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Canadian universities attracting kids, especially girls, to sciences
TORONTO – Groups of students huddle around desks at a university campus as the instructor gives out a quick overview of the job at hand: build a crane, create an electromagnet and pick up metal.
Canada supports Nemtsov marchers in Russia, says Nicholson, bound for France
OTTAWA – Canada stands with the tens of thousands of Russians who took to Moscow streets on Sunday to protest the killing of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson says.
Accused imagined execution if terror plot with wife was thwarted: trial
VANCOUVER – As time ticked toward a crucial deadline, a British Columbia man accused of plotting to bomb the provincial legislature on Canada Day warned his wife that an Arab businessman who was helping them with their plan would turn into a monster if they fell short, their trial has heard.
Envelopes with white powder found at offices of federal ministers in Quebec
MONTREAL – Police in Quebec are investigating after envelopes containing white powder were sent to the riding offices of at least two federal ministers.
Doctor who helped Harrison Ford after plane crash shocked to find actor he grew up watching
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Dr. Sanjay Khurana was wrapping up a golf game when a vintage plane buzzed overhead, clipped a tree and “dropped like a rock” onto the green. He rushed to the crash, finding a pilot bleeding from a deep gash in his head.
Plenty of science involved in reading the signs in Canada’s avalanche alley
ROGERS PASS, B.C. – It's called avalanche alley for a reason.
Niqab debate important for Canadians, religious freedoms ambassador says
OTTAWA – Canada's ambassador for religious freedoms says he thinks it's important that Canadians are having a debate about the place of the niqab in society.
CRTC to require cable, satellite companies to offer basic package, with $25 cap
GATINEAU, Que. – Cable and satellite service providers will soon have to offer consumers an "entry-level" television service, at a cost of no more than $25 a month.
New rules for tailings ponds based on findings from Mount Polley collapse
VANCOUVER – The disastrous collapse of the Mount Polley mine tailings pond in B.C.'s Interior last year has spurred new provincial environmental requirements for similar operations.
Case of US woman allegedly cutting fetus from mother highlights fetal homicide debate
LONGMONT, Colo. – The gruesome case of a woman accused of cutting open the belly of a pregnant woman and removing her unborn baby girl is reviving a highly-charged debate in the U.S. over when a fetus can legally be considered a human being.
Consumers could see Internet bills rise in light of CRTC ruling, analysts say
TORONTO – Consumers could see Internet costs edge higher as cable companies look to maintain profits in light of a ruling that forces them to unbundle television channels.
Mounties charge Alberta teenager with attempting to travel for terrorism
EDMONTON – RCMP say a teen has been arrested in Alberta and charged with terror-related offences.
Starbucks baristas stop writing “Race Together” on cups; company says phase out part of plan
Starbucks baristas will no longer write "Race Together" on customers' cups starting Sunday, ending as planned a visible component of the company's diversity and racial inequality campaign, according to a memo.
Gritty, gifted Lach centred Canadiens famous Punch Line, won three Stanley Cups
MONTREAL – Elmer Lach was more than just the centre who fed passes to Maurice (Rocket) Richard on the Montreal Canadiens famous Punch Line.
Mike Duffy had family pictures framed at Senate expense, trial told
OTTAWA – Mike Duffy had the Senate pay to frame pictures of his family members and for photos to be sent to former American first lady Barbara Bush, an Ottawa courtroom heard Monday in the suspended senator's fraud and bribery trial.