp up the ratings," Melissa has revealed in an interview. Of course, NeNe thought that Melissa ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588224/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:27 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588224/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Canada's right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in New York on Thursday championing tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline, saying "global emissions" from the crude are "almost nothing" and that the flow of tar sands from ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588125/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:46:18 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588125/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Three storylines for Game 2 between the Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET). The Penguins lead the East semifinal 1-0. Three storylines for Game 2 between ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588226/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:11 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588226/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The TELUS Break Away Cam follows the player or camera angle you want to watch during featured Hockey Night in Canada games. Check out tonight's Senators-Penguins game on 2nd Screen and vote on who you want to watch in the next ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588228/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:10 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588228/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Shares of General Motors are trading above $33 for the first time in over two years. The automaker's stock reached $33.58 Friday morning before pulling back to $33.50, up 3.4 per cent, at midday. It's the first time the stock has risen above GM's sh initial public offering price since May 4, 2011. GM sold shares for $33 in a November 2010 IPO. The shares are up almost 14 per cent ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588229/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:10 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588229/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Able Seaman Carol Anne Deyoung was charged with disobeying a lawful command and absence without leave after she felt a lump in her breast and called in sick. The member of the Royal Canadian Navy opted for a court martial, but now says charges have been dropped. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588001/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:10 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588001/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Ian Poulter was eliminated from the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria after losing another round-robin match Friday. Poulter lost to Thomas Aiken, 1 up, at the Thracian Cliffs course when he bogeyed the last hole after missing the fairway. "I have no excuses," Poulter said. "There is no excuse for that display of golf over the last two days. It's disgusting, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587725/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:10 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587725/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Toronto police say they now have a description and DNA of the suspect involved in the murder of Brampton resident Delano Coombs. Coombs, 27, was found shot in a laneway at 4020 Dundas Street West on May 10, 2012. Police say he died of his injuries a short time later. After talking to witnesses and further investigation, police say they are now looking for a black male, around 20 years old, five ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588230/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:09 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588230/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA -- A long, rumbling earthquake that shook much of Eastern Ontario and West Quebec was a magnitude 5.1 event centred near Shawville, Que., according to early information.A second, smaller rumble followed about 10 minutes later.The location is 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, based on the preliminary information.Automatic seismic equipment said the earthquake happened at 9:43 a.m. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588227/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:08 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588227/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Slippery roads and alcohol were factors in a fatal car crash that killed four young people near Tracadie-Sheila last December, according to a police investigation. The RCMP released the findings of an investigation into the crash where a car carrying four young people plunged into the Tracadie River. The investigation says there were three main factors in the accident: the driver was impaired ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588231/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:07 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588231/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df (Courtesy: Facebook) Guevera Wilson Clorina, 26, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Police believe he is related to the victims but is not an immediate family member. Police found the bodies of Chona Manzano, 35 and her son Gabriel, 5, after neighbours called to report a disturbance at the house. They were pronounced dead on the scene by EMS. "We have a lot of folks that ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588232/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:06 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588232/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df An anonymous person has returned all of the artifacts stolen from Victoria's Christ Church Cathedral last weekend, police have confirmed. The stolen items included two gold and silver chalices, Canadian coins, a small communion plate and a mote ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588233/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:06 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588233/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Steven Point, the former lieutenant governor of British Columbia, has resigned as chair of the advisory committee on the safety and security of vulnerable women because of lawsuits that put him a difficult legal position. Point told CBC News he stepped down because statements he might make could become evidence at several civil lawsuits launched by the children of women whose remains were found ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588234/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:06 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588234/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash near Onoway, northwest of Edmonton this morning. The victims were in the same car traveling north on Highway 43 near Township Road 545 at 9 a.m. Stony Plain RCMP are releasing few details about the collision. Traffic is expected to be diverted for several ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588235/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:05 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588235/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df nonetheless stirs up difficult memories from his working-class, post-war upbringing. The rock legend travelled to Stratford, Ont. this week to preview the revival by friend, Tony-winning stage creator and former festival artistic director Des McAnuff. "They're an extraordinary company. They certainly know how to rock. The technology is great. The show looks great. I'm in a sense ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587972/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:04 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587972/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The Ottawa Hospital Foundation launched a campaign this week, aiming to raise $3 million for the centre. Dermatologists at the hospital have already given it a kick-start, donating $180,000 on their own to the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588010/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588010/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA -- A new formula for giving host cities a cut of the money from new casinos is likely to mean more money for Ottawa, but only a little.The Ontario government, which wants to dramatically expand the gambling empire it runs, released the new formula Friday morning. It offers cities four per cent of the take from table games like poker and roulette, in addition to a previously promised share ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587821/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:58 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587821/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Heavily-armed tactical officers mix with uniformed cops at a command post set up at Auvergne and St. Louis streets on Sunday morning after a Gatineau police officer was shot in the leg Saturday night while breaking up a bush party. Her injuries were not life threatening. (TONY SPEARS/QMI ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587838/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:53 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587838/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Woes of Rob Ford TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has dismissed claims he was caught on video smoking crack cocaine ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587726/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:53 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587726/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Elijah Harper speaks at the Manitoba Legislature on June 14, 1990. Harper, who was instrumental in defeating the Meech Lake Accord in 1990, died on Friday, May 17, 2013. (JOE BRYKSA/QMI Agency) WINNIPEG - Elijah Harper, one of Manitoba’s most respected aboriginal leaders, has died. Harper, the former Manitoba MLA and Cree leader who was a key figure in shutting down the failed Meech Lake ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588140/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588140/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Ground Alberta beef in seen in coolers at Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary on October 3, 2012. Bon Ton stated it was not effected by the recent E.Coli outbreak as they get their meat from select smaller producers. (REUTERS/Todd Korol) The federal government released new safety measures Friday requiring beef that's been mechanically tenderized be labelled as such and include cooking ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588139/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588139/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA - A steep decline in the price of gasoline last month pushed Canada's inflation rate down to 0.4 per cent in April, the lowest level since October 2009 and a bigger drop than analysts had expected. Gasoline prices at the pump in April was down six per cent from a year earlier, also the largest year-to-year since October 2009. On a month-to-month basis, consumer prices also fell by a ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587810/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:47 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587810/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Calgary pediatric dentists are noticing big changes in their young patients' dental health since the city's fluoridation program ended in 2011, and it's not good.With the fluoride gone, Dr. Sarah Hulland, president of the Alberta Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, said kids are coming into her office with bigger cavities than historically seen before."More importantly, the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587930/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:46 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587930/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Canada will put forward a list of U.S. products it wants to target in retaliation for U.S. country-of-origin meat labels if last-minute changes to U.S. label regulations don't prove satisfactory, Canadian officials said on ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587815/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214587815/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df OTTAWA -- The Senate committee in charge of examining the expense claims of members of the upper chamber intends to take a second look at Sen. Mike Duffy’s paperwork. The office of government Senate leader Marjory LeBreton confirmed Friday that senators want the report on Duffy’s expense claims brought back before the committee on internal economy. That committee tabled the original ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588141/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:38 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588141/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Canada’s ethanol mandate is being met in a large part by a torrent of U.S. corn ethanol flooding across the border.? The five percent federal mandate requires 2.2 billion litres of ethanol to be blended into the fuel supply annually.? Canadian fuel blenders imported 893 million litres of U.S. ethanol in 2012, according to the U.S. Renewable Fuels Association. That’s enough foreign ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588142/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:06 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588142/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 5/17/2013 Now that the provincial election is over the Mayor of Vancouver says it is time for the BC Liberal government to move on transit funding. Gregor Robertson says the idea of holding a referendum on how to fund transit in the fall of 2014, simply doesn't fly. Robertson says Translink needs to find ways to fund a rapidly growing system sooner rather than later. "Mayors ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588238/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:47 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214588238/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df American-made craft beer is entering its heyday in America – and with a little help and a little time, dozens of other countries might be buying that same craft beer, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586283/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:46:13 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586283/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Registered nurses at The Scarborough Hospital are advocating for their patients by helping the community send the message: cutting nurses is cutting health care. (Gregory Bennett/ONTARIO NURSES' ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586550/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:45 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586550/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df The expansion of oil-sands operations and various pipeline proposals to get bitumen to market have incraseingly been topics of conversation in Canada, from debates in the House of Commons to discussions around the dinner table. Much of the discussion has focused around tangible things that we can see - devastation of the Alberta landscape from surface mining operations, pollution of downstream ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586182/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:38 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586182/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df SAN JOSE, Calif. -; The Canadian government is trying to lure Silicon Valley tech workers who are frustrated by U.S. visa policies, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America's immigration ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586707/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586707/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering.The Federal Reserve announced an agreement Friday with the bank, which is one of Canada's largest. The Fed cited procedural deficiencies to prevent money laundering in the bank and its Chicago branch.No financial penalty ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586809/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:38:50 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586809/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df is investing in the Atlantic Gateway to improve the supply chain efficiency and competitiveness of transportation in New Brunswick, according to Keith Ashfield, Canada's minister of fisheries and oceans, minister for the Atlantic Gateway and regional minister for New Brunswick, on behalf of Denis Lebel, minister of transport infrastructure and communities; minister of the Economic ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586714/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:37:11 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586714/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df An Ontario school teacher says he survived being struck by lightning during a baseball practice this week -- and he considers himself lucky to live to tell the tale. Rodney Benton -- a teacher at Seaway District School in Iroquois, Ont., about 100 kilometers south of Ottawa -- said he believes he survived because he was holding onto the rubber grip of an aluminum baseball bat when it was ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586401/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:00 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586401/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Twitter users reported being evacuated from buildings and shaken from their sleep after an earthquake hit eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec on ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586810/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:27:59 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586810/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df VANCOUVER, Wash. — After five months in the neonatal intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital, little Harley Gulliksen is going home Friday. She weighed just 15 ounces when she was born prematurely on Dec. 20 and measured 10 inches. Her arm was smaller than an adult's pinky finger. The Columbian reports ( http://bit.ly/109cpmt) her stay included 33 days on a ventilator while she ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586564/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:27:01 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586564/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df 's coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET. But there's still plenty going on around the league. Here's a list of things you need to know, to be updated throughout the ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586811/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:29 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586811/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Mars One began accepting online applications in April. It plans to send humans on a one-way trip to establish a permanent settlement on Mars in 2023. (Brian Versteeg/Mars ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586812/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:26 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586812/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df A worker sews inside a garment factory in Ashulia near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. About 300 factories sin the garment district reopened Friday after a four-day shutdown caused by worker protests over unsafe working conditions and low wages. (Palash ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586419/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df Fri, 17 May 2013 13:19:24 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214586419/scat/71df8d33cd2a30df