VIBE 98-5 - National News

Ontario Const. Vu Pham remembered at his funeral as modern-day hero

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:51:32 +0000

WINGHAM, Ont. - A provincial police officer who died after a gun battle on a rural southwestern Ontario road was remembered as a "modern-day hero" and a great father at his funeral on Friday. The w...

Loonie races towards parity, touches 20-month high on back of labour report

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:51:39 +0000

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar is racing towards parity faster than even the most daring economists predicted, but the surge could have longer term effects as more manufacturers weigh whether they can ...

Pot, Palin and prorogation: Harper gets grilled on YouTube

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:51:37 +0000

OTTAWA - After being called a "pansy" by a cartoon Sarah Palin, Stephen Harper's experiment with YouTube might yet leave him pining for the parliamentary press gallery. By late afternoon Friday, th...

N.L. premier calls offshore chopper crash sad day in province's history

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:51:40 +0000

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Danny Williams said Friday was a sad day in the history of Newfoundland and Labrador as people mark the first anniversary of a fatal helicopter crash. Seventeen people di...

Adil Charkaoui says civil suit against govt is about restoring reputation

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:09 +0000

MONTREAL - A Montreal man accused of being a terrorist and who spent several years living under tight restrictions intends to sue the federal government. Adil Charkaoui says he's suing for $24.5 mi...

Case of woman charged in Tori Stafford slaying put over to Apr. 16

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:52 +0000

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The mother of slain eight-year-old schoolgirl Tori Stafford attended a court hearing for one of the alleged killers for the first time Friday. Tara McDonald was in court in Woodst...

No sympathy for Guergis 'hissy fits': Tory matriarch Deborah Grey

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:17 +0000

OTTAWA - If beleaguered Conservative minister Helena Guergis was hoping for sympathy from her political sisters, former party matriarch Deborah Grey was fresh out. Guergis, minister of state for th...

Alberta man who lured, sexually assaulted teen gets two years in jail

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:58 +0000

EDMONTON - An Edmonton man who lured a 13-year-old girl to a motel in Red Deer, Alta., before sexually assaulting her has been sentenced to two years in jail. Adrian Lizotte pleaded guilty last Nov...

Opposition says government running on empty after only 10 days

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:00 +0000

OTTAWA - Only 10 days after recalling Parliament from an extended three-month break, opposition parties say the Harper government has already run out of things to do. But the government is blaming ...

Boy, 14, charged after suspect pulls knife in Saskatoon high school

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:01 +0000

SASKATOON - A 14-year-old boy has been charged with a weapons-related offence after allegedly pulling a knife on three people in the hallway of a Saskatoon high school. Police say shortly before no...

B.C. cop killer denied parole even after three decades behind bars

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:50 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Even after three decades behind bars, a National Parole Board panel says a B.C. cop killer cannot be released, even for a few hours. The panel rejected Friday Steven LeClair's req...

Calgary police officer won't be charged for shooting suspect at car wash

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:15 +0000

CALGARY - The head of an agency that investigates police says a veteran Calgary officer will not be charged in the shooting death nearly a year ago of a suspect at a car wash. Travis Douglas Oakes ...

Female police officer in Ont., charged in domestic violence case

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:54 +0000

BURLINGTON, Ont. - Police in Burlington, Ont., have laid several charges against one of their female officers in a domestic violence case. Halton Region police say Melanie Fedun is charged with sex...

Greyhound Canada investigates after passengers left on side of highway

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:21 +0000

WINNIPEG - Greyhound Canada apologized Friday after more than a dozen passengers were left on the side of a northern Manitoba highway in near-freezing weather. The apology did little to soothe abor...

Garbage truck driver killed, co-worker injured in Toronto crash on DVP

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:24:59 +0000

TORONTO - The driver of a garbage truck is dead after the vehicle flipped over early Friday as it turned onto Toronto's Don Valley Parkway. A second man who was ejected from the truck is in serious...