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Police wait for search warrants to enter the home of Col. Russell ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Police wait for search warrants to enter the home of Col. Russell Williams on Cozy Cove Lane, in Tweed, Ontario February 9, 2010. Canadian police said on Tuesday they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against Williams, the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Williams was charged on Sunday with the murder of Jessica Lloyd and another woman, Marie-France Comeau, who was a corporal at the Trenton base. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA - Tags: MILITARY CRIME LAW)

Alex Gough of Canada during the Wiessmann Luge World Cup in ...

(AFP) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:00 GMT

(AFP) - Alex Gough of Canada during the Wiessmann Luge World Cup in 2009 at the Whistler Sliding Center in Whistler, Bristish Columbia, Canada. Canada's luge team were salivating Tuesday after news that their team sponsor has offered one million dollars to anyone winning gold at the Winter Olympics. Photo:Jonathan Ferrey/AFP

Police guard the home of Jessica Lloyd near Belleville Ontario ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Police guard the home of Jessica Lloyd near Belleville Ontario February 9, 2010. Lloyd, who went missing ten days ago, was found near Tweed, Ontario. Canadian police said on Tuesday they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against Col. Russell Williams the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Williams was charged on Sunday with the murder of Lloyd and another woman, Marie-France Comeau, who was a corporal at the Trenton base. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA - Tags: MILITARY CRIME LAW)

Governor-General Michaelle Jean and IOC President Jacques Rogge ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Governor-General Michaelle Jean and IOC President Jacques Rogge greet native elders at the Olympics athletes village in Vancouver Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS / RYAN REMIORZ

Alberta's Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Ted Morton (R), ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Alberta's Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Ted Morton (R), is congratulated by Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach after delivering the budget speech to the Legislative Assembly in Edmonton at the Alberta Legislature February 9, 2010. Morton, finance minister in the Progressive Conservative government led by Premier Stelmach, also said the province's economy may grow by 2.6 percent in 2010 and 2.9 percent in 2011, propelling the province back to surplus by the 2012-2013 fiscal year. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

Alberta's Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Ted Morton (C), ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Alberta's Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Ted Morton (C), delivers the budget speech to the Legislative Assembly in Edmonton at the Alberta Legislature February 9, 2010. Morton, finance minister in the Progressive Conservative government led by Premier Ed Stelmach, also said the province's economy may grow by 2.6 percent in 2010 and 2.9 percent in 2011, propelling the province back to surplus by the 2012-2013 fiscal year. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

Alberta's Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Ted Morton (C), ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Alberta's Minister of Finance and Enterprise, Ted Morton (C), is applauded by his fellow Progresive Conservative Party members after delivering the budget speech to the Legislative Assembly in Edmonton at the Alberta Legislature February 9, 2010. Morton, finance minister in the Progressive Conservative government led by Premier Ed Stelmach, also said the province's economy may grow by 2.6 percent in 2010 and 2.9 percent in 2011, propelling the province back to surplus by the 2012-2013 fiscal year. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

Locked containers for used needles can be seen hung on the walls ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Locked containers for used needles can be seen hung on the walls of the injection booths at Insite in Vancouver, Tuesday, May 6, 2008.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Col Russ Williams lays a wraith at a Remembrance Day ceremony ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:02:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Col Russ Williams lays a wraith at a Remembrance Day ceremony in Trenton, Ont. in this Nov. 11, 2009 National Defence handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - DND, Cplc Miranda Langguth

Marie Comeau is shown in an undated photo from a Facebook tribute ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:52:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Marie Comeau is shown in an undated photo from a Facebook tribute page. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

President Barack Obama gestures during the daily press briefing ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:10:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President Barack Obama gestures during the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

NHL referee Kelly Sutherland signals no goal as goaltender Jonathan ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - NHL referee Kelly Sutherland signals no goal as goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings looks on from his net and Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks writhes in pain on the ice after injuring his ankle at the Honda Center on February 8, in Anaheim, California. Getzlaf, the Ducks center due to play for Canada at the Vancouver Olympics, was nursing a sprained left ankle on Tuesday. Photo:Victor Decolongon/AFP

File picture shows a Canadian fighter jet inside a hangar. Police ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture shows a Canadian fighter jet inside a hangar. Police said Tuesday they expanded their investigation of a senior Canadian military officer charged with murdering two women and sexually assaulting two others, hoping to solve a 2001 cold case. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

Alberta's new finance minister Ted Morton speaks to the media ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:40:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Alberta's new finance minister Ted Morton speaks to the media after being sworn in to premier Ed Stelmach at Government House in Edmonton, Alta. on Friday January 15, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Ian Jackson

Canadian athlete Caroline Ouellette signs the Olympic truce ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian athlete Caroline Ouellette signs the Olympic truce wall Tuesday, Feb 9 2010 at the athletes village in Vancouver. The truce installation is two walls decorated with metal panels featuring aboriginal designs. Parts of an art installation at the Vancouver Olympic athlete's village will be auctioned off to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. THE CANADIAN PRESS / RYAN REMIORZ

The building at the corner of Abott and Hastings in Vancouver, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - The building at the corner of Abott and Hastings in Vancouver, BC, site of the prescription-heroin clinic, is pictured in 2005. The Canadian government will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling sanctioning heroin use at a Vancouver clinic, the attorney general announced Tuesday. Photo:Don Mackinnon/AFP

Five days after dissolving the board of governors of First Nations ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:09:52 GMT

(CBC) - Five days after dissolving the board of governors of First Nations University of Canada, new interim appointments were announced Tuesday by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which controls the institution.

Montreal-based AbitibiBowater's subsidiary in the United Kingdom ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:03:42 GMT

(CBC) - Montreal-based AbitibiBowater's subsidiary in the United Kingdom announced Tuesday it is laying off 163 more workers in Liverpool.

Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Chuck Strahl.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Ottawa Senators, community leaders, sponsors and supporters ...

(Metro) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:56:00 GMT

(Metro) - Ottawa Senators, community leaders, sponsors and supporters gathered to celebrate the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's 50th anniversary and raise money for young Canadians battling the disease on Monday night.

Calgary city council has agreed to take a closer look at a new ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:43 GMT

(CBC) - Calgary city council has agreed to take a closer look at a new bus rapid transit corridor to move commuters more quickly from the city's southwest suburbs.

A small kit of supplies containing syringes, bandaids and antiseptic ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A small kit of supplies containing syringes, bandaids and antiseptic pads waits to be used by a drug addict inside a safe injection site on Vancouver, British Columbia's eastside August 23, 2006. REUTERS/Andy Clark

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and Environment Minister ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:37:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and Environment Minister Jim Prentice, host a roundtable discussion with oil and gas executives in Calgary, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Manitoba First Nations leaders are demanding a public inquiry ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:33:11 GMT

(CBC) - Manitoba First Nations leaders are demanding a public inquiry into the quality of health care that aboriginal people receive in the province, saying too many are being treated poorly.

An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser sits outside the house ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:21:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser sits outside the house of Col. Russell Williams in Ottawa February 9, 2010. Canadian police said on Tuesday they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Williams was charged on Sunday with the murder of two women, one of them a soldier at his air force base in Trenton, Ontario. Williams, who is 46 years old and married, is also charged with the sexual assault of two other women after having broken into their homes. REUTERS/Blair Gable (CANADA - Tags: MILITARY CRIME LAW)

Emergency crews boarded up a Winnipeg home and shut off the ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:10:55 GMT

(CBC) - Emergency crews boarded up a Winnipeg home and shut off the power after removing a compulsive collector they said posed a danger to himself.

A downtown St. John's resident, who couldn't get into his driveway ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:05:50 GMT

(CBC) - A downtown St. John's resident, who couldn't get into his driveway after plow operators blocked it with snow, says he's getting no satisfaction from the city.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks while meeting ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks while meeting with business professionals in Ottawa February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Blair Gable (CANADA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)

Thousands of spectators got a sneak peek of the Olympics' opening ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:51:36 GMT

(CBC) - Thousands of spectators got a sneak peek of the Olympics' opening ceremony in Vancouver at a dress rehearsal, but most were tight-lipped about what they saw.

Team Canada's general manager Steve Yzerman pauses as he announces ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Team Canada's general manager Steve Yzerman pauses as he announces Canada's Olympic men's hockey team in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, December 30, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun Best

Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday defended their decision ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday defended their decision to invite Arnold Schwarzenegger, seen here on February 6, to run in the torch relay despite the former movie star's admission that he used drugs in his bodybuilding career. Photo:Michael Buckner/AFP

President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs Brian ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:11:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Burke, center, and his wife Jennifer, left, watch as the casket of their son Brendan is taken from the hearse into a memorial service in Canton, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Michael Dwyer)

Colonel Russell Williams (R) walks with Canada's Chief of the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colonel Russell Williams (R) walks with Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk (C) and Defence Minister Peter MacKay in Trenton, Ontario in this January 17, 2010 handout photo. Canadian police said on February 9, 2010 they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Colonel Williams was charged on February 7 with the murder of two women, one of them a soldier at his air force base in Trenton, Ontario. Picture taken January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Canadian Forces Combat Camera/Warrant Officer Carole Morissette/Handout (CANADA - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Colonel Russell Williams (C) talks with Canada's Chief of the ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colonel Russell Williams (C) talks with Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk (L) and Defence Minister Peter MacKay in Trenton, Ontario in this January 17, 2010 handout photo. Canadian police said on February 9, 2010 they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Colonel Williams was charged on February 7 with the murder of two women, one of them a soldier at his air force base in Trenton, Ontario. Picture taken January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Canadian Forces Combat Camera/Warrant Officer Carole Morissette/Handout (CANADA - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Colonel Russell Williams is pictured in this January 17, 2010 ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colonel Russell Williams is pictured in this January 17, 2010 handout photo. Canadian police said on February 9, 2010 they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Colonel Williams was charged on February 7 with the murder of two women, one of them a soldier at his air force base in Trenton, Ontario. Picture taken January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Canadian Forces Combat Camera/Warrant Officer Carole Morissette/Handout (CANADA - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Financial woes at CanWest Global Communications appear to be ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:30:22 GMT

(CBC) - Financial woes at CanWest Global Communications appear to be hitting home for freelance writers at Saskatoon's daily newspaper.

A Calgary man accused of killing his wife made a brief appearance ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:24:03 GMT

(CBC) - A Calgary man accused of killing his wife made a brief appearance in court on Tuesday.

(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Zalubowski) ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:18:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/David Zalubowski)

A union leader representing oil workers says another offshore ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:41:57 GMT

(CBC) - A union leader representing oil workers says another offshore chopper crash will happen in Newfoundland and Labrador and he's calling for changes to improve workers' chances of survival when it does.

Workers stage a rehearsal of the flower ceremony, in the finish ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Workers stage a rehearsal of the flower ceremony, in the finish area of the alpine ski course, in Whistler. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Charles Krupa)

The leader of the union representing more than 9,000 TTC workers ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:06:23 GMT

(CBC) - The leader of the union representing more than 9,000 TTC workers has come out swinging in defence of the membership.

A company that wants to build a large complex near the St. John's ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:52:34 GMT

(CBC) - A company that wants to build a large complex near the St. John's waterfront took a beating at a public forum Monday evening.

Colonel Russell Williams, Wing Commander of Canadian Forces ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Colonel Russell Williams, Wing Commander of Canadian Forces Base Trenton, is pictured in this September 20, 2009 handout photo. Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, Ontario Provincial Police said February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Department of National Defence/Master Corporal Miranda Langguth/Handout

The Olympic flame left Canada just briefly Tuesday as it crossed ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:23:34 GMT

(CBC) - The Olympic flame left Canada just briefly Tuesday as it crossed into the United States at the Peace Arch border crossing south of Vancouver for a special ceremony.

Anti-poverty protestors march their version of the Olympic Torch ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Anti-poverty protestors march their version of the Olympic Torch through the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia February 7, 2010. REUTERS/Andy Clark

P.E.I. is one of the worst places in Canada to have a heart ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:46:33 GMT

(CBC) - P.E.I. is one of the worst places in Canada to have a heart attack, according to a University of Calgary study.

An Edmonton businessman is warning Olympic visitors to beware ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:41:48 GMT

(CBC) - An Edmonton businessman is warning Olympic visitors to beware of getting gouged by car rental companies. Jim Galpin was recently presented with a $1,100 bill to repair a windshield chip on a Vancouver rental car, a cost he believes is grossly inflated.

Twitter reaction to this morning's news of mayoral candidate ...

(Metro) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:41:00 GMT

(Metro) - Twitter reaction to this morning's news of mayoral candidate Adam Giambrone's alleged sex scandal.

N.W.T. government and Dene officials met Monday night to discuss ...

(CBC) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:27 GMT

(CBC) - N.W.T. government and Dene officials met Monday night to discuss the territory's controversial Bathurst caribou hunting ban, debating the month-old issue in public for the first time.