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Ignore the noise, Tories got it right on EI reform

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:12:21 Z

Michael Den Tandt: These are tidy, sensible and moderate fixes that will be overwhelmingly popular with the vast majority of Canadians who take the time to understand them. The changes are long overdue

It’s the older generation that’s entitled, not students

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:42:07 Z

John Moore: Today’s youth face a grim future not of their own making. What they are asking for is what previous generations so eagerly gobbled up for themselves

‘When I needed it, I used it’: Green Party leader was repeat EI user

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:07:28 Z

Elizabeth May objected Thursday to the Conservative government’s targeting of 'repeat users' of the EI system — because she was one herself

2,500 arrests and counting: Quebec's justice system in a jam

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:48 Z

The staggering number of protest-related arrests is about to add costs and delays to an overburdened system, prompting questions about the long- and short-term impact

Venezuela was plan ‘A’ for Saadi Gaddafi escape plot

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:25:47 Z

Gary Peters said he and Cynthia Vanier worked to fly Gaddafi to Venezuela as part of a scheme to mediate talks with Canada and Venezuela to end Libya’s civil war

Egypt’s election down to Muslim Brotherhood Islamist or former Mubarak PM

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:03:37 Z

'Now Egyptians will have to choose between the revolution and the counter-revolution. The next vote will be equivalent to holding a referendum on the revolution'

How Etobicoke dispute shows Elections Canada is running a perfectly imperfect system

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:03 Z

Chris Selley: It seems a tad illogical to proclaim a crisis at Elections Canada when, theoretically, the vote could have been just as compromised even if procedures were followed

Canadians split over Mulcair's controversial 'Dutch Disease' comments

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:13:32 Z

A new poll suggests Canadians are roughly split over the NDP leader's contention that the Alberta oil sands have given the country a case of Dutch Disease

Tories launch legal attack on robocall challenges from 'activist group'

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:11:50 Z

Just days after a judge overturned the election of a Toronto MP, the Conservatives have moved aggressively to try to shut down a series of lawsuits

Cracking down on the bums, addicts and unemployed Starbucks frequenters

Thu, 24 May 2012 23:54:51 Z

With the government proposing reforms to the EI benefits system that will make it harder for some to claim, Steve Murray imagines a rough draft of its proposal

B.C. town launches cold war with ban on ice cream truck music

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:14:32 Z

The tinny music of ice cream trucks — a summer icon that provokes adults and children alike, but in very different ways — has been banned in West Kelowna

CSIS tip led to bust of alleged people smuggling ring

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:41:20 Z

This week’s sweep started with a tip from CSIS, which has been aggressively tracking suspected smugglers to prevent another influx of boats on Canada’s shores

State of emergency declared in Timmins as forest fire rages

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:37:29 Z

Officials in Timmins in northern Ontario have declared a state of emergency as a wildfire that has been burning for days continues to grow

What would a Greek exit from the euro mean for Canada?

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:14:39 Z

Worst case scenario: North America drops back into a recession that economists warn would be far deeper and more dangerous than the one we just went through. Here's a look at three possible outcomes and their impact

Boy on the milk carton: 33-year mystery may finally be solved after confession from N.J. man

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:48:35 Z

'He was remorseful, and I think the detectives thought that it was a feeling of relief on his part' to confess, Commissioner Raymond Kelly. 'We believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime'

Top Canadian unions may open membership to everyone

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:07:14 Z

Top Canadian unions may open membership to everyone

Three believed dead, man in custody in near Ottawa

Fri, 25 May 2012 03:46:51 Z

Three believed dead, man in custody in Quebec near Ottawa

Putin’s slipping support means violent outbursts highly likely: report

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:14:52 Z

The report says continuing clashes were a sign that more radical protesters were now setting the pace along with hawks in the government

'America’s Most Wanted' fugitive arrested in Toronto after years of evading FBI

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:39:50 Z

'America’s Most Wanted' fugitive arrested in Toronto after years of evading FBI

John Baird defends support for Israel, human rights at Washington religious freedom dinner

Fri, 25 May 2012 01:16:31 Z

Canada’s foreign affairs minister was the keynote speaker Thursday at the event which attracts VIPs, diplomats and top-level American lawmakers

Canadian Everest climber’s death could have been avoided

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:32:48 Z

The majority of deaths above 8,000 metres, the so-called 'death zone,' occurred during descent, when climbers tend to be more fatigued after the adrenaline that fueled their ascent is expended

Kelly McParland: Amnesty International denounces Canada, the UN and everyone else

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:01:15 Z

The latest report makes clear that the world has let Amnesty down. Again. On his best day ever, Jesus couldn’t please these people

How Stephen Harper’s hard line on labour hurts business

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:13:29 Z

Analysis: Prime minister Stephen Harper’s hardline approach to labour disputes may help bring a quick end to a strike at CP Rail. But it may also keep the company from cutting labour costs

Before Trayvon Martin shooting, George Zimmerman accused Florida police of beating cover-up

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:13:49 Z

In 2011, Zimmerman called out a Florida police department for corruption, claiming the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer

Facebook IPO frenzy cost mom-and-pop investors a bundle, while Wall Street scored big

Thu, 24 May 2012 21:24:16 Z

Small investors who bought 25% of Facebook had their hopes dashed when the shares lost $630-million after the debut, while Morgan Stanley and other underwriters scored big buying back the cheap stock

University of Toronto student pays back $114,000 of loans with duffel bag of cash

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:30:46 Z

University of Toronto student pays back $114,000 of loans with duffel bag of cash

François-Vivier Gagnon, the last person still in jail over Montreal smoke-bomb attack, gets bail

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:46:19 Z

The last person still in jail over a smoke-bomb attack that temporarily paralyzed Montreal’s subway system has been freed

After latest Everest tragedy, a warning on dangers of high altitudes from a man who carried father's corpse from canyon

Thu, 24 May 2012 05:39:17 Z

Looking back, Chris Kennedy realizes there were tell-tale signs of the insidious ailment that would kill his father on an idyllic Peruvian vacation this month: shortness of breath, tightness in the chest and coughing

Documents show Ornge running $14.5-million deficit, Ontario PCs say

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:06:35 Z

The Progressive Conservatives say new documents show Ontario’s troubled air ambulance service is running a $14.5-million deficit

Canadian citizens must now pass 'objective' language assessment

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:08:06 Z

People applying for Canadian citizenship must now provide 'objective evidence' that they can not only read, but actually communicate in English or French

Pakistani doctor jailed for helping U.S. find bin Laden 'weak and depressed'

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:36:35 Z

The Pakistani doctor sentenced to 33 years for treason after being recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden is in poor health and under medical watch

Mortgage debt 'stretching Canadian households thin,' rating agency warns

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:46:30 Z

Canadian credit rating agency DBRS adds its voice to the growing chorus of concern over Canada's housing market

U.S. officials flew to North Korea to try to stop rocket launch

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:35:55 Z

Two senior U.S. officials made a secret visit to North Korea in an apparent attempt to persuade it to cancel last month’s long-range rocket launch, a South Korean report said Thursday

Canadian mother died protecting daughter in Atlantic City stabbing

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:03:24 Z

The prosecutor’s office said Wednesday the younger woman was being stabbed with a butcher knife when her mother came to her aid and also was stabbed

Etan Patz murder suspect in custody, 33 years after child’s disappearance

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:09:58 Z

Police have a suspect in custody in the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz from his New York City neighbourhood, a case that drew national attention to the plight of missing children

Raitt threatens back-to-work bill if CP strike drags on

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:48:48 Z

Lisa Raitt issued a warning on Wednesday: Any work stoppage that threatens to have a 'grave' impact on the economy is fair game for government action

B.C. rights tribunal orders gym to pay $1,900 to patron whose ‘dignity’ was violated by hiking boot ban

Thu, 24 May 2012 02:48:53 Z

B.C. rights tribunal orders gym to pay $1,900 to patron whose ‘dignity’ was violated by hiking boot ban

South Africa painting of President Jacob Zuma highlights nation’s racial tensions

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:24:15 Z

South Africa’s ruling ANC went to court on Thursday seeking to remove from public display a painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, saying the work is symbolic of the lingering racial oppression of apartheid

Warren Buffett's secret deal revealed by Goldman Sachs banker

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:37:17 Z

The investment by Warren Buffett in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in September 2008 was so confidential that even his chief financial officer was unaware of it

Ottawa cuts off provincial data before it announces controversial new EI rules

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:01:46 Z

For weeks, details have been sparse, often contradictory, and controversial, prompting an outcry from some premiers, opposition critics and labour