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The @NYTimes study suggests that Canada's middle class now has the highest income of any major country in the world: pic.twitter.com/PLOuae7YHZ
— Jason Kenney (@kenneyjason) April 22, 2014

Canada's opposition parties speechless after New York Times analysis
directly refutes their claims about economy and middle class

Daily Mail: New research shows America's middle class no longer
world's richest; and it's Canadians that have taken over

Boston: Meb Keflezighis `incredible American success story

Boston Marathon champion `wanted to win it for Boston.
American Meb Keflezighi won the mens title today, kissing
the ground and weeping after he crossed the finish line to
the roar of the joyous crowd. ~ Boston Herald

Nigeria: Parents say 234 girls actually missing in school kidnapping
by Islamist extremists, not 85 previously reported

MH370: Cyclone threatens to disrupt search

The Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is craned over the side of the Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield
in the southern Indian Ocean. ~ Reuters

MH370: Australia sees regroup on search in a few days

Heads up: Big asteroids hit Earth far more
than we're told, say NASA astronauts

updated - South Korea: More bodies recovered; death toll tops 50

South Sudan: 58 killed in attack on UN peacekeeping base; children
among dead; 5,000 members of an ethnic minority had sought shelter

Good Friday: Winnipeg cross walk

Parishioners from across Manitoba took part in the Good Friday public Way of the Cross procession beginning at Holy Rosary Church and covering a 1.5-km route through Osborne Village, ending at the church. Close to 1,000 people took part. ~ Winnipeg Free Press

Mexico quake: No immediate reports of injuries or major damage

Mexico: Shallow M7.2 quake hits 170 miles SW of Mexico City

South Korea: Captain Lee Joon Seok, 69, arrives in court, faces arrest

Lee Joon-seok, center, the captain of the sunken ferry Sewol in the water off the southern coast, arrives at court in Mokpo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 18. ~ AP

South Korea ferry: Texts from missing, accounts from saved, tell of terror

South Korea: Crew describes chaos & confusion on bridge of sinking ferry

South Korea ferry: Sad numbers: 475 people aboard,
25 confirmed dead, 179 rescued, 271 missing

South Korea: 3 of 4 ferry passengers came from a single high school

South Korea: Bad weather hampers search for ferry survivors

South Korea: Fears rise for 287 missing in ferry sinking;
confirmed death toll now set at 9

Jim Flaherty state funeral: Political players of all
party stripes gather for fond farewell

Jim Flaherty's wife, MPP Christine Elliott speaks at his state funeral. Triplet sons, Quinn, John and Galen stand with their mother. Quinn and Galen gave moving and humourous reminiscences of their father and their family life.

updated - Seoul: South Korea says 290 still
missing after ferry sinking, 6 confirmed dead

The Sewol flipped over and sank as helicopters and boats rescued over a hundred from the decks and the cold water.

Ottawa: RCMP charge London, Ontario teen over CRA Heartbleed hack;
Western student's dad is a Western Computer Science professor

Seoul: 290+ missing, 2 dead as student-filled ferry capsizes and
sinks off South Korea's southern coast Wednesday morning

The 6,325-ton Sewol was carrying 477 people, including 325 students from a high school in Ansan, just south of Seoul, when it sent out a distress signal at 8:58 a.m. in waters 20 km off the island of Byeongpoong, according to the Coast Guard. ~ Yonhapnews

updated - Seoul: 2 dead, 14 injured, 100+ missing after ferry with
476 students aboard sinks off South Korea after ran aground

Video capture of sinking ferry. Passengers mostly high school students. ~ YTN

Boston: Bomb squad detonates bags left near Marathon finish line

Member of bomb squad inspects bag at Boston Marathon finish line. ~ WBZ-TV

Calgary: Students gather at UofC to mourn stabbing victims

Calgary: Live press conference on UofC end-of-classes party stabbings;
arrested suspect was an invited guest, son of a 33-yr member of police;
no records for victims or suspect; charges will be 1st degree murder;
police being careful not to jeopardize case by releasing too much detail;
father/mother of suspect 'devastated', give apologies to victim families

Calgary: Stabbing rampage at house party kills five young people;
arrested suspect is the son of a senior Calgary police officer: sources

Police say five young people were killed in an after-midnight stabbing rampage at a house party on this
northwest Calgary street. ~ Jen Gerson National Post

Ukraine: EU agrees to tougher sanctions against Russia

Ukraine: NATO's Rasmussen calls on Russia to "start rebuilding trust"

NY Times: Ukraine asks UN for peacekeeping troops

Ukraine: Canada lambastes Putin, blames
'Russian provocateurs' for escalation:

"When a major power acts in an aggressive, militaristic, and imperialistic way, this represents a significant threat to the peace and stability of the world, and it's time we all recognized the depth and seriousness of that threat. Canada will take additional measures. We've already imposed a number of sanctions, and we will clearly be taking further action," said Prime Minister Stephen Harper

"We also know from history that anybody who makes it their historical mission to turn the clock back as Mr. Putin has determined to do, that those kinds of missions always fail in the end. We will do all in our power to make it fail," Harper said.

Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russian attack in Ukraine's Horlivka

There were rival pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian rallies in the town of Kharkiv on Sunday. ~ AFP

Heartbleed: 900 social insurance numbers stolen from Canada's CRA

MH370: 1st sub to be deployed

The Bluefin 21, Artemis autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), can create a sonar map of the search area to chart any debris on the seafloor. ~ Specialist 1st Class Peter D. Blair/U.S. Navy The Associated Press

MH370: Black box pings end, raising fears batteries dead, won't be found

MH370: Plane flown 'like fighter jet' to avoid radar

Ukraine: Russia whines to UN as Kiev clamps
down on pro-Russia violence in east

Ukraine: Russia says Kiev's planned operation against rebels is 'criminal'

Ukraine to launch 'full-scale' offensive against rebels involving army

Ukraine says it can prove Russia coordinated weekend attacks

Pro-Russian activists wave a Russian flag and shout slogans during rally near a razor wire-topped barricade outside regional government building in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 13, 2014. Kiev said on April 13 that several had been left "dead and wounded" in fighting to oust pro-Russian gunmen holed up in a police station in the restive east in the city of Slavyansk, as Washington warned Moscow to de-escalate the crisis or face the consequences. The latest wave of unrest began when protesters last weekend seized the seat of government in Donetsk, followed by similar actions in Lugansk and Kharkiv. ~ Alexander Khudoteply AFP PHOTO

MH370: Searchers prepare to stop listening for black boxes after
two days without a ping and settle in for long seabed search

Ukraine: Shootout in Kramatorsk next on wave
of Russian assault on Donetsk Oblast

Solomon Islands: M7.6 sea quake - 100km SSE of Kirakira, 30km depth

Belleville: Flooding threatens 200 homes; state of emergency
declared in Eastern Ontario as waters rise on four major rivers

Firefighters and volunteers have been sandbagging residences around Belleville, Ontario as water levels rise on the Moira, Salmon, Napanee and Trent Rivers. All four rivers cross under Hwy 401 and if waters continue to rise, Ontario's main highway could be at risk. ~ Natalie Kalata CBC

Ukraine crisis: Canada imposes more sanctions to punish Russia

Kiev: Risk of 'gas war' looms in East Ukraine

Kiev: Pro-Russian militants seize hundreds of guns from police buildings

Kiev: Gunmen storm police buildings in East Ukraine

MH370: Optimism fading as signals fading, big task remains: Australia PM

Ottawa: Online book of condolences set up for Jim Flaherty

State funeral for Jim Flaherty Wednesday in Toronto

Doctor/MP Kellie Leitch who fought to save Jim Flaherty's
life leads deeply moving tributes in House of Commons

MH370: Latest detected signal 'not step forward' say Australians

How they listen and why the search craft have to run quietly.

MH370: Australian PM says searchers confident signals are from plane

MH370: Possible new signal detected, being analyzed

National outpouring of tributes to late Jim Flaherty

Ottawa: Friends and rivals alike salute Jim Flaherty

Ottawa: Prime Minister Harper pays tribute to late Jim Flaherty [video]

A shaken and teary-eyed Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives condolences to family of Jim Flaherty.

Global News: Jim Flaherty passed away 'peacefully' on
Thursday in Ottawa, according to a family statement from his wife
Christine Elliott and their triplet sons, John, Galen and Quinn

The nation is stunned as word spreads that the loved and lauded former Finance Minister has passed away. Above, Jim Flaherty's goodbye wave and last tweet on March 18th as he left the Cabinet after 8 years guiding Canada's finances through tumultuous times: "It has been an honour to serve Canada. Thank you for the opportunity."

BREAKING: Jim Flaherty has died at 64;
'massive heart attack' Thursday afternoon

MH370: New possible signal detected as search area shrinks to smallest
size as hydrophones dropped from airplanes start to pinpoint the source

MH370: Hunt for black box signals zeroes in on 'final resting place'

Newfoundland: Extra-heavy ice traps, kills 9 blue whales [video]

Nine majestic blue whales, the largest animals on earth, were caught in and killed by thick pack ice off the southwest
coast of Newfoundland. Whale experts say the lost whales represented 4 percent of the Atlantic population. ~ NTV

MH370: Tuesday pings lasted 5:32 and 7 minutes; "Ocean Shield has now
detected 4 transmissions in same broad area. These will assist in better
defining a reduced & much more manageable search area on ocean floor"

MH370: Floating objects spotted where Ocean Shield detects signals

MH370: Two more pings detected by Australian ship

The Australian Navy's 'Ocean Shield' has picked up two more pinger signals. ~ AP

MH370: Search crews confident locator beacon still running

Ukraine: Scuffles in parliament follow Donetsk building seizures; Kyiv says
actions are Crimea replay; Russia's Lavrov denies de-stabilizing Ukraine

Pro-Russian activists barricaded themselves inside a government building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on April 7th,
amidst calls for a referendum on seceding from Ukraine moves Kyiv described on Monday as part of a Russian-orchestrated plan to justify an invasion of the country. ~ Reuters

Quebec: Majority win ends separatist referendum talk for now

MH370: Current search at final contact point calculated 2 weeks ago

Quebec election 2014: Official results from Elections Quebec - 10:25 pm
Seats: PLQ - 70; PQ - 30; CAQ - 22; QS - 3; 15 other parties - 0

MH370: Oceanographer: If pings confirmed "search area goes from
85,000 sq miles down to about 10 sq miles"

MH370: Hussein: "We are cautiously hopeful that there will be
a positive development in the next few days, if not hours"

MH370: Authorities say they are very close to finding plane
after Australian ship detects pulse signals - believed to be from
black box pinger - which lasted for 2 hours and 20 minutes

MH370: Biggest breakthrough in the mystery that started a month ago

A graphic shows the respective signals received by Ocean Shield and Haixun 01 in the southern Indian Ocean, in this handout image released by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) on Monday, April 7, 2014.

MH370: Do different locations of detected pings mean the two
black boxes aren't together? Latest puzzle as ships race against time

MH370: More electronic pulses picked up not far from original signal

MH370: Australia PM hopeful, cautious on possible breakthrough

MH370: Australians caution "There's a huge chance of false positives here";
but signal detected by Chinese has same frequency as flight recorders

MH370: Chinese search vessel detects underwater pulse signal

Never before: Norwegian skydiver almost hit by falling
meteorite and captures moment [video]

Above, a time-lapse view as the tumbling rock narrowly misses lucky skydiver...
Anders Helstrup was skydiving in Hedmark, Norway. When he reviewed video from two cameras
fixed to his helmet during the dive, he saw a rock plummet past him. He took it to experts and they
realized he had captured a meteorite falling during its dark flight when it has been slowed by
atmospheric braking, and has cooled and is no longer luminous.

MH370: 2 ships start black box hunt

Yellowstone: Scientists poo-poo supervolcano
despite biggest quake in 34 years

Chile: New evacuations in Chile after major aftershock

updated - Chile: M7.6 shallow aftershock hits inland 19km South of Iquique

MH370: British nuclear submarine joins search for missing plane;
HMS Tireless join 10 planes & 9 ships combing 221,000 sq km

What do they know? Animals fleeing Yellowstone Park
over imminent Supervolcano?

The mass and rapid exiting of bison herds and other animals from Yellowstone National Park may be a foreshadowing
that something very dramatic is happening. According to some, the animals may be detecting something vast and deadly
that could be the much-feared and anticipated Yellowstone supervolcano.

Chile M8.2 quake: 6 now dead, 2 dozen of 300 escaped inmates
captured; tsunami alert ended, major damage to roads, hillsides

Chile M8.2 quake: Five dead, many injured; fires, landslides

Chile M8.2 quake: 2 dead, 3 seriously injured: Iquique governor

Chile M8.2 quake: Fires and fears as aftershocks hit

The Chilean interior ministry told the BBC one of main roads outside Iquique was cut off by hillside
debris. Partial landslides have also taken place between the towns of Putre and General Lagos. The
Interior Minister told Chilean TV that some 300 women inmates had escaped from a prison. ~ AFP

Chile M8.2 quake: Tsunami caution for Alaska, BC, Washington,
Oregon & California; 7.6-foot tsunami observed off Pisagua, Chile

Chile M8.2 quake: Coastal evacuations ordered; 2-metre tsunami waves

Chile: Offshore quake upgraded to M8.2 by USGS

Chile M8.2 quake: Tsunami threat to Hawaii being evaluated

Chile M8.2 quake: Tsunami warning issued for Chile, Peru and Ecuador

updated - Chile quake: M8.2, very shallow - 99km NW of Iquique

Offshore quake - 19.630°S 70.863°W depth=10.0km (6.2mi) ~ USGS

MH370: Real last words from cockpit revealed

How to survive an avalanche: Skiers dig four people
out of snow in frantic rescue on Alberta mountain

Doug Ohrn, centre, after he was dug out of the snow by Michael Peterson, who took this photo

MH370: Sea trash misleads searchers looking for debris

Seoul: North and South Korea exchange fire with hundreds
of artillery shells fired into sea over disputed border

Passengers watch a television program showing reports on North Korea's plan
to conduct live-fire drills, at a railway station in Seoul. ~ Reuters

MH370: Australian PM Abbott says search "building momentum"

Nova Scotia: Trucker rescuers recount how they saved driver & dog [video]

A tractor trailer hauling furniture plunged into Great Bras dOr Lake at the western end of Seal Island Bridge Saturday.
It was southbound on Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way, Hwy 105, west of Sydney when the big rig apparently
went out of control and crashed through guardrails and ran down a 20 to 50-metre embankment to land on its side in
the water. The driver and her dog were rescued by locals who jumped in.

MH370: 'Promising lead' as Australian pilot spots 4 orange items

The North-westerly view of the search area. The Diamantina Escarpment drops from depth of about
800 metres to over 5000 metres.

530slide: Confirmed deaths up to 18, missing down to 30

MH370: Objects retrieved by Chinese ship Saturday not IDed as from plane

MH370: Planes saw multiple bits of debris in Saturday search, marked them

MH370: Searchers aboard a Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 have sighted
three floating objects of white, red and orange colours, respectively

MH370: Australian Maritime Safety Authority search maps, video, etc.

MH370: Air crash investigation likely to be based in Australia

MH370: Journalist captures one of 'objects spotted' in new search area

This image of one the objects spotted was taken by a journalist on board the New Zealand search plane.

MH370: Planes spot several objects in new search area; six ships
on way to zone 1,150 miles west of Perth in attempt to verify wreckage

Brampton: Police officer in stable condition after courthouse shooting

Brampton: Gunman dead, SWAT responded to courthouse shooting;
Court officer rushed to Sunnybrook, reportedly shot in chest [video]

Police and ambulances were on the scene and heavily armed SWAT team members entered Brampton, Ontario
courthouse after the two shootings inside. Brampton is a neighbour city to NW of Toronto.

Brampton: Courthouse shooting sends policeman to hospital

A police SWAT team is on scene at Brampton courthouse, with more than a dozen police cruisers and three ambulances. pic.twitter.com/ul9oRQ5kMX
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) March 28, 2014

MH370: AMSA changes search area 1100 km to northeast after re-analysis
of various data suggests plane was travelling faster and therefore not as far

GasGate: Wynne in denial; Hudak wants immediate resignation

Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak and Energy critic Lisa McLeod say the jig is up. Time for Premier Wynne
to stop cover-up and step down. Hudak had called on OPP to investigate. They found evidence
suggesting criminal breach of trust.

GasGate was on Wynne's watch: Premier and Finance Minister Sousa
at the centre of the "biggest scandal in Ontario history"

MH370: Fresh clues but bad weather

Wynne part of cover-up? How will Premier's election platform spin this?

Criminal charges? Police say 24 of Dalton McGuintys computers were
illegally wiped of gas plant info; warrant that led to police raid unsealed

Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said he has 'regret'
over cancelling a gas plant project that cost the province
$1.1 Billion. Will he face prison time?

MH370: Thai satellite finds debris field of more than 300 floating objects

Anond Snidvongs, executive director of Geo Informatics and Space Technology
Development Agency, said that Thaichote satellite or Thailand Earth Observation
Satellite, has recorded the objects, ranging from two to 15 metres, in the Indian
Ocean, about 200km SW of where the ill-fated flight is thought to have hit.

MH370: Montreal Convention of 1999
will have a direct bearing on loss compensation

MH370: Lawyers start with huge lawsuit threats

MH370: Thursday search suspended due to bad weather

530slide: 24 confirmed dead; 90 missing, 35 now listed as unknown

MH370: Planes, ships race to search zones to beat bad weather

Nova Scotia: Cyclonic blizzard blasts Canadian Maritime provinces

The cyclone-blizzard smacking the Maritimes is huge and powerful with legitimate hurricane-force winds. Environment Canada says in western Newfoundland, wind gusts could reach 160 km/h to 180 km/h (over 100 mph).

Germany: PM Harper cautions Putin trapped in 'Cold War' mentality

MH370: New debris field finds "the most credible lead that we have"

MH370: Major find - 122 new objects spotted in March 23rd
satellite images - Malaysia Minister; more ships arrive

The images, taken on March 23rd, show objects up to 23 metres (75 ft) in length, Hishammuddin Hussein said.

MH370: How cockpit's security door could
have left conscious passengers helpless

Houston: Construction worker rescue caught in riveting video [language]

MH370: Six questions: Once found, will secrets be revealed?

530slide: 24 likely new death toll; FEMA, National Guard join search

A search dog on Tuesday sniffs through the debris field caused by the massive mudslide near Oso.
Teams from the Washington Army National Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency
arrived to help with ground & air rescue. The recovery effort now includes hundreds of searchers.

530slide: Slide wan't "unforeseen" happened many times before

This lidar map shows that many past mudslides have occurred up and down the Stillaguamish River
in the vicinity of Saturdays slide. Lidar is a laser mapping method that can strip away
vegetation and reveal the underlying landforms.

MH370: The math and physics behind current search and conclusions

MH370: Search resumes, but still looking for 'haystack'

530slide: Interactive: Before and after the mudslide

Before and After: This aerial photograph shows the devastation Monday afternoon near Oso, Snohomish County. In this view to the west, Highway 530 runs along the Stillaguamish River -- until the highway disappears into the debris field. The pile of mud and debris at centre, 20 feet deep or more in some areas, blankets Steelhead Drive and surrounding homes. On north side of the river, which is cutting a new channel, stands cliff left behind, 1500 feet wide and 600 feet tall. Click on this link to access the interactive features.

MH370: Probe has created its own rules as authorities scramble

MH370: Families welcome to visit Australia, says Aussie PM

MH370: Bad weather stops search, airline continues family assistance

530slide: 14 now confirmed dead, number of missing jumps to 176

G7: Sanctions on Russia energy, banking, finance and arms industries

The Netherlands: The Hague Declaration

We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission met in The Hague to reaffirm our support for Ukraines sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.

International law prohibits the acquisition of part or all of another states territory through coercion or force. To do so violates the principles upon which the international system is built. We condemn the illegal referendum held in Crimea in violation of Ukraines constitution. We also strongly condemn Russias illegal attempt to annex Crimea in contravention of international law and specific international obligations. We do not recognize either.

Today, we reaffirm that Russias actions will have significant consequences. This clear violation of international law is a serious challenge to the rule of law around the world and should be a concern for all nations. In response to Russias violation of Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to demonstrate our determination to respond to these illegal actions, individually and collectively we have imposed a variety of sanctions against Russia and those individuals and entities responsible. We remain ready to intensify actions including coordinated sectoral sanctions that will have an increasingly significant impact on the Russian economy, if Russia continues to escalate this situation.

We remind Russia of its international obligations, and its responsibilities including those for the world economy. Russia has a clear choice to make. Diplomatic avenues to de-escalate the situation remain open, and we encourage the Russian Government to take them. Russia must respect Ukraines territorial integrity and sovereignty, begin discussions with the Government of Ukraine, and avail itself of offers of international mediation and monitoring to address any legitimate concerns.

The Russian Federations support for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europes Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine is a step in the right direction. We look forward to the missions early deployment, in order to facilitate the dialogue on the ground, reduce tensions and promote normalization of the situation, and we call on all parties to ensure that Special Monitoring Mission members have safe and secure access throughout Ukraine to fulfill their mandate.

This Group came together because of shared beliefs and shared responsibilities. Russias actions in recent weeks are not consistent with them. Under these circumstances, we will not participate in the planned Sochi Summit. We will suspend our participation in the G-8 until Russia changes course and the environment comes back to where the G-8 is able to have a meaningful discussion and will meet again in G-7 format at the same time as planned, in June 2014, in Brussels, to discuss the broad agenda we have together. We have also advised our Foreign Ministers not to attend the April meeting in Moscow. In addition, we have decided that G-7 Energy Ministers will meet to discuss ways to strengthen our collective energy security.

At the same time, we stand firm in our support for the people of Ukraine who seek to restore unity, democracy, political stability, and economic prosperity to their country. We commend the Ukrainian governments ambitious reform agenda and will support its implementation as Ukraine seeks to start a new chapter in its history, grounded on a broad-based constitutional reform, free and fair presidential elections in May, promotion of human rights and respect of national minorities.

The International Monetary Fund has a central role leading the international effort to support Ukrainian reform, lessening Ukraine's economic vulnerabilities, and better integrating the country as a market economy in the multilateral system. We strongly support the IMF's work with the Ukrainian authorities and urge them to reach a rapid conclusion. IMF support will be critical in unlocking additional assistance from the World Bank, other international financial institutions, the EU, and bilateral sources. We remain united in our commitment to provide strong financial backing to Ukraine, to co-ordinate our technical assistance, and to provide assistance in other areas, including measures to enhance trade and strengthen energy security.

The Netherlands: G8 for Sochi cancelled; replaced by G7 in Brussels

#Sochi summit cancelled.New spot for G7 is #Brussels. #Russian FM #Lavrov says it isnt a problem-@DW_ukrainian |PR pic.twitter.com/kWnjwJlcoM
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) March 24, 2014

530slide: 8 dead, 108 missing after deadly Washington landslide
completely covers subdivision of 30 homes, river and highway

Eight people are confirmed dead and 108 people are missing after a massive mudslide near Oso, Washington collaped over the North Fork Stillaguamish River and 30 houses in a subdivision on the opposite bank. It is believed the river eroded the base of the bluff that collapsed after heavy rains saturated the area. A mile of Highway 530 south of the subdivision was also deeply covered.

Malaysia PM: Flight MH370 'crashed in south Indian Ocean'

Najib Razak: "It is with deep sadness and regret, that according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the
southern Indian Ocean." The revelation by Prime Minister Najib Razak came at a late-night news conference
in Kuala Lumpur. It was based on new analysis by British satellite firm Inmarsat, which provided satellite data,
and the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The firms "have concluded that MH370 flew along
the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth."

MH370: Search planes 'zigzagging' ocean [video]

MH370: Search intensifies on new debris sighting

MH370: Chinese IL-76 plane spots floating objects in Indian Ocean;
"2 larger floating objects & some smaller, white debris over several sq km"

MH370: Sunday a fruitless search day, Monday adds 2 more planes, rain

MH370: With French images showing potential debris in 'southern
corridor', list of satellite sightings in Indian Ocean search grows

MH370: French satellite radar images offer fresh lead

MH370: Use this DigitalGlobe link to help in the crowd search

MH370: Plane search widens on new images of debris from China

MH370: Missing plane WAS carrying highly flammable lithium batteries;
Malaysian Airlines admits to dangerous cargo 4 days after denial;
Lithium batteries have caused 140 mid-air incidents in last 20 yrs

MH370: RAAF: reasonable chance of success; longer range planes added

MH370: India says has scoured all radar data and found nothing

Ukraine: Canadian PM Stephen Harper visits Kiev in show of support;
commits to re-start free trade negotiations; sends warning to Putin [video]

Canadian PM Stephen Harper paid respets on behalf of Canada at Kiev's Independence Square and spoke
at press conference with Ukraine PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

MH370: Australian officials say new Chinese image within
the 36,000-sq-km (14,000-sq-mi) area they searched Saturday

MH370: Chinese satellite spots potential debris
75 miles from where previous debris seen

China said today it had this new satellite image of what could be wreckage from a missing Malaysian
airliner, as more planes and ships headed to join an international search operation scouring some of
the most remote seas on Earth. The new potential sighting was dramatically announced by Malaysias
acting transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, after he was handed a note with details during a
news conference in Kuala Lumpur, scooping the official announcement from China.

MH370: BBC LIVE updates - as search widens on new info [video]

MH370: Australia searchers empty-handed after Friday search,
but will be back over desolate stretch of ocean at sunrise

Moscow: Russian stocks plummet in early trade on U.S. sanctions

MH370: Friday search has 5 aircraft looking for satellite-detected objects

MH370: Owners of freighter on scene, the Hoegh St. Petersburg, commit
their ship to searching "until further notice" for debris and any survivors

The Hoegh St. Petersburg has remained alone at the search site for over 24 hours as
planes are forced to return to base to re-fuel and at night. Other ships are en route.

MH370: Did the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 suffer same
fate as Payne Stewart Learjet in 1999? (here's what happened then)

MH370: Insurers brace for payouts for plane and private flight insurance

MH370: Under 1999 Montreal Convention, Malaysia Airlines liable
for damages per passenger up to $175,000 without proof of fault

MH370: The prescient March 10th hypoxia theory on what happened:
a defect, a skin tear, loss of oxygen, loss of communications = zombie plane

MH370: The FAA airworthiness directive which might be the key to a
zombie Boeing 777 on auto-pilot running by itself until the fuel ran out

MH370: Why death from hypoxia is the most likely scenario

MH370: Search resumes off Australia as sun rises

MH370: Indian Ocean find raises likelihood pilots
incapacitated and plane was flying on autopilot

Sturla Henriksen, managing director of the Norwegian Shipowners Association, left, and Ingar Skiaker, CEO of Hoegh Autoliners brief the press in Oslo Thursday March 20, 2014 on the movements of the ship Hoegh St. Petersburg. The car-carrying ship is engaged in searching for possible debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane in the Indian Ocean, south-west of Australia. ~ Terje Bendiksby AP Photo/NTB scanpix

Next Putin domino? Trans-Dniester; big consumer of Soviet kool-aid

The separatist region of Trans-Dniester has already offered itself to Moscow - a request which Russia has promised to consider. More than 800 were killed in 1992 when Trans-Dniester, backed by Russia, fought to stop the tiny country of Moldova from becoming independent from a disintegrating Soviet Union.

MH370: Sea search halts overnight, weather "extremely bad" for searchers

Is the solution to part of the mystery at hand?

MH370: World's most difficult recovery; time and depth

MH370: The world holds its collective breath as Australian,
American and New Zealand planes and ships on the move

MH370: Flock of planes and fleet of ships on way to search

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority released these pictures of suspect object found in satellite photograph.

MH370: Australian Maritime Safety Authority press conference [video]

John Young gave complete details of the AMSA search and what they've seen and
would not speculate beyond observations.

MH370: U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon aircraft now in search area but weather bad; press conference described "multiple objects", one estimated at "24
metres" in length, and referred to a "debris field", new imagery to come
from multiple re-positioned satellites, more planes, ships on way

Satellite imagery shows a debris field 2500 km SW of Perth, Australia. The weather is bad and the
planes are hours away. Higher quality will be released as available. Map above shows today's
pre-planned search areas.

NATO Sec-Gen Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Leading by example: Women,
peace, security and NATO; speech today at Georgetown University

Crimea: Pro-Russian thugs seize Sevastopol Ukrainian naval base

Blocked again: Publicity seekers again block main Ontario rail line

The illegal blockade by Tyendinaga Mohawk activists on the CNR mainline just west of Greater Napanee at Wyman
Road went up Tuesday night at about 9:30 pm. Contrary to the expressed views of the protesters, Canada tracks missing people very carefully across the country. The national missing persons website is at: http://www.canadasmissing.ca/index-eng.htm National information has been available since 1988: http://www.canadasmissing.ca/pubs/fac-ren-2012-eng.htm

Garry Kasparov: Vladimir Putin and the lessons of 1938;
Hes not Hitler but weve got to stop him all the same

Jewgen Worobiow: Five lies that Putin peddled in his 'Crimea Speech'

NY Times: Russias aggression in Crimea brings NATO into renewed focus

Ukraine: NATO Secretary General condemns moves
to incorporate Crimea into Russian Federation

Crimea: A step closer to all-out-war: Ukrainian officer shot dead,
dozens rounded up by masked gunmen at under-siege Crimean army base;
interim PM says crisis with Russia has moved from political to military

Armed Russian forces arrest Ukrainian army officers during an operation in Simferopol, after the crisis
moves from political to military action between the two countries, after one Ukrainian serviceman
has been shot dead. Meanwhile, in the West, Putin apologists push Chamberlainian appeasement.

Ukraine: Britain suspends all arms exports to Russia
as fears grow of military escalation

WWIII? Putin speaks war words as he is urged to 'snatch back' Belarus
and Kazakhstan; gov't organizes Crimea celebrations across Russia;
Putin tells the Duma he will not tolerate NATO 'next to our home'

Seattle: Two dead after news helicopter crashes near Space Needle

In this photo provided by KOMO-TV, a car burns at the scene of a helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The station says the helicopter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles on Broad Street. ~ Kelly Koopmans AP Photo/KOMO-TV

Ukraine: Russia tossed out of G8 as Putin signs Crimea annex order

MH370: Did jetliner escape in the 'radar shadow'
of another 777? latest outside-the-box theory

Kyiv Post: Ukrainian government refuses to remove
troops from Crimea, prepares for war

Ukraine vs Russia - Budapest Memorandum of 1994 ties U.S. to protecting Ukraine. ~ AFP

Canada: New economic sanctions & travel bans on Russians & Ukrainians responsible for undermining sovereignty/territorial integrity of Ukraine

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Vadym Prystaiko, Ukrainian ambassador to Canada,
Monday March 17, 2014 in Ottawa. ~ Adrian Wyld THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ukraine: EU and U.S. impose sanctions over Crimea; assets frozen

MH370: Times of Israel: Ex-El Al expert says 'Iran likely involved';
another expert assures: "it will be found, probably in one piece..."

MH370: Australia leads southern search for missing plane

Evolution of the search for a plane thought lost, disabled, then finally presumed hijacked.

London: Crimea result makes "a mockery" of democracy says Hague

Obama to Putin: U.S. will "never" recognize sham vote in Crimea;
Russia will face 'additional costs' for violating Ukraine territorial integrity

Canadians protest Crimea referendum, express solidarity with Ukraine

"The so-called referendum held today was conducted with Crimea under illegal military occupation. Its results are a reflection of nothing more than Russian military control," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a statement.

"This 'referendum' is illegitimate, it has no legal effect, and we do not recognize its outcome," the Prime Minister said, adding Canada is working with other countries on the possibility of further sanctions.

"Any solution to this crisis must respect the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the constitution of Ukraine. Mr. Putin's reckless and unilateral actions will lead only to Russia's further economic and political isolation from the international community."

A protester in military garb takes part in mock referendum outside Russian Embassy in Ottawa, Sunday,
March 16, 2014. ~ Fred Chartrand THE CANADIAN PRESS

Unconstitutional ballot: Crimeans overwhelmingly vote for secession

Simferopol: Polls Close in Crimea's Referendum

MH370: Timing of final words from cockpit reveal intent to deceive

Kiev: Ukraine defiant despite Russian troop build-up in Crimea

Crimean adventurism: Reporting from the front lines during Putin's Folly

Quebec election 2014: Second debate: Front-runner Liberal Philippe Couillard attacked but refused to sling mud back

Quebec election 2014: Chantal Hébert: Quebecs Liberal leader cut from different cloth than Charest

Verdict in: Liberals' land use changes in 2005 have driven up housing costs in Ontario by 60% in 9 years

Toronto Mayor 2014: Forum Research poll shows Rob Ford approval rating went up to 46% after Wednesday's TV debate; 4 in 10 voters say Ford won

Toronto Sun editorial: Horwath must bring down Wynne

Ontario: Wynne Govt boosts price of natural gas by over 40% starting next week; province's use of gas-powered power plants to back up non-performing wind turbines and solar panels exacerbated shortage

Christina Blizzard: Wynne government trapped like rats in cage

Quebec election 2014: Don Macpherson: This most intense campaign in 40 years is also the dirtiest

Scott Stinson: Kathleen Wynne may have a scandal she can't outrun

Ottawa Citizen editorial: Ontarios trust gap

Quebec election 2014: PQ attempt smear against Couillard but facts don't fit the smear

GasGate: Criminal cover-up say police after called in by Hudak Tories to investigate; how many Liberals will be charged?

Ottawa: Tom Mulcair to face grilling over NDP's 'outreach' offices; illegally funded by House of Commons instead of NDP party funds; caught in trap when too many NDP MPs playing hooky from House

Quebec election 2014: Liberal leader Philippe Couillard lays all cards on table, divulges his and his wife's entire financial holdings; Premier Marois refuses to follow suit

GasGate cover-up: Police allege criminal breach of trust against McGuinty chief of staff over gas plants scandal; what was being deleted? Did Premier's office conspire to cover-up their role in blowing $1.1B or is the truth even darker?

Toronto: Huge mattress factory fire upgraded to 6 alarms; no injuries, in city's north end, near Dufferin & Eglinton

Punished for a good deed? Man gives cash to strangers, arrested, held for mental-health assessment

MP defends Lake Ontario's largest island: Scott Reid blasts massive wind project that will despoil Amherst Island, "home to a globally significant wildlife habitat and conservation area known as Owl Woods which serves as an important migratory location for wintering hawks and owls"; the species are particularly at risk from wind turbines

Ottawa: Ottawa tables legislation to clear grain transportation backlog; legislation could potentially allow more service by more rail companies

Toronto: Railways should serve all customers not just one industry; the grain, chemicals, mining and fertilizer industries have all experienced poor service that go beyond cold weather and are systemic and deliberate in nature

Toronto: RCMP arrests 6 people in 'massive investment fraud' $200 million targeting thousands of investors

Picton: Prince Edward County field naturalists granted construction stay at Ostrander Point; wind development co-owned by OPSEU won't be allowed to destroy the Blandings turtle habitat before the outcome of the current appeal

Toronto: Cold weather isn't going away, forecasters warn; Spring likely won't begin in earnest until mid-April

Windsor: ANOTHER Herb Gray Parkway construction fiasco?

Ottawa: Government, public sector unions reach deal over health benefits; deal stickhandled by Clement will save Govt $6.7B over 6 years

Lysiane Gagnon: In Quebec, bottom line is that people dont want a referendum because they dont want sovereignty period

Stay off the roads! Spring blizzard paralyzes Nova Scotia; 12 cm of snow an hour could fall at height of storm

Journal of Climate: New paper finds "surprisingly, there are many U.S. weather stations that show cooling" over the past century

Pearl Harbor: Heat damage from fire aboard HMCS Protecteur may have warped hull

No implied exclusion: The Supreme Court Nadon gaffe; can we trust them with other decisions?

Andrew Coyne: Flaky Supreme Court ruling meets dubious appointment

Denial: Supporters of CO2-driven theory of anthropogenic global warming (CAGW) in full panic mode

Christina Blizzard: Hydro 'debt retirement charge' has to go

Ukraine: Harper rejects Russian lawmaker's charge that Canada should back off; says Ukrainian-Canadians give him mandate to speak up; attacks Russia's ethnic sanctions

The Hague: Canada pledges $28M at summit to combat nuclear terrorism; will also open doors to nuclear safety inspections by international experts

Ottawa: Harper says he'll respect Supreme Court's Nadon ruling; Government still reviewing decision, undecided on possible candidate

Safety move: CN to phase out own fleet of older rail tankers; CN's owned and leased tankers just small fraction of what is on the rails

Hero: Ottawa father drowns while saving young son at Cuban beach resort

Flight 6560: First Air captain ignored co-pilot's warnings before Nunavut crash in 2011

The Sunday Post: Damning evidence of wind farms polluting the Scottish countryside revealed

Not green: Solar modules result in more greenhouse gas emissions than modern coal power plants

Ooops! Much-touted 2006 Polar Bear survey used by ESA to list them as threatened now invalidated; didn't take into account that bears wander

Quebec election 2014: Leger numbers say a Liberal majority if vote held today; PQ swoon continues as Liberals keep rising [translation]

Ebola: Man in Canada may have killer virus; traveller returned from Liberia in quarantine in Saskatchewan

Grant Huscroft: The Supreme Courts faulty logic on Nadon; a professor of constitutional law takes the Supremes to the woodshed

Clive Hambler: Wind farms vs wildlife; the shocking environmental cost of renewable energy; wind farms are devastating populations of rare birds and bats across the world, driving some to the point of extinction

Paul Wells: Maclean's columnist describes Parti Québécois as a "bunch of idiots" [translation]

Quebec election 2014: Leger poll: Liberals 40%; PQ 33%; CAQ 15%; QS 9%

Ottawa: Canadian Govt said no to BlackBerry sale to Lenovo

Pierre Poilievre, Minister of State for Democratic Reform: Why the Fair Elections Act is, in fact, fair

Kiev: Harper calls for 'complete reversal' of Crimea annexation

Toronto: Grey County pair faces weapons charges after guns, grenades seized at border; linked to shootings

Ottawa: Russian sanctions against Canadians a 'badge of honour'; "Instead of responding to calls from the international community to withdraw its troops, Russia has continued its provocative actions and this is completely unacceptable. Canadian officials named today by Russia aren't oligarchs, they are not people threatening to annex parts of peaceful neighbours by military force and we find this announcement deeply concerning:" FM John Baird

Matthew Fisher: Harper doing rhetorical heavy lifting as 'free world' struggles to restrain Russian Bear

Toronto: Ontario follows Germany in renewable failure

Wellington: OMB grants 12-year-old appeal, but that ship has sailed

Ottawa: CSIS tracking 80 Canadians who came home after going abroad for terrorist purposes

Ottawa: Conservatives wont rule out another attempt to reappoint Nadon; specious technicality blocked eminent jurist

Trudeau the arsonist: Meech Lake drama unveiled in release of 1990 cabinet minutes

Persecution? Has the media gone too far in its coverage of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford? [video]

Election sign? Wynne loses Municipal Affairs Minister to Brampton mayoral race

Edmonton: Dave Hancock to be sworn in as interim Alberta Premier

Quebec election 2014: Parti Quebecois scrambles as numbers drop, raises alarm over Ontario student voters

Quebec election 2014: Threehundredeight.com crunches all polls, projects Liberal majority

Gravenhurst: Father and son stop violent home invasion with shovels and kitchen knives [video]

Ontario: MPP says College of Trades violates province-to-province skilled-trades agreement

Ontario: College of Trades putting jobs at risk

Joseph Quesnel: Restrictive ratios hamper job growth; Manitoba is missing out on major policy changes to improve access to the trades, particularly for young Aboriginal people

London: Meteorite from Ontario fireball described as 'Rosetta stone'; public urged to look out for space rock 5 km north or northwest of St. Thomas, Ontario

Cairo: Canadian-Egyptian Al-Jazeera journalist jailed in Egypt loses full use of arm; attributed to lack of medical care

Quebec election 2014: PQ candidate Péladeau mocks economists; economist and PQ Minister of Finance and Economy, Nicolas Marceau, cringes [translated]

New York: Humans can detect one trillion smells says study, millions more than previously estimated

Montreal: Quebec tries to clarify rules after English-speaking students turned away; residency, age and ID not good enough?

Quebec election 2014: Price tag for Quebec sovereignty too high: Liberal leader Couillard

Kiev: Canada's Harper says he'll push for Russia's expulsion from the G8

Toronto: Ontario Liberals say they're ready for an election despite ongoing criminal investigations, billions of dollars in blown taxpayer money and a Finance Minister whose efforts make California look like a fiscal paradise; call could be only days or weeks away

Leonid Sirota: The Supreme Court of Canada's embarassingly big fail; a review by a legal mind, from a legal perspective, not partisan

Ted Morton: Three strikes, and Redford is out

Toronto: More Pan Am execs dismissed amid shake-up of 2015 organizers as mess continues

Alberta Oil Sands: Washington Post falls for left-wing fraud, embarrasses itself

Vancouver: NDP MLA caught scamming funds from anti-poverty group denies she knew what her then-husband was doing, documents suggest otherwise

Montreal: Marois claims she's clear on referendum -- translation: it will only be called when PQ is sure they can win

Kabul: An optometrist is identified as one of two Canadians killed in Afghanistan hotel attack

Ottawa: Harper government 'genuinely surprised' by narrow-focus Nadon decision

Kabul: Afghanistan hotel attack kills 9, including 2 Canadian women who were development workers

Ottawa: Narrow, technical decision denies Nadon seat on Supreme Court; can qualify by spending one more day as member of Quebec bar

Ottawa: Stephen Harper makes historic stop in Ukraine on trip to Europe for nuclear summit and emergency G7 meeting

Toronto: Justin Trudeau under fire from Trinity-Spadina Liberals; the party "made unproven and malicious allegations against the candidate and her family" in an effort to "cover up its desire to control the nomination process"

Montreal: Bombardier sales of $3.4B worth of planes to Russia, to be built there, put on backburner as sanctions bite

Ottawa: Months after historic breakthrough, female premiers fall

Kingston Whig-Standard editorial: Ontario finances worse than California

Quebec election 2014: 'They all attacked me,' PQ Leader Marois says of debate; stuck in the referendum tarpit, she could only struggle

Quebec election 2014: Marois expected to back off referendum talk in televised debate

Edmonton: Who will seek Alberta Premiership? Some surprising names being advanced

Edmonton: Redford's replacement Dave Hancock promises 'government Albertans want'

Toronto: Mayoral candidate Stintz changes tune on Billy Bishop airport extension for Porter's quiet Bombardier jets; now in favour of obvious improvement along with Ford; Chow wanted it shut down in 2003, against expansion now

Winnipeg: Manitoba considers Russian booze ban

Quebec election 2014: Forum Research poll: Liberals pull into huge lead in Quebec; headed for majority; Liberals 45%; PQ 32%; CAQ 13%; QS 7%; Liberal support is especially strong among the oldest (58%), Anglophones (91%), Allophones (77%), among those who don't want an independent Quebec (67%)

Edmonton: Dave Hancock to be interim Alberta Premier as Redford's staff shown the door

Edmonton: The highs and lows of Alison Redfords political career

updated - Edmonton: Alberta Premier Alison Redford has resigned at a hastily called press conference at the Alberta Legislature; "too much time has been spent on questions of loyalty and allegiance", "I am resigning as Premier" effective Sunday [video]

Minnesota: Court reverses ex-nurse's convictions for his online coaxing of a depressed Canadian woman and British man to kill themselves, which they did

Calgary: Federal Government committed to new grain-hauling legislation; CN Rail warns against more regulations

Quebec election 2014:
CTV News/Ipsos Reid poll: Liberals 37%; PQ 32%; CAQ 16%; QS 10%

Ottawa: New Canada Finance Minister Oliver wants budget surplus in 2015

Halifax: New fireball in sky seen over Nova Scotia this morning

Ottawa: Toronto's Oliver moves to Finance; Kenora's Rickford to Natural Resources; London's Holder to Science and Technology

CBC: Joe Oliver replaces Jim Flaherty as Canada Finance Minister; former investment banker and executive director of Ontario Securities Commission; MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business, BA and civil law degrees from McGill University

John Ivison: Jim Flaherty leaves his successor a budget that's the envy of the G7

Ottawa: Having missed scoop that Flaherty was leaving, 'insiders' betting on his replacement

Quebec election 2014: Quebec Mohawks likely to declare own independence if PQ wins sovereignty referendum: Grand Chief

Ottawa: Read Jim Flaherty's statement on resigning as Canada's Finance Minister; one of longest serving in Canadian history

Ottawa: Jim Flaherty, federal finance minister, quits politics; resigns from Conservative cabinet after 8 years running Canada's finances

Quebec election 2014: CROP poll shows continuing trend of growth for Liberals and sag for PQ

Toronto: Ontario carrying a much worse debt burden than state of California

Chantal Hébert: Quebec election campaign unfolding in Stephen Harpers favour

Quebec election 2014:
CROP poll: Liberals 39%; PQ 36%; CAQ 13%; QS 10%

Andrew Coyne: The Wests foreign policy realists are actually apologists for Russia

Ontario: Natural gas price hike will also hit electricity bills since Liberals use gas-powered generation to back-up unreliable solar and wind power: Chiarelli

Toronto: Cabinet documents prove Liberals 'lying' about Ontario's financial health: Hudak

Robert Lyman: Can Ontario's Green Power program save the planet? No... even if it worked, it doesn't work

As seen on TV: Pitchman Kevin Trudeau gets 10-year sentence

David Akin: From Fort Mac to Fort York: The ripples of Chows resignation on federal politics

Toronto: Trudeau ban of former candidate has collateral damage as another Liberal nomination candidate, Paikin, drops out in disgust at strong-arm tactics renewing "party-wide toxicity"

Threat from Putin appointee: Russia could turn U.S. into radioactive dust, influential Moscow news anchor tells viewers

Montreal: Bombardier wins contract to build 240 freight locomotives for South Africa

updated- Port Aux Basques: At least 40 dolphins die after trapped in heavy ice off southwestern Newfoundland says group

Vancouver: $50,000 payments to children of serial killer Robert Pickton's victims to settle their legal action over a botched criminal investigation

Asleep at the switch: Ontario Govt wakes up, smells coffee, after chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice unilaterally decided last month to use her judicial powers to increase fine for using hand-held devices in cars

Winnipeg: Girl, 7, mauled to death by dogs; RCMP, animal services investigating after attack by 2 Alaskan malamute dogs

Helena: Canada-Mexico flight makes emergency landing in Montana

Quebec election 2014: Jewish group refuses PQ candidate's tepid apology; requests Marois to disavow candidate's anti-semitic statements and conspiracy theory pronouncements

Ottawa: Ukrainian-Canadian soldiers family stunned by charge in Russian diplomat stabbing; Russian quickly left Canada; disagreement may have been over Putin's Ukraine moves

Canada: Iconic Arctic caribou herd is booming; Porcupine herd has grown to an estimated 197,000 animals the highest since biologists in Alaska, Yukon and the Northwest Territories began counting in 1972; grown by 30,000 since the last caribou census in 2010; 2 million caribou countrywide

Toronto mayor race: Career politician Olivia Chow admits she smoked pot 'a little bit' as a school-board trustee

Seoul: North Korea fires 18 short-range missiles into sea

Alberta: Father, son killed in avalanche on shores of Lake Louise

Niagara River: Ducks hard hit by severe winter, ice starvation

Maine: Superior Court rules state agency didn't enforce wind turbine noise standards; Fox Island Wind Neighbors win case which may provide precedent in other cases

Ready to protest: Toronto's Ukrainian community says Crimea referendum being rammed down peoples throats

Green results: Studies show increased CO2 in atmosphere is greening the planet, reducing deserts, speeding crop growth

David Brenner: Popular comedian and documentary filmmaker dead at 78

Quebec election 2014: Offensive PQ candidate says she's sorry if she offended with her slurs against Christians and Jews but doesn't retract her attacks

Toronto: Early reviews of massive $5.3B rail construction along Eglinton not encouraging

Robert Fulford: Pauline Marois is playing a dangerous game of make-believe

Rex Murphy: Canadas separatism fatigue

George Jonas: Pauline Marois bets the farm

Toronto: Ombudsman questions speaking fees for CBC employees

Washington: U.S. wouldn't have recognized Quebec independence in wake of Yes vote in 1995

Washington: U.S. sues 16 big banks, including Royal Bank of Canada, that set key global interest rate

Quebec election 2014: Marois defends PQ candidate accused of spouting anti-Semitic myths

Toronto: Ontario Tories warn of Pan Am Games traffic chaos

updated - Canada: Russian diplomat stabbed in Ottawa, naked military man found in bed; Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says there's no indication stabbing was politically motivated

Leslie McKinnon: 'No evidence' of voter fraud doesn't mean it doesn't happen; voter fraud is almost impossible to prove without an eyewitness account; only way to be certain is to have tight rules and make sure they're followed

Who's the bully? Liberal candidate denies running bullying campaign after Trudeau blocks her candidacy; real reason is Trudeau coddling of rookie Freeland

Quebec election 2014: PQ start to play down sovereignty talk as polls suggest it gives Liberals boost

Scott Stinson: Kathleen Wynne's funding announcement leaves the transit plan she's advocated in a smouldering ruin; Finance Minister Sousa as invisible as usual as Premier flees tax increases both had hugged

Christie Blatchford: What if Toronto progressive darling Olivia Chow ran for mayor, but had nothing to say?

Wanted: Global Warming: Enbridge applies for 40-50% natural gas rate hike in Ontario due to cold winter

Playing with fire: Housing market economist linked to real estate monsters criticizes federal government for trying to steer Canadian economy away from a U.S.-style housing crash; unsurprisingly promotes runaway housing prices

Killers: Wind farm co-owned by OPSEU pension plan, vows to start destroying turtle habitat within days, despite legal appeal; NDP caucus is a party to OPSEU pension, will they use influence to stop the killing of endangered Blanding's turtles after tough winter?

Trudeau spin: Blocked ex-MP's wife from returning as a Liberal candidate because she's a bully; won't allow local Liberal Party members to make a choice

Trudeau the Liberal dictator: Former Liberal candidate Christine Innes blasts Justin Trudeau and "unelected backroom advisors" for blocking her from seeking any Liberal nomination; oldtime Liberal infighting still alive and well with strings being pulled by Trudeau's inner circle

Ottawa: Canada will offer $220M to prop up Ukraine's finances though IMF: Baird

Bill Brioux: Ron MacLean could be big winner in 'HNiC' shake-up

Quebec election 2014: Anti-Islam Facebook post forces PQ candidate to drop out

Montreal: Ex-cop Benoît Roberge pleads guilty to leaking info to Hells Angels

Phi Phi Island: Deaths of Quebec women in Thailand in 2012 appear to have been caused by bedbug pesticide not approved for hotel use

Lévis: Pierre Karl Péladeau won't address possible referendum

Coast Guard: Warning of bad ice year for Atlantic Canada ships; 10% more ice this year compared to the 30-year average

Vancouver: NAFTA could be re-opened, Harper hints during trade talk

Quebec election 2014: PQ has 'Alice in Wonderland' vision, Couillard says

This job not for faint of heart: Two icebreakers (one Canadian and one American) keep power tunnel intakes free of ice; only a few hundred yards from crest of Niagara Falls [video]

Jules Verne was right: Water hidden deep in the Earth

Nature journal: Hydrous mantle transition zone indicated by ringwoodite included within diamond

University of Alberta geochemists: Deep Earth filled with oceans' worth of water; revelations published today in journal Nature

Kabul: Canadian military involvement in Afghanistan formally ends

EON: Premier must act now to reverse Kemptville, Alfred closures; Premier Wynne a part-time, incompetent Ag Minister says MPP

Ottawa: Closing of Kemptville College after 97 years; devastating to Eastern Ontario where it taught generations of farmers

Kemptville: University of Guelph closing agricultural schools in Eastern Ontario; blame declining enrolments

Sochi: Canada's Brian McKeever falls, gets up, wins Paralympic gold in cross-country one-kilometre visually impaired race

Toronto: NDP MP Olivia Chow resigns; to kick off mayor campaign Thursday; served as a Toronto Councillor for 14 years, federal MP since 2006

Seoul: Free-trade deal with South Korea may give Harper political boost [video]

Liberal letdown: Ontario's creeping two-tier healthcare is having a huge cost; Ontario Health Coalition says taking such things as diagnostic services, physiotherapy and operations such as cataract surgeries out of hospitals is contrary to Canada Health Act

Missing OHL junior player: Saginaw Spirit forward Terry Trafford found dead

Toronto: Mayoral candidates question MP Olivia Chow's federally taxpayer-funded mailouts ahead of her expected entry into local race

Quebec election 2014: Security at airport levels for PQ events after assassination attempt at 2012 victory party; knives were confiscated at recent meeting but weren't considered a menace and were returned after event

Windsor: Local small business owners being crippled by surging power costs

Quebec election 2014: Quebec's net debt much higher than most think, think-tank says; Quebec's $175.5B debt could actually be about double that amount

Canada-Korea trade a big deal: For Canadian farmers, South Korea deal a chance to catch up

Ottawa: Some mayors concerned over separatist ownership of English community newspapers

Ford hypocrisy: Harper hits back at Ford Canada's position on free-trade deal; "Ford supported the Korea-U.S free trade agreement, thereby Ford got access to the United States and has access through the United States to the Korean market. What we are doing here is allowing other Canadian companies and other Canadian sectors to have the same access that Ford already has. So it is, I dont think, realistic for a company to think it will have one set of rules for it and another set of rules for the entire rest of the Canadian economy."

Toronto Sun editorial: More trade deals good for Canada

Quebec election 2014: Pauline Marois says independent Quebec would have no borders or tolls; Canadians 'could continue to come visit us,' Parti Québécois leader says

Quebec election 2014: For the PQ, the two-edged sword that is Pierre Karl Péladeau; media mogul not someone used to taking orders, or following someone else's playbook

Nirmala Menon: Canadas free-trade agreement with South Korea a boon for agriculture sector and a win for Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his push to diversify trade into fast-growing markets

Sen. Hugh Segal: We must deploy NATO forces in Eastern Europe

Barrie McKenna: Pact with Seoul helps level the playing field

Crux of the matter: Albertas Education Minister Johnson defends the indefensible re math curriculum

Andrew Coyne: Rogue Quebec billionaire not so much going into politics as launching a takeover bid; this is oligarch politics of a kind more usually identified with Russia or Italy, a concentration of power that is not just unwise, but dangerous

Ottawa: Ex-Harper aide Bruce Carson allegedly illegally lobbied for energy group also tied to Trudeau advisor: RCMP

NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets-Dallas Stars game suspended in first period after 31 yr old Rich Peverley has heart attack on Dallas bench

Quebec election 2014: Pierre Karl Peladeau's jump to PQ spurs calls for Videotron boycott

Manitoba: Canadian province stands in solidarity with Ukraine: "Ukrainian immigrants have shaped our culture and economy, and will forever be a part of the Manitoban identity"

Australia: Hand-knit penguin sweaters overwhelm wildlife charity

Quebec election 2014: Media mogul and PQ candidate Pierre Karl Péladeau says he won't sell Quebecor holdings if he wins

Bloomberg: Harper in South Korea hoping to clinch trade deal [video]

London: Blood test that can detect dementia with 90% accuracy could lead to Alzheimers cure

Toronto: Rogers unveils broadcasting dream team [video]

Hockey nights in Canada: Rogers re-jig of Canadian hockey experience moves veteran Ron MacLean to host new Sunday night community broadcasts while George Stroumboulopoulos will anchor Saturday and other nights of Hockey Night in Canada; Don Cherry will continue with Coach's Corner with MacLean

Birmingham: The brain is wired by stereotypes, not sex

Crux of the Matter: How would a public inquiry stop violence against Aboriginal women?

Ottawa: Revoke the Canadian broadcast licenses of Russian state television channels in Canada a petition by Canadians For Russian Democracy

Quebec election 2014: Quebecors Vice Chairman Pierre Karl Peladeau resigns to run for PQ; declares he is a separatist; Quebec Federation of Labour attacks his candidacy immediately, posing problem for PQ from traditional ally

Ottawa: Canada-Korea free trade agreement negotiations

Ottawa: Canada's Free Trade Agreements

Syria: Canadian news photographer Ali Moustafa killed in Aleppo [video]

Ottawa: PM Stephen Harper heading to South Korea with Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and James Moore, Minister of Industry; "working to increase trade, investment and cooperation"

Korea Times: Canadian PM to visit for summit Tuesday

Arlington: Washington landslide death toll doubles to 8

Paris: France offers 4 warplanes for Baltic air patrols

Kiev: Ukraines top diplomat says risk of war with Russia grows as thousands of Russian troops gather on his countrys border

Moscow: Russia staring at recession on sanctions

Washington: Russian charged by U.S. over hidden Swiss accounts

Sochi: Avalanche at Rosa Khutor in post-Olympics Russian ski resort kills two

Istanbul: Turkish jet downs Syrian warplane near border

Putin 'calculating how much he can get away with': Russia says 'no expansionist views' despite warning Ukraine territory grab not the last; NATO commander speculates about threat to Transdniestria region

Tinderbox: German Foreign Minister worries Russia may open 'Pandora's Box'

Washington mudslide: 'Too dangerous' for rescuers on foot; 18 people unaccounted for in quicksand-like mudflow; 28 to 30 homes impacted by Saturday's slide

Rolling disaster: Obamacare turns 4, just 1.4% of uninsured Americans covered

March madness: Perfect (so far) NCAA bracket holder didnt enter Warren Buffetts $1B challenge

Another one bites the dust? Bitcoin exchange Vircurex freezes customer accounts as it battles insolvency

Europe: Very sizable Russian force on Ukrainian border, NATO chief warns

John R. Schindler: Nobody knows anything; why American wonks appear clueless when confronted by Putin and his merry band of Chekists in the Kremlin

MH370: Current search involves 8 planes, with Chinese warships en route

MH370: Search is now in the middle of nowhere where few ever go or have gone

MH370: Probe into mystery call to captain of doomed jet; unknown woman used a fake ID when buying phone to bypass security checks

Washington: U.S. regulators failed to spot deadly GM defects that others saw

New York: Why Africa is the next frontier for fund investors

David Böcking: Crimea sanctions: Europe should impose stiffer penalties

Uwe Klussmann and Matthias Schepp: Ticking timebomb: Moscow moves to de-stabilize Eastern Ukraine

Today's chuckle: Russia demands $11B from Ukraine it says it paid Ukraine for Crimea military bases by selling it gas at reduced price; these are same bases Russia used to intimidate Crimeans during referendum and whose Russian military illegally voted in sham referendum

Washington: Three die in massive mudslide 55 miles north of Seattle

Kabul: Video shows gunmen who killed 9 people at Afghan hotel were searched twice before entering

Crimea: Shots fired as Russian troops force their way into Ukrainian base

Chile: Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits in north, no damage reported

China: U.S. media ban doesn't stop Daily Mail from reporting trouble with vacation visit by Michelle Obama, her mother and entourage of 70 to China paid for by taxpayers

Italy: Venice votes 89% for return to independence in unofficial referendum

Highly contagious: Ebola epidemic confirmed in Guinea, death toll quickly rising; virus kills 90% of those infected

Ukraine: Illegitimate PM of Crimea Sergey Aksenov has been a Russian citizen for 11 years [translated]

Ukraines foreign minister: World must reject Russias anschluss in Crimea

George Jonas: Putin and the perils of prudence

London: Oil prices climb on tensions over Ukraine

MH370: Malaysia Grand Prix pushes grieving families of jet passengers from hotel

Vienna: Russia finally agrees to international monitors in Ukraine

Point Pleasant Beach: 4th body found in New Jersey shore motel fire; victims had been displaced by superstorm Sandy

Tallinn: Moscow rattles Estonia with talk of 'concern' for its Russian population

Putin's Folly: With Russian stock market already down by $70B in March, stocks dropped again with new U.S. sanctions that hit more targets each week; if imposed at Iran levels they could cause Russian economy to implode, say observers

Washington: OAS bars press for session on Venezuela; media transparency called "circus" by Brazil; Mexico, Panama, U.S. and Canada among those who wanted session open to press

London: EU member states decide to further reduce dependence on import of Russian oil and gas from current 25% supply [translated]

Brussels: Crimea goes east to Russia, rest of Ukraine moves west toward EU as political landscape changes

Moscow: Visa, Mastercard freeze customer cards at Russian bank

Ukraine: Sans Putin, G7 to meet next week in Holland

American Thinker: Too busy to be President; Obama's reign of error

MH370: LIVE updates: China sending 3 ships; 7-hour roundtrip from Australia for search planes, have enough fuel to search for only two hours before returning; the Australian intelligence agency, Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation, were the ones who found the debris on the images from DigitalGlobe

MH370: Search 'far, far harder' than 2009 Air France AF447 investigation

Kiev: Ukraine slams Russia 'confiscation' of chocolate factories

Washington: U.S. notes "With its currency near an all-time low, its stock market down 20% this year and a marked rise in interest rates, Russia has already started to bear the economic costs of its unlawful effort to undermine Ukraines security, stability, and sovereignty"

Moscow: Tightening the screws; a look at the Russians hit by U.S. sanctions so far

Moscow: Russia imposes own sanctions on U.S. politicians; "I guess this means my spring break in Siberia is off, my Gazprom stock is lost, and my secret bank account in Moscow is frozen," said Sen. John McCain

Moscow: Who's next? Another Putin oligarch dumps his shares ahead of sanctions

Canada: Ottawa weighing stricter sanctions against Russia

Washington: Obama hits closest Putin allies with more sanctions over Crimea

Houston: More than 100 people found in suspected illegal immigrant stash house [video]

Washington: All big U.S. banks but one pass Fed's health test

MH370: British satellite company says it predicted missing plane's relative location 10 days ago

NY Times magazine: Carlotta Gall: What Pakistan knew about Bin Laden [the best account ever published]

MH370: Debris find 'credible' says Malaysia as passenger and crew families wait for any hopeful word [video]

MH370: U.S. satellite the unspoken source that sparked current seas search

NY Post: Amir Taheri: If Russia goes rogue

NY Times: Alexey Navalny: How to punish Putin

Detroit: $1.2B Toyota penalty sends warning to auto industry; Attorney General Eric Holder said Toyota engaged in a cover-up to keep selling cars, even though it knew it had problems; "By the companys own admission, it protected its brand ahead of its own customers"

MH370: Australian Maritime Safety Authority press conference refers to debris field 2500 km SouthWest of Perth, Australia

MH370: Australian PM Abbott told Parliament new and credible information had come to light; Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified.

MH370: Possible breakthrough says Australia PM: checking on 2 objects in search for plane

MH370: Did crowd-searching find the plane?

MH370: ACARS cannot be totally disabled from plane as it goes into standby mode much like a telephone on flight mode

MH370: Pilots and passengers innocent until we find otherwise, says Malaysia

Fred Kaplan: How to stop Putin in his tracks; he knows hes weakthe West must show we know it, too

Ukraine: Russian forces seize two Ukrainian bases in Crimea

MH370: Missing plane lacked $10 upgrade that could have provided crucial satellite data for search

New York: Osama bin Ladens son-in-law, a former Al-Qaida spokesman, recalls spending 9/11 with Bin Laden

MH370: A visual guide to how planes take off, navigate, approach, and land (i.e. airliners for dummies)

MH370: Personal accounts of Maldivians who said they saw low-flying airliner in early morning are being challenged; Malaysia says confident it's "not true"

MH370: No one made phone calls from missing jet, and this could be the reason

Kiev: EU Ambassador Jan Tombinski decries human rights situation in Crimea, demands kidnapped Ukrainians be released

Moscow: Chechen warlord who threatened Sochi Olympics is reported to have been killed

MH370: Were files deleted from pilot's home flight simulator just normal maintenance, or a smoking gun? Investigators checking

Kimberly Marten: Vladimir Putin: Ethnic Russian nationalist

Ann Arbor: Graphene contact lenses could give you infrared vision

Kiev: Ukraine 'preparing withdrawal of troops from Crimea'

Jonathan Marcus: Russia's Crimea move poses West huge questions

Moscow: For Vladimir Putin, this is a decade-long mission to right Cold War 'wrongs'

MH370: 10 theories examined in detail by BBC

MH370: Countries 'scouring' radar data to see if they missed something

MH370: Pilot had five Indian Ocean runways programmed into his home flight simulator, including Maldives and Diego Garcia

Ukraine: Putin's shredding of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, signed by Russia, which guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrity

Ukraine: Russian threat re-energizes Sweden's push to join NATO, boost military spending

MH370: U.S. Air Force General believes plane landed in Pakistan; hints he has sources he can't reveal; he says he has no idea about the fate of the passengers: "I dont know anything about their status"

Jerusalem: Israel bombs Syrian posts over Golan attack on its troops

Max Hastings: Putins act of armed aggression, with threats of more to come, relies on exactly the same arguments that Hitler deployed to justify his 1938-39 lunges into Czechoslovakia and Poland

MH370: Why the startlingly simple theory about the missing airliner sweeping the internetthe Goodfellow thesisis wrong

MH370: U.S. says missing plane did not land at Diego Garcia military airbase, answering questions raised in China media

MH370: Maldives island residents say they saw low flying jumbo jet on March 8th when Malaysian Airlines plane disappeared; Maldives located halfway between Malaysia and Somalia, just north of military airbase at Diego Garcia

MH370: U.S. investigators say missing plane made its first turn via computer [video]

MH370: Fed up with China vitriol over missing plane, Malaysians retaliate online

MH370: China now has 20 satellites looking for missing plane

Washington: State Department shuts down Syrian Embassy and consulates in U.S., orders all diplomats out of country

updated - MH370: The Goodfellow thesis: From a pilot's POV this was all about a fire onboard and an attempt to get to nearest airfield; is this simple and popular explanation the right one? What facts does it miss?

MH370: Did 777 land on airfield controlled by Taliban and send final satellite signal from ground; is ransom in the wind?

MH370: What if the missing Malaysia plane is never found?

MH370: Thailand gives radar data 10 days after plane lost; says it wasn't asked

London: UK sending Typhoon fighters to the Baltic States

Beijing: Economist warns that China's 'Bear Stearns moment' may strike any time

Kiev: Freedom in Russian exists only in Ukraine; millions of Russian-speakers read a free press and learn from an uncensored internet

Venezuela: Economic mess deep enough to also hurt the Caribbean nations who depend on it for under-priced energy

Ukraine: Meet the 'dirty eleven' Russians and Ukrainians sanctioned by the U.S.

MH370: A Boeing 777 can land and take-off from a much shorter-than recommended runway says pilot; not much market for stolen parts; scrap value?

MH370: NY Times: Malaysia backtracks on when airliner's communications were disabled

Ukraine: Former top Putin advisor sounds the alarm: Putin has already declared war on Kiev

MH370: As focus turns to hijacking, passengers under renewed scrutiny; father of aircraft engineer defends his 29-yr-old son, invites search of his home

Kiev: After Crimea, east and south Ukraine ask if they are next for Russia

MH370: Kazakhstan says detected no unidentified planes when Malaysian jetliner vanished

Ukraine: Did Putin 'cook' the Crimea referendum vote? The voter turn-out in Sevastopol was 123% [translated]

MH370: Politics and actions of pilot not seen as extreme; 'liked' politicians on Facebook, offered YouTube home repair tips

MH370: U.S. said leaning towards pilot suicide plot for insurance purposes

MH370: Planning could hold key to plane's disappearance; other pilots comment

Ukraine: Fear of sanctions has oligarchs squirming and in denial; Akhmetov says he last talked to Yanukovych on Feb. 22, when he urged him to resign

John McCain: Obama response to Ukraine almost as weak as doing nothing

Brussels: Ukraine to sign political aspects of EU pact on Friday

Detroit: GM announces three additional recalls affecting 1.5 million vehicles

MH370: Malay Mail: "The family of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, pilot of the vanished MH370, had moved out of their residence in Laman Seri even before the flight's disappearance last Saturday" -- this is being denied by people mistakenly relying upon a machine translation from another source

Mumbai: Toyota shuts 2 India plants in lockout of union workers making threats

MH370: Boeing 777 hijackers plunged to 5,000ft and used low altitude 'terrain masking' maneuver used by fighter jets to avoid radar detection; makes sense of observations reported by fishermen, others

Tripoli: U.S. forces seize tanker carrying oil from Libya rebel port

Los Angeles: M4.4 earthquake strongly felt across city

Sydney: MH370 questions answered

MH370: Another theory: plane was hijacked through a smartphone...

Sergei Guriev: Putins Imperial road to economic ruin

Tokyo: Japan does not recognize Crimea vote

NY Times: Obamas 'light footprint' policy fails the test as crises pile up

MH370: Why did the missing pilot's wife and three children move out of the family's home the day before the plane's disappearance?

MH370: 9/11-style terror allegations resurface in case of lost plane; Al-Qaeda informer told a court last week the Malaysian plane plot was being masterminded by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the principal architect of 9/11; was the Boeing 777 to be used to target towers in the Middle East?

Venezuela: More clashes in Caracas after anti-Cuba protest

updated - Earthquake: Big M6.7 undersea mid-depth quake hits off Chile coast

Gorbachev from February, on Ukraine crisis: "Ultimately this is the result of the failure of the government to act democratically" and to engage in dialogue and fight corruption. He added the root cause of unrest in Ukraine was an "interruption of perestroika," referring to his reform policies, and "an interruption of the democratic process" there by ex-President Yanukovych and others.

Accuweather: Today's storm has nasty ice and snow across Ohio Valley, and into the South

Sochi: Putin's Winter Games end under a Crimean cloud as Paralympics flame goes out amid crisis

Panama City: Deal signed to end row over Panama Canal expansion

MH370: Malaysia requests countries' help; some 25 countries now involved in the vast search operation

Simferopol: Crimean secession likely to spark economic disorder

Kyiv Post: Ukraine moves to restrict entry on eastern border with Russia, will prosecute separatists

MH370: A case for the missing plane to have made it to Central Asia

Brussels: NATO websites hit by cyber attacks

Simferopol: Amid vote preparations in Ukraines Crimea, allegations of poll rigging, intimidation

MH370: Singapore ready to provide any required further support to assist Malaysia

Moscow Times: For some foreign investors, Crimea is worst crisis since fall of Berlin Wall

Moscow: Foes of America in Russia crave rupture in ties

Simferopol: Tatar leader mistrusts Russia, fears new troubles in Crimea

USS Truxton: U.S. destroyer to conduct more drills in Black Sea amid Crimea crisis

Simferopol: Religious banners, Russian propaganda and ragtag militias herald Crimea vote; fraudulent PM Aksyonov, elected behind closed doors in February, says 80% will vote to join Russia

Simferopol: Crimea prepares for referendum under heavy military presence

Cairo: Egypt militant group says founder killed by own bomb when in car accident

Kharkiv: Deadly clashes in east Ukraine ahead of Crimea vote

Seoul: South Korea expresses relief over Abe's comments on Japan war apologies

Crimea: Russia ships more troops into Ukraine, baldly repeats invasion threat

New York: Stocks end lower ahead of critical Ukraine vote

New York: Euro climbs on Ukraine crisis worries

Washington: U.S. officials issue alert for Americans in Russia

Washington: U.S. to seek extradition of Ukrainian industrialist

Detroit: U.S. safety watchdog says 303 deaths linked to recalled GM cars between 2001 and 2007 as air bags failed when faulty ignition switch which shut off engines unexpectedly and vehicles crashed

London: UK says time has come for tougher EU action against Russia

Charles Krauthammer: How to stop or slow Putin

Ukraine crisis: U.S. won't recognize Crimea vote, Kerry says; after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for 6 hours

Ukraine: Crisis sharpens focus on European shale gas

Angela Stent: Why America doesnt understand Putin

Ukraine: Sanctions will badly squeeze Russian economy: ex-Putin aide

Charles Krauthammer: The wages of weakness

Ukraine opinion poll: Limited differences between east, west Ukraine, contrary to Russian propaganda; both regions backing negotiations to resolve differences over Crimea; more than 76% of respondents in eastern Ukraine saying they "strongly" or "somewhat" favour talks to guarantee minority rights and ensure Russian troops in Crimea return to their bases

Ukraine payback? Hackers down Russian presidential site in powerful cyber-attack

New York: Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk tells UN Security Council Crimea is and will remain part of Ukraine

Singapore: Gold hits fresh six-month highs on Ukraine, China

M6.2 and deep: 17 injured as quake hits prefectures in western Japan

Flagstaff: Google launches virtual tour of rafting trip on Colorado River through Grand Canyon

John Kerry: U.S., EU will react with immediate, "very serious series" of steps if Crimea annexed

Montpelier: Northeast digs out from late winter storm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow in Vermont

Howard Kurtz: Sharyl Attkisson vs. CBS: Ace reporter first tried to quit a year ago; but promises not kept

NY Times: Russia again massing military forces near border with Ukraine

updated - Austin: 2 dead, 23 injured as drunk driver car hits crowd outside club at Texas SXSW festival; high-speed wrong way down closed-off street; driver was tackled and tased by police and is charged with 2 counts of capital murder, and 23 counts of aggravated assault

Florida lesson: Global Warming alarmism now a political liability for U.S. Democrats

updated - Latest on Harlem explosions: Now 7 dead, 5 missing, 60+ injured; residents had complained repeatedly in recent weeks about "unbearable" gas smells

WSJ/NBC News poll: Obama's approval rating hits new low

WWW @ 25: World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee: I wasn't expecting kittens

Cincinnati: Ohio grand jury indicts 9 Greenpeace activists

New York: Residents of two blown-up buildings say they complained about "unbearable" gas odours "many times"

NATO alert: Now Putin says Ukraine didn't legally leave USSR [translated]

Michigan: Dead for six years, but woman found mummified in her home voted in 2010 elections

updated - New York: Two dead, 18 injured, more missing after explosion, fire in East Harlem destroys two apartment buildings; 5-alarm fire; gas smelled and Con Edison called but explosion before they arrived; debris covers area, including adjacent Metro North elevated train tracks, which has shut down major commute route into NYC [video]

MH370: Missing Malaysian jetliner befuddles world thats online 24/7

Chris Cillizza: Republicans won the Florida special electionheres what it means

Breaking up is hard to do: Crimea relies on Ukraine for 80-85% of water it consumes, 82% of electricity and 35% of gas

Ukraine: Some actually believe blatant Moscow propaganda; the backlash of moral equivalency on Ukraine; the pushback on those exposing Putin's myths

San Francisco: Six-alarm blaze downtown near AT&T ballpark [video]

Australia: F-35 Joint Strike Fighter makes the cut Down Under; will order up to 86 of the fifth generation fighters for delivery starting in 2018

Putin's Folly: U.S. Senators ready bill to condemn Russias actions in Ukraine

Gentle giants: Elephants make good use of big ears; can guess a human's age, intent and even ethnicity by listening to a voice

See-saw saga ends: Men's Wearhouse stitches up deal to buy Jos. A. Bank

MH370: Dont rely on Google Maps to search for plane, says Google

Warsaw: With eye on Crimea, U.S. starts military drills on Russia's doorstep

MH370: Malaysia investigating 5 passengers who didn't board jet; checked in, but didn't show up at gate

U.S. Supreme Court: Nothing wrong with kids wearing 'I heart boobies' bracelets

MH370: Did the Malaysian Airliner turn towards Subang? One of the theories being considered

Crisis talks: Obama courts support from wary China on opposition to Russia's incursion in Ukraine

MH370: Pilot a political fanatic; just hours before take-off
he attended trial of now-jailed opposition leader he supported;
FBI reveals passengers and crew could be held at a secret location

MH370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53

Crimea: Russia raises the pressure on Ukraine

Crimea: Ukraine denounces Russian invasion on eve of referendum;
4 helicopter gunships & 3 armored combat vehicles landed near Strilkove

Russia using force ahead of fraudulent quickie vote.

Moscow Times: Ahead of rushed Crimea vote, sharp divisions on display

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia officials open criminal inquiry into missing jet

~ by Sergio Pecanha, Archie Tse and Tim Wallace Source: Malaysian government

Ukraine: Ukrainian troops confront invading Russians alongside Crimea

Moscow: State-organized pro-Putin rally of 15,000
over-matched by anti-Putin rally of 30,000 over Crimea

Ukraine: Russia vetoes U.N. resolution against Crimea referendum;
significantly, China abstains in 13-1 vote of 15 Security Council members

Ukraine: Russia propaganda war hits 'Soviet' levels ahead of Crimea vote

MH370: Technical experts now believe plane could have ended up
anywhere in one of two zones one as far north as Kazakhstan
in Central Asia, the other crossing the southern Indian Ocean

MH370: Malaysian PM Razak: plane's disappearance deliberate

Hijacked! Was it stolen? Did it crash? Are the passengers still alive? The race to find out.

MH370: Malaysian PM: plane flew for up to 7 hours after 'disappeared'

Communication was last heard by satellite at 8:11 am Saturday. 7 hours after we thought before. Before we thought it was 1:07 am. @ABC
— Bob Woodruff (@BobWoodruff) March 15, 2014

MH370: Malaysian investigators conclude flight hijacked

Malaysian officials say they have finally concluded plane was hijacked, but still don't know by whom.

MH370: Airliner may have run out of fuel over Indian Ocean: source;
India searching remote, densely forested islands; baffling mystery

Canada: Prime Minister Stephen Harper travelling to Ukraine next week;
"Canada remains united with its allies in recognizing the government of Ukraine, and in
supporting Ukraines territorial integrity and sovereignty. We will continue to work
with our allies to support efforts to restore the country to stability and unity so that
the people of Ukraine can thrive and prosper free of intimidation and threat."

Black Sea showdown: Strongman Putin playing a 'short game on Ukraine'

A float displaying a giant likeness of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a muscle like a bomb reading "Crimea" on his arm during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, western Germany on March 3, 2014. Since his return to the Kremlin, Putin has grown more powerful than ever before. And more reckless. The strongman, who has ruled Russia for the past 14 years, has muzzled his opponents, check-mated the West on Syria and is now on the verge of annexing Crimea. Will it be his Waterloo? Analysts say, the price he will pay for the control he has, and for the seizure of Crimea -- the sovereign territory of an independent country -- is high, and each throw of his dice seems to be closing down options, instead of opening them up. "He is winning but at a very great cost, both strategically and economically. It's a price that no reasonable person would pay," said Gleb Pavlovsky, a Kremlin adviser in the early 2000s. Russian economic growth is struggling, the ruble is on the slide and capital is racing out of the country as investors take fright. ~ Patrik Stollarz AFP

MH370: Theories of piracy or suicide gaining credence from new evidence

MH370: Investigators focus on foul play behind missing plane

MH370: Satellites scour earth for clues as Malaysia jet mystery deepens

Ukraine: Prepare for war at any moment, Ukrainian President
warns after Putin sends 8,500 soldiers, 270 tanks to border

"In an unusually robust and emotional speech, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, warned of catastrophe unless Russia changed course.

We would not only see it, also as neighbours of Russia, as a threat, she said. This would also cause massive damage to Russia, economically and politically.

The head of the Russian Dumas international relations committee acknowledged that Russian troops were controlling Crimea, in a break from Moscows position that armed, uniformed men in the area were self-defence units.

updated - MH370: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia
plane flown deliberately toward Andaman Islands;
New hope for survival of passengers;
"We are looking at sabotage, with hijack still on the cards"

MH370: India sends 4 warships, 6 aircraft into multi-nation search effort

MH370: How missing jet could have reached India

Malaysian officials disagreed with a Wall Street Journal report that said U.S. investigators suspect based on engine monitoring data that the missing Malaysian plane remained in the air four hours past the time of its last confirmed location.

Intimidation: Russian troops, tanks massing near Ukraines eastern border

According to Russias Interfax news agency, some 50 Ukrainian border service
facilities have been blockaded or seized by Russian troops. Andriy Parubiy,
secretary of Ukraines National Security and Defense Council, told Ukrainian
television that Russian forces are two to three hours away from Kiev. The
forces include over 80,000 troops, up to 270 tanks, and up to 180 armored
personnel carriers. Also, the forces include about 380 artillery pieces, 18
multiple-rocket launcher systems and 140 combat aircraft and 90 helicopters.
Russian naval forces arrayed against Ukraine include 19 warships and cutters.

MH370: U.S. sources confirm: Boeing 777 monitor feature sent
pinging signals to satellite 4 hours after vanishing from radar

A U.S. official on Thursday said the plane was sending pings to a satellite for four hours after the aircraft
went missing, an indication that it was still flying. The jet had enough fuel to reach deep into the Indian
Ocean. These are issues we reported on Tuesday.

Le Shove: The moment bossy Pauline Marois pushed
Pierre Karl Péladeau away from HER election podium

Who's 'bossy' now? Premier Marois lets candidate Péladeau know who's boss.

Philadelphia: U.S. Airways plane aborts take-off; all safe

Passengers mill around and take pictures after being evacuated safely from US Airways Flight 1702. The nose gear collapsed when the take-off was aborted. ~ Will Jager CBS

MH370: Does U.S. military believe missing plane crashed in Indian Ocean?

Radius: U.S. officials reportedly believe missing plane could have come down in the Indian Ocean (left),
rather than the South China Sea (right). U.S Destroyer USS Kidd is now reportedly being moved to the
Indian Ocean in order to search the area.

MH370: The mystery, already unprecedented, just got even bigger: was
plane diverted "with the intention of using it later for another purpose"

Ukraine: Jittery customers run on banks in Crimea

MH370: Rolls-Royce staff in Derby monitoring 'mystery' plane

The Services Operations Room at Rolls-Royce, Derby. It is thought that its staff would have been
monitoring the engines of the Malaysia Airlines plane, which has been missing since last Friday.

MH370: Hypoxia + auto-pilot theory meshes with Rolls-Royce
data said to say engines ran for at least 5 hours in total

MH370: Missing plane flew on for hours; engine data suggest airborne
for 4+ hours after radar disappearance, U.S. investigators say

MH370: No debris found as Vietnam aircraft repeatedly circle area
of South China Sea where Chinese satellite photos saw objects

Denver: DigitalGlobe's online crowdsourcing platform experienced an
unprecedented number of visitors500,000within first 24 hours
of campaign to locate missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

MH370: China says its satellites have found 3 potential debris fields

Scientists found 3 spots based on remote-sensing satellite images. #MalaysiaAirlines #MH370 http://t.co/7tqjf7h8WU pic.twitter.com/E5PeTwkcmf
— CCTV America (@CCTV_America) March 12, 2014

MH370: AFPU.S. regulators warned of problems on Boeing 777s,
its link to Payne Stewart tragedy (as we first reported Tuesday)

Ukraine: World powers warn Russia against Crimea 'annexation'

Ukraine: Kerry: Sanctions against Russia could 'Get ugly fast'

MH370: Oil rig worker says saw burning plane go down

MH370: Search extended to India as plane pivot expands possibilities

MH370: Did the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 suffer same
fate as Payne Stewart Learjet in 1999? (see theory below)

If the crew and passengers were rendered unconscious by hypoxia the plane could have continued on auto-pilot for thousands of miles, reaching any of Japan, Korea, Somalia, India, any of various bodies of water or even up into the Himalayas. Have radar logs throughout the region been examined? ~ Google map

MH370: The airworthiness directive which might be the key to a zombie
plane on auto-pilot running until fuel ran out (see theory below)

MH370: Hypoxia theory on what happened is now attracting attention:
a defect, a skin tear, loss of oxygen, loss of communications, zombie plane:
carefully reasoned, this appears to be the current most plausible explanation

MH370: Chinas satellites missed airliner because pointed elsewhere

MH370: Plane sent engine data before vanishing, says magazine

MH370: Conflicting radar reports cloud search for plane

After four days of fruitless searching, the consensus among aviation experts seems
to be that searchers haven't looked in the right areas. Whether the plane broke up
in mid-air or dropped largely intact into the water, various pieces would have
been left behind. ~ WSJ

MH370: More questions than answers; where the search stands now

MH370: Location transponder was 'switched off' before
it made U-turn and flew at lower altitude for up to an hour

Hunt for Flight MH370; Was it an attempted or successful hijack? Mega-failure? Theories abound.

MH370: Two men claim to have seen plane plunging into sea

MH370: Well off-course, military radar data says reached Malacca Strait

MH370: If terrorism, police think fake passport duo not involved in it

MH370: 'All passengers' under investigation, police say;
questions: is it a 'whodunnit' or a 'whatwentwrong'

MH370: Do you know these men? They used the stolen passports;
were they simply escaping Iranian regime by any means possible?

These are the two men police say were travelling on stolen passports aboard missing
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, taken just before departure at Kuala Lumpur International
Airport, March 11, 2014. ~ handout Malaysian Police

Joint Statement by President of Korean Republic and PM of Canada:
"The Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Korea is a 21st Century trade agreement that will strengthen our trade and investment ties across the Pacific, translating into increased export opportunities, innovative partnerships, as well as creating jobs and economic opportunities for Koreans and Canadians alike..."

Seoul: With South Korean deal, Canada secures free-trade foothold in Asia

MH370: Here is the DigitalGlobe link so you can join with
others to help search satellite photos for missing plane

This is the type of high-definition satellite imagery DigitalGlobe is asking the public for help in scanning at home for any
sign of missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.

MH370: Colorado satellite imaging firm DigitalGlobe asks public
to help analyze high-def images of area where plane went missing

Calgary: Man and woman from group of snowshoers killed in avalanche near Lake Louise

Vancouver: Container truckers union vote to reject Port Metro Vancouver deal

Napanee: 4 Mohawk protesters arrested in Ontario rail blockade; Via Rail trains between Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal delayed by First Nations protest

Ottawa: Conservatives to insert a "for-greater-certainty clause" in Fair Elections Act to correct the misconceived claim that the Chief Electoral Officer is being muzzled, part of the over-the-top politics being played by the Opposition parties; "He can speak, write op-eds, issue press releases, write reports, testify before committee none of that is going to be affected"

People power: BP cancels $300M wind farm project in Cape Vincent, New York at east end of Lake Ontario

Toronto: Liberals boot chairs of Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation and replace with Pupatello and Lord

Parker Gallant: Wind turbines: Divisive and useless or welcome easy money?

Edmonton: Team Canada women's goalie Shannon Szabados signs contract with men's pro team in Columbus, Georgia

Ontario: MTO admits not as many plows on Hwy 401 this year as last year, despite much more snow

Ottawa: Full report text - The Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women

Ottawa: They can't help it -- opposition parties turn special committee into political football instead of keeping focus on facts and issues

Bird chopper: Amherst Island group files lawsuit to stop incomplete application for deadly industrial wind turbine farm to proceed

Ottawa: Federal Government orders railways to move minimum volume of grain each week

Quebec election 2014: Campaign Day 2: Marois on referendum -- maybe... but, maybe not

Elections Canada report: "Widespread and serious procedural errors in Etobicoke Centre and the national audit signal unmistakably that an overhaul is urgently required"; in 2011 election "averaged across 308 ridings, election officers made over 500 serious administrative errors per electoral district on Election Day"

International survey: Toronto to get lots more rich people

Ottawa: Canadian labour productivity rises 1.0% in fourth quarter

Canada: February cold costs 7,000 jobs, jobless rate stable

Vancouver: Container truck drivers reach tentative deal at Port Metro Vancouver

Ottawa: Russian soldiers training in Canada given 24 hours to leave country

Nova Scotia: Pictou newspaper makes insensitive non-apology for cartoon showing Nazi swastika flag flying over Parliament Buildings

Nova Scotia: Statement on Cartoon in the Pictou Advocate: "The tasteless and inappropriate use of the swastika to make a political point only trivializes the horrific crimes of the Nazis. Such a cartoon is offensive to the Jewish community, to all who suffered during WWII, and to Canadian veterans who sacrificed so much to liberate Europe from Nazi rule. "

Quebec election 2014: Premier Pauline Marois says she won't take part in an English-language leaders debate

Calgary: Public rallies behind fired school bus driver who used own vehicle to transport students on cold morning when school bus wouldn't start

Ottawa: Allan Rock finally speaks out against 'repugnant' behaviour at University of Ottawa, which he heads; Chancellor Michaelle Jean, a former Governor General, are the tip of an iceberg when it comes to society as a whole; so the university showed leadership, or blames everybody?

Nicholas Lewis and Marcel Crok: How the IPCC hid the good news on global warming

Toronto: Canada's Ivey purchasing index rises in February

Gary Dimmock: Police probing McGuinty email deletions seized at least a dozen hard drives

Neurology: Death rate from Alzheimer's vastly underreported

Parker Gallant: Biomass is carbon neutral, and the world is flat!

Canada: Q & A: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird on Russia's 'provocative' actions in Ukraine

Windsor Star editorial: Blame the province for high energy costs

Toronto Sun editorial: Pan-Am spend-a-thon: the Ontario Liberals always insist everything is hunky-dory up to the moment the billions of dollars theyve wasted are revealed and taxpayers are left holding the bag, again

Ontario: Prices soar in cold weather; current cold snap pushing Ontario electricity prices into record territory

Chantal Hébert: Quebec election not a foregone conclusion

Ontario: Pan-Am Games security cost doubles, may go up more; government won't explain why the price jump

Ontario: Amherst Island wind farm will be a multi-level disaster says study; financially, bird-killing, unreliable power production

Ontario: AMPCO survey shows how Liberals have made Ontario power market most expensive, rates much lower for neighbours

Soaring rates: Ontario energy policy multiple negatives; consumer gas prices jump as gas supplies depleted to generate electricity

Green disaster: Ontario's big industries plead for lower hydro rates; provinces industries pay highest electricity rates in North America: survey

Politico: Snow job: It's time to blow the whistle on Edward Snowden

No shame: Liberals hustle cash from Baby Trudeau well-wishers

Montreal Gazette: Marois confirms election call for April 7, seeks majority

Ontario: Courts say Minister Chiarelli wrong, govt can cancel outrageous FIT contracts "in public interest"; so "question now is, why not cancel these contracts for power we dont need and cant afford? Does he answer to Ontarians, or the wind power lobby?"

Pearl Harbor: Family members, contractors who were passengers on RCN's fire-hit HMCS Protecteur arrive in Hawaii courtesy of U.S. Navy

Quebec Election 2014: New poll suggests tight race ahead

Journal of Physical Activity & Health: Sitting too much bad for health in many ways

Saskatchewan: Provincial government sending $60,000 in humanitarian aid to Ukraine; may send more plus supplies

Windsor: Chrysler withdraws request for $700M in government funding

Quebec: Marois expected to call April 7 election after Wednesday cabinet meeting

February: Chrysler Canada sales up 10%; Ford Canada down slightly; GM Canada off by 7.2%

1,660-km line from Alberta to Wisconsin: Enbridge wins support for $7B pipeline replacement project

Quebec: Provincial language police back down over Facebook complaint

Another Bitcoin bank bites the dust: Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down after $600,000 theft

Ontario: Distracted driving caused more 2013 deaths than impaired driving

HMCS Protecteur: Crippled ship limping towards Pearl Harbor at end of tow line; 400 slow kilometres to go

Chicago: Alzheimer's buddy program pairs patients, students

Andrew Coyne: Russia enabled by Wests foreign policies of vacillation, uncertainty; opportunism preys on weakness

John Ivison: Stephen Harper a key player in G7s hard line against Russia over Crimea

Ukraine fall-out: Russian markets shudder under threat of sanctions; its currency hit a record low and stock market plunged

Quebec: Body of former Quebec Liberal politician found near highway 400km NE of Quebec City

Christina Blizzard: Brave Madi Vanstone's plea falls on Premier's deaf ears; $$ billions for Ontario Liberal waste and cronyism, none to save life of 12-year-old girl

Ukraine: Foreign Minister John Baird tells TV interviewer what Canada is doing with allies to support crisis resolution [video]

Ottawa: Canada mulls Crimea observer mission to debunk Russia, Ukrainian envoy says

Ukraine: Canadian Prime Minister Harper calls for Russia to immediately withdraw from Ukraine; pledges ongoing support to people of Ukraine [video]

Ontario: What do subways, the Oakville gas plant, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation have in common? And why is Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa attending a Liberal fundraiser at home of lawyer who some say fleeced the Ontario taxpayer?

Lubomyr Luciuk: Ukraine gave up its nukes and got broken promises in return

Shannonville: Mohawk radicals block road with teepee east of Belleville; Chief doesn't support protest

Foreign Minister Baird: Putin's justification for invading Ukraine make him look 'ridiculous'; Russia's ambassador to Canada, has been reamed him out "in the strongest terms"; Baird did not rule out further sanctions, including freezing Russian assets, trade and investment penalties and a ban on visas; NDP Leader Mulcair, briefed by Harper Saturday, threw full support behind Canada's response to the crisis

Winnipeg: Ukrainian-Canadians have their hearts in Kiev and Crimea as they live the horror of the Maidan Massacre and Putin invasion from afar

Traders avoid risky assets: Gold helps send TSX slightly higher amid rising Russia-Ukraine tensions

Canada: 'Synthetic' identity fraud costs country $1B a year; fake names you wouldn't believe, but are believed

Brrrrrrrr... Latest Arctic blast pushing Great Lakes to 100% ice cover for first time on record; even Lake Ontario about to get full cover; will people walk from Rochester to Toronto?

Canada: Violent crime cost tops $12.7B in one year (2009); consequences of assault, criminal harassment, homicide, robbery, sexual assault tallied in Justice Canada report

Mississauga: Deleted gas plant e-mails could send people to jail

West Lincoln: Enforce the law: Hudak to Energy Minister; calls for industrial wind turbine moratorium

Ottawa: Canada considers expelling Russian ambassador as Ukraine crisis continues [video]

John Baird, Canada's Foreign Minister: 'Standing with the people of Ukraine' - originally published in Ukrainian-language Dzerkalo Nedeli (Weekly Mirror) on February 28, 2014

London: Subsidy common sense re-think puts wind farm plans in tatters

Los Angeles: Jimmy Kimmel in livery as limo driver, picks up Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at LAX

Ottawa: Ukrainian Canadian Congress condemns Russian military intervention

Cathal Kelly: Canada needs to boycott Paralympic Games in Sochi

Toronto: Ukrainian-Canadian protesters rally outside Russian consulate, protesting Ukraine invasion [video]

Ukraine: Harper urges Russia to withdraw forces

Ukraine: Canada recalling Ambassador from Moscow for consultations, suspends preparations for G8 Summit planned for Sochi

Manitoba, dam it: The $17-billion question

Rex Murphy: A coalition is a surrender trying to strut like a victory

Ottawa: Harper holding special emergency cabinet meeting on developments in Ukraine

China: At least 27 dead and 162 injured after gang of knife-wielding men attack train station

Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs says Canadians in Ukraine's Crimea region should leave while still can

Sochi: Paralympic officials monitor Crimea crisis next door as athletes fly in

UCLA study: Tylenol use in pregnancy linked to ADHD in kids

Canada: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz threatens railroads with regulations or legislation to clear grain-shipping backlog, which he blames partly on increased shipments of crude oil by rail

Edmonton: 2 dead, 4 injured in stabbing rampage at warehouse

How many conflicts of interest can one Govt have? One in a series: "Player in cancelled gas plant fundraises for Ontario Liberal Mitzie Hunter"

MH370: Not first plane to disappear over an ocean, aviation experts say; since start of jet age in 1958, only a handful of jets have gone missing and not been found; if it had exploded mid-air along its normal flight path"we would have found it by now"

MH370: BBC says mystery fake-passport holders were Iranian; says had bought the fake passports in order to migrate to Germany and Denmark

MH370: Capt. Sullenberger says it's "very clear" that whatever happened, happened "suddenly" and "perhaps catastrophically"

MH370: Nuclear test experts to check recordings to see if missing plane exploded

MH370: Missing Malaysia Airlines passengers' phones ring, but no one answers; bizarre theories pushed on possible hijacking

MH370: Colorado satellite imaging firm asks public to help analyze high-def images of area where plane went missing

MH370s new mystery: Who is Mr. Ali, and why did he buy tickets for passengers with stolen passports?

Boston: New rules for spectators of 2014 Marathon include using clear bags to carry belongings

Berlin: Ukraine crisis will kill the G8, fears Germanys Merkel

New York: Citing Liberal bias, investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson resigns from CBS News

California: Powerful M6.9 quake was widely felt but appears to have caused no damage

Kiev: Russia has already lost the war

Kuala Lumpur: Missing Malaysian plane was carrying 29 elite Chinese artists

California: Very shallow (7km) M6.9 quake hits off Northern California coast, 50 miles west of Eureka

Telegraph: Russias information warriors are on the marchwe must respond; a robust campaign to tell the truth about Crimea is needed to counter Moscows lies

Vienna: Media freedom under siege in Crimea, Ukraine, says OSCE rep; "Extreme censorship, shutting down media outlets and press hubs and attacks and intimidation of journalists must stop immediately"

Ukraine: Why Crimea can't secede unilaterally and the many international rules Russia is breaking

Mexico: Government 100% sure drug capo dead this time, fingerprints match; thought they had killed him in 2010

Mexico: Shallow (10km) M5.8 quake hits west coast, 42km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional; no damage/injuries reported

Kiev: Putin foe Khodorkovsky says Russia lying about Ukraine; was imprisoned for 10 years on trumped up charges, knows not to trust Putin

Caracas: Venezuela divisions deepen as protest over food shortages is halted by troops; National Guardsmen prevent empty pots march from reaching food ministry; U.S., Canada and Panama stand together against one-sided OAS resolution

Interpol: Passports on flights must be checkedbut aren't always

Palisades spark: Opposition vocal as national treasure of New Jersey's Palisades cliffs along Hudson River put at risk from over-size LG tower

MH370: Vietnam says it may have found missing jet's door

MH370: Four possibly flew with false ID aboard missing Malaysia Airlines plane

MH370: Vietnam reports object in sea that may be part of missing jet

MH370: Fake passport bearers bought tickets together

Baghdad: Suicide car bomb, attacks kill at least 42 in Iraq

MH370: 'Strange object' sighted from sky not debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight

MH370: Radar recording indicates Malaysian plane may have turned back before disappearing

MH370: Debris spotted but unclear if it's from missing Malaysia Airlines plane, says Chinese official

MH370: Pilot on way to Japan says he made contact with missing Malaysian flight

Terrorism? Malaysia probes identity of four passengers on missing jet

Ukraine: Fear rife among Crimea's minority Tatar population; Russian-speaking thugs marking Tatar homes; "We don't want to join Russia because it's a police state"

Denver: Wacky scientist proposes building several 100-storey walls that are 100 miles long to block tornadoes; others mock the expensive idea, including for unintended side-effects

NY Times essay: Russias move into Ukraine said to be born in shadows; KGB reflex reaction, invade and deny

Milan: Terrorism possibility seen rising after revelation that two passports on missing Malaysian plane were stolen

Ukraine: Russia may halt U.S. inspections over sanctions

Boston Globe: Putins long game? Meet the Eurasian Union; it starts in 2015 and sounds like a scheme to rebuild the USSR, but its history is quite different and troubling for the West

Typography and civilization: The loss of and finds of Mike Parker, typographer

CNN: Did Snowden leak info to Russians which compromise U.S. response over Crimea?

Kuala Lumpur: Latest news on missing Malaysia Airlines plane: 13 nationalities aboard, 2 infants among 239 passengers and crew

Robert Zubrin: The Eurasianist threat; Putins ambitions extend far beyond Ukraine

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines says plane missing; Boeing 777-200 with 239 aboard including crew, on way to Beijing

VICE News: Russian Roulette: The invasion of Ukraine (dispatch four) [video]

Florida: Obama heads for Key Largo vacation -- his third in 2014 -- despite Ukraine crisis

Ukraine: Canada and U.S. impose travel bans on certain Russians

Garry Kasparov: Cut off the Russian oligarchs and they'll dump Putin; target their assets abroad, their mansions and IPOs in London, their yachtsuse banks, not tanks

Ukraine: Students produce compelling YouTube video imploring world - 'Stop Putin Now'

Mikheil Saakashvili: When Putin invaded my country

Charles Krauthammer: The wages of weakness

Washington Post-ABC News poll: Keystone XL project overwhelmingly favored by Americans, by 3 to 1 margin

China: 1 dead, 12 missing after dynamite factory explodes

Sochi: Ukraine Paralympic chief says will quit Games if Russia invades

New Delhi: Indian navy officer dies in accident on new destroyer

Rex Murphy: Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, the reason Vlad taunts the world - neither leader measures up [video]

Ukraine: Open letter of Ukrainian Jews to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin

Mathew Ingram: Of Bitcoin and doxxing: Is revealing Satoshi Nakamotos identity okay because it was Newsweek and not Reddit?

Illarionov: Russia would attack Russians to justify war in Ukraine, ex-Putin aide alleges

Kyiv Post: Gunmen seize Simferopol television station, turn off Channel 5, 1+1, turn on Rossiya 24

Ukraine: Debunking another of Putin's 'Big Lies'Ukraines revolutionaries are NOT anti-Semites

Sevastopol: BBC on board Russia-blockaded Ukrainian ship; Russians unhappy [video]

WSJ: Text of President Obama's Statement on Ukraine

Haaretz: Ukrainian sailors feel nationalism surging; as Crimean stand-off continues, neither side looks ready to blink

Joe Schlesinger: The problem with Ukraine's history, the Russian version; Ukrainians and Russians are brothers, Vladimir Putin says, but even if so, events have intervened

Hillary: Clinton calls spade a spade, likens Putin moves to Hitler's in 1930s, agrees with Canada's Foreign Minister

Washington: Obama orders sanctions against people who impeded democracy, looted assets in Ukraine

Boston: Staples to shut 225 stores in North America as sales fall

Washington: U.S. factory orders, shipments fall in January

Washington: Russia Today presenter quits on live television over Moscow's actions in Crimea; "I cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin"

Matthew Fisher: Why Crimea matters so much to Russia

Kiev: A divided Ukraine? Think again

Washington: Pentagon more than doubling jets in NATO air policing mission

Tokyo: Japan may tax bitcoin deals, stop banks, brokerages from handling

Washington: Weather again blamed for bad U.S. hiring numbers with February gain of sub-estimated 139,000 jobs; January's job count was revised sharply down to 127,000 from previously reported 175,000

Jerusalem: Israeli naval raid nabs Gaza-bound arms from Iran

Ukraine FM: No armed pro-Russian troops will be allowed for a vote on Crimean independence; must be replaced by international observers

UN: Envoy was threatened by 10 to 15 armed men, but not kidnapped in Crimea, correcting preliminary reports carried by news wires

OSCE: Inane claims by Russian Federation "not only far-fetched, disrespectful to all of us"

Tehran: Iran says Revolutionary Guard has acquired multiple-warhead missiles

Washington: IRS stonewalling continues as Lois Lerner again pleads 5th; subpoenas ignored; Issa says contempt of Congress charges may be next step; shuts down hearing, blasts Cummings

Faith-based, fear-riven: The doomsday cult of Bitcoin

Singapore: Bitcoin firm CEO found dead in suspected suicide; death brings to 8 number of questionable world financial-sector deaths this year

Norway: Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

London: Ukraine calm holds, euro dips in pre-ECB jockeying

Ukraine: No surprise that former Obama advisers think Russians can't be forced out of Ukraine -- they advised Obama who has consistently been trumped by Putin; underestimate power of sanctions

Ukraine: New Premier Yatsenyuk: 'Crimea will remain in Ukraine'

Vienna: OSCE sending at least 35 military observers to Ukraine; from 18 member states, including from Canada, U.S. and Europe

Beijing: China signals focus on reforms and leaner, cleaner growth

Ukraine: Stop gun barrel politics, Kerry warns Putin

Beijing: 10 killed as bus catches fire in NE China; country's 2nd deadly bus fire in less than a week

"Lost his mind": A brief rundown of Vladimir Putins strange, rambling press conference

Washington Post-ABC poll: Republicans 50%, Democrats 42% in 34 states with 2014 Senate elections

MH370: Is missing airliner the victim of another terrorist test run?

MH370: Security footage of mystery passengers to be released

Malaysian civil aviation director general Azharruddin Abdul Rahman says one of the two passengers with stolen passports aboard flight MH370 resembles an Italian fooballer. International security agencies will soon release security video of the two men who used stolen passports to board the Malaysia Airlines plane.

Kyiv Post: Russian forces on move today in Crimea,
seize military hospital in Simferopol and base in Bakhchisaray

Ukraine: Former governor of Kharkiv Oblast arrested for separatism

MH370: Was the Malaysia Airlines Flight headed for Asia's Twin Towers?

Were the Petronas Towers the target of a terror sequel to 9/11?

MH370: Ships scrambled after debris field seen off Vietnam

A Cathay Pacific airliner en route to Hong Kong Monday reported via radio that its pilots saw a large
field of debris at a position about 92 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City.

Telegraph LIVE: Missing Malaysian Airlines 777 mystery grows;
oil slick not from plane, no terror 'chatter', stolen passport syndicate?
one of stolen passport users has been identified, no debris found

Vietnamese military personnel prepare for search mission. ~ Le Quang NHAT/AFP/Getty Images

Crimea: Now an armed camp, with non-conforming lives at risk

These are the three Ukrainian women reportedly kidnapped while trying to cross into #Crimea today. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/nnvAZTogDz
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 9, 2014

Crisis simmers: Pro-Ukraine activists beaten up in Crimea [video]

Violence has erupted at a pro-Ukrainian rally in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. About 100 pro-Russians with clubs attacked people who were guarding the rally being held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of poet Taras Shevchenko, attended by some 200 people. ~ BBC

Novoozerne: Blockaded by sunken Russian ships,
Ukraine navy stays defiant [video]

Russia has deliberately sunk three of its own ships to block Ukrainian navy vessels entering a lake off the Black Sea, highlighting Moscow's determination to wear down the morale of Kiev's forces in Crimea. The Ochakov -- a Soviet-era warship decommissioned in 2011 and set to be sold for scrap -- was towed to the entrance to Lake Donuzlav on Crimea's western coast from the Russian base at Sevastopol on Thursday and blown up. "It is blocked so we cannot get out," said Captain Viktor Shmyganovsky, second-in-command at the base in Novoozerne, one of the four biggest in Crimea. "If it wasn't blocked, we could have taken our ships to Odessa and it would stop them being seized by Russian forces. We would be more powerful in alliance with ships in Odessa." ~ AFP

Crimea: Russians again block international OSCE observers, rough up
media, as truck convoys complete full occupation of Crimea [BBC video]

[top] OSCE observers from Canada, U.S. and Europe were again turned away by armed Russians hiding their uniform insignia, in breach of international law. [bottom] The Russian trucks, their license plates covered, keep rolling into Crimea from amphibious landing craft. ~ BBC

Crimea: Cold War (for now) between Russia and Ukraine
as forces face off across 25 km buffer; Russians embed land mines

[top] Note Russian flag deep inside Ukraine. Everyone here is armed. Some combatants are wearing Ukrainian police uniforms, the same uniform that Berkut riot police officers wore during clashes in Kiev. Others are dressed in pixel camouflage uniform, that is said to be available only for Russian army. The location is north of the Crimean border close to Sivash on the Yalta-Kharkiv roadway. [middle] The Ukrainian army is hunkered down near Chonhar about 25km north of the Russians. [bottom] Both sides appear ready for the worst. Here is the Ukrainian checkpoint. They have weapons but they are not loaded, to avoid any pretext for escalation. ~ Evgeny Feldman Mashable

Crimea: Major Russian amphibious assault under way; 200 vehicles ashore

Kuala Lumpur: Vietnam Navy says Malaysian plane crashed into the sea

NY Times: Oil slick sighting between Malaysia and Vietnam
first sign Malaysia Airlines plane may have crashed

The last recorded position of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was 150 km, or 93 miles, northeast of Kuala Terengganu, a port on the northeast coast of peninsular Malaysia, according to Fredrik Lindahl, the chief executive of Flightradar24, an online aircraft tracking service. ~ NY Times

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Airliner with 239 aboard still missing;
intensive search underway, terrorism raised as possibility;
no distress signal, indications of rough weather, or other signs of trouble

NY Times: Kremlin explicit, it intends to annex Crimea

Sevastopol: Showdown ends, Russians withdraw; 2 journalists beaten

State Border Service: Up to 30,000 Russian soldiers deployed in Crimea

TIME: Russian troops in Crimea storm Ukrainian base; assault began
soon after dark on Friday, ramming gates with a truck & rushing inside

Crimea: Is current attack at Ukrainian base to set up
pretext for a full-scale Putin invasion?

Crimea: Russian soldiers stormed Ukrainian military unit
A2355, reports Interfax-Ukraine [translated]

Crimea: Ukrainian base at Sevastopol reportedly under attack from Russian paratroopers; one report says have retreated to safety of a base bunker

Ukraine Foreign Ministry: OSCE observers still can't enter Crimea;
international military observers there to confirm/deny Russian allegations

Russian obstructionism: Again international OSCE observers blocked

#osce observers refused entry at the Crimea crossing point pic.twitter.com/kc4lhpe7Xb
— cstreib (@cstreib) March 7, 2014

Simferopol: Putin rebuffs Obama again as Ukraine crisis escalates;
Ukraine's border guards say Russian troops pour into Crimea

Northwest Territories: Fireball explodes over Yellowknife

The fireball exploded over Yellowknife at around 2 a.m. MT Thursday. It was so bright it turned the dark
night sky blue. ~ Yuichi Takasaka CBC

Ukraine Govt: Crimean parliament and Russian authorities colluded

Henry Kissinger: How the Ukraine crisis ends

Ottawa: NEB approves Line 9B Project with conditions - decision text

Between 1975 and 1999 Line 9B was approved for sending oil from Montreal to refineries at
Sarnia. It was reversed in 1999, and now, 15 years later, Line 9B has been approved to revert
to its original directional usage. ~ NEB

Ottawa: Enbridge given NEB approval to reverse Sarnia-Montreal
Line 9B pipeline back to original West-East flow direction

Ottawa: "Canada will not recognize a referendum held
in a region currently under illegal military occupation"

Ukraine: West targets Russia with sanctions, threats over Crimea

A Ukrainian serviceman peers over a wall at uniformed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, standing
guard at a Ukrainian military base in the village of Perevalnoye, outside the Crimean capital,
Simferopol, on March 6. ~ Reuters

Ukraine: Canada, U.S. and Europe reject March 16th
Crimean referendum to join Russia

Ukraine: 'Illegal' Crimean referendum condemned

Simferopol: Crimea votes to join Russia, accelerating Ukraine crisis;
Parliament vote to be followed by referendum in 10 days

HUVr hoax: Chris Lloyd apologizes for lying about HUVr board [video]

HUVr board: Back to Future? Hoax everyone wanted to believe [video]

Will Ferrell's comedy website 'Funny or Die' is behind the viral marketing video for the HUVr board first seen in 1989
movie 'Back to the Future II' in which a hover board was used by actor Michael J. Fox in the year 2015.

Brussels: EU offers Ukraine $15B (€11B) of financial aid via loans &
grants from EU budget & EU-based financial institutions: Barroso

Ukraine: Putin ultimatum: 'Ukraine can be united, or be a
country free from Russian influencebut it cant be both'

Paris: U.S. and Russia set for talks on Ukraine

Niagara Falls: The almost solid pinch-point between two Great Lakes

Niagara Falls comes to a frozen halt AGAIN as subfreezing temperatures freeze the water http://t.co/pQpfMxz1DC pic.twitter.com/3uPTbGxNFU
— Climate Realists (@ClimateRealists) March 4, 2014

Black Sea showdown? Super-carrier USS George H.W. Bush plus 17-ship
battle group and 3 subs said to have passed through Aegean Sea today

The George H.W. Bush is carrying 90 aircraft including helicopters of various types, and several squadrons of F-22 Raptors, the most advanced combat aircraft in the world. The submarines each have 24 missile silos, with each silo housing a missile armed with 8 separate nuclear warheads which operate as MIRV's (Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles) that can be independently targeted. The George H.W. Bush is the first and only aircraft carrier in the world that has successfully sea-launched and landed an unmanned X-47b Stealth Drone which can be used for long-term surveillance or for offensive attacks. The number of ships accompanying the George H.W. Bush in this strike group is significant: 17 ships and 3 submarines. Aircraft carrier Strike Groups are assembled as-needed so there is no particular number of accompanying vessels. However, the graphic above gives readers a sense of the types of vessels that accompany a U.S. Carrier which is being sent into battle.

Putin's folly: Russian invasion has already cost more than Sochi Olympics;
Kerry visits Maidan, promises respect for sovereignty & more assistance

Bravery: Unarmed Ukrainian soldiers face heavily armed Russian troops

The incredible moment unarmed Ukrainian troops marched towards heavily armed Russian
forces, who fired warning shots.

Ottawa: Ukrainian flag flies on Parliament Hill
as protesters gather at Russian embassy

The Ukrainian flag is flying on Parliament Hill between East and Centre blocks of Parliament Buildings.

Ukraine Liveblog Day 14: Could a Cold War turn hot today?

Ukraine: Why Putin is playing with fire

The Northrop Grumman B2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses. The bomber can drop up to 80 500-lb (230 kg)-class JDAM GPS-guided bombs. The B2 is the only aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration. It was designed to evade Russian air defenses. The U.S. has 20 of these and they can fly return sorties from Missouri day and night. It's estimated the Russian fleet could be sunk in less than a day. Then there's cruise missiles and B52 bombers...

Washington Post editorial: Obamas foreign policy is based on fantasy

Crisis deepens: Russia demands surrender of Ukraine's Crimea forces;
Black Sea Fleet chief sets deadline and threatens attack "across Crimea"

History: Will Russia fight and lose another Crimean War in last gasp
of old USSR empire whose loss ex-KGBer Putin so laments?

Ukraine: Does China really back Putin? What if Cold War turns hot?
How will Russian 'adventurism' be resolved?

Ukraine has substantial military resources, and backed by the West's military might,
Putin has good reason to blinkand withdraw, if it comes to that. Sky News

Statement by the G7 Nations: "...condemn the Russian Federations
clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine..."

Kiev: Ukraine mobilizes for war after Russia military moves

Ukrainian Maria, 23, right, and Vanui, 22, hold posters against Russia's military intervention in Crimea,
in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. The poster in the right side reads in Ukrainian: "I am from Russia, please
protect me and remove the weapons and soldiers from Ukraine." ~ Emilio Morenatti Associated Press

Perevalne: Hundreds of Russian gunmen surround Ukraine
military base in Crimea, blocking soldiers from leaving

Ukrainian soldiers show their faces, unlike the Russians, and stand at the gate, backed by a tank. They are blocked in their Perevalne base by hundreds of armed Russians who arrived in 13 troop vehicles each containing 30 soldiers, and backed by four armoured vehicles with mounted machine-guns. The vehicles which have Russian license plates must withdraw, according to the Ukraine government and the international community.

Kiev: Ukraine pleads for 1994 Budapest Memorandum signatories Britain
and U.S. to come to its rescue as Russia accused of 'invasion'

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, left, American President Bill Clinton, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma,
and British Prime Minister John Major, extreme right, sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Budapest Memorandum during the CSCE summit in Budapest, Hungary in 1994.

New York: Ukraine's Yuriy Sergeyev speaks at UN, Saturday night [video]

Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, on situation in Ukraine.

Ukraine: UN holds open meeting on Russian invasion

A man holds the Russian flag in front of a statue of Lenin in Simferopol, Crimea. Russian President Putin
wrested control of the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea from Kiev on Saturday, citing a threat to
Russian citizens and servicemen of the Russian Black Sea fleet based there. Adolf Hitler used the same
pretext to invade Germany's neighbours in the 1930s. If Crimeans want to live in Russia, leave now;
lots of room there, it's the largest country in the world. ~ David Mdzinarishvili Reuters

Ottawa: Canadians say 'Russian troops get out of Ukraine'

Scene outside the Russian embassy in Ottawa. #Ukraine #Euromaidan #OttawaMaidan pic.twitter.com/QUwLVNhJG7
— Yaroslav Baran (@YaroslavB) March 1, 2014

Kiev: Putin asks Russian Parliament to use military in Ukraine

Obama to Russia: There will be 'costs' for Ukraine invasion; Putin ignores

Mikheil Saakashvili: Lessons from the Putin Wars;
"Russia will try to Balkanize Ukraine"

Sevastopol: Crimean PM hijacks control of military, police;
in separatist move, asks Putin for help

Kiev: Invasion: Russia admits its troops are moving in Crimea

Ukraine's State Border Guard says coast guard base surrounded by about 30 Russian marines.

Kiev: Ukraine accuses Russia of 'military invasion'

Ottawa: Federal Govt posts $1.1B surplus in December 2013;
improvement of $1.832B over December 2012

Ottawa: Canadian economy shakes off impact of December ice storm,
picks up steam; grows at 2.9% in final quarter of 2013

Spectator: Vladimir Putin's new plan for world domination

Vlad the Putin starring as Dr. Evil

Geneva: Switzerland blocks Yanukovych assets, launch laundering probe

Kiev: Ukraine says Russian forces control Crimea airport

Kiev: Ukraine prosecutors to seek Yanukovych extradition from Russia

Kiev: Canadian Foreign Minister Baird meets with Yulia Tymoshenko

Cdn FM John Baird meets with Yulia Tymoshenko in Kyiv Today . #ukraine pic.twitter.com/SWSyCT2XiR
— Taras Zalusky (@tarasUCC) February 28, 2014

Kiev: 50 armed, unidentified men seize
airport of Crimea's capital Simferopol

Kiev: Ukraine looks to IMF bailout; Russia tells U.S. their military
exercises on border have nothing to do with political upheaval there

Kiev: Fears of a divided Ukraine rise as pro-Russia
demonstrators storm Crimean Parliament

Moscow: Kleptocrat Yanukovych emerges from hiding
as new Ukraine leaders warn Russia over Crimea

Churchill: Manitoba polar bears pose for Google's Street View

Ready for his close-up - Polar Bear approaches Google buggy in Churchill, Manitoba.

Moscow: Fugitive Ukraine President Yanukovych in Russia?

NY Times: Simferopol: Russian gunmen seize govt buildings in Crimea;
barricade themselves inside and raise Russian flag; invasion coming?

Rival protesters clashed in Simferopol, Crimeas regional capital. ~ Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Kiev: U.S. warns Putin as 150,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border

Kiev: Russia says urgent military exercises test readiness of border forces

Washington Post: In Ukraine, objections from Maidan
slow naming of new cabinet as mourning continues

Mourners and demonstrators remain in Independence Square. Ukrainians honour with flowers the protesters who were killed last week, and opposition leaders have urged thousands of demonstrators still in Independence Square in Kiev to remain for now to guarantee that changes wont be reversed.

Ottawa: Canada sending delegation to Ukraine on February 28th

Crimea: Russia threatens to intervene as Ukraines fugitive
ex-President said to be holed up near Soviet-era submarine base

Kiev: Interim President Turchynov warns of 'separatism' risk

Independence Square has been filled with tributes to those gunned down just days ago.

Kiev: Warrant issued for fugitive ex-President
Yanukovych for "mass murder of peaceful citizens"

Protesters say they will not leave the Maidan (Independence Square) until elections are held in May.

Ottawa: Deal reached on Canada Job Grant with all but Quebec

Assumptions and presumptions: When a remote judge can deep-six a decision made by a four-eared environmental review tribunal, Ontario citizens see disregard for the environment and our endangered species; greed vs the Blanding's Turtle

Barbara McDougall: History, not politics, drives Canadas support of Ukraine

Gas plants: Will Ontario Finance Minister Sousa be among those facing criminal charges?

Christina Blizzard: Wynne, Sousa a couple of bad actors; wasting billions and pointing fingers

Carlos Lozada: 150 journalism cliches and counting

Ottawa: India, Canada ink Letter of Intent to collaborate on research exchanges

Ontario: Hard drives from government computers seized as part of criminal probe into Liberal gas plants scandal: OPP

Tamworth: Killer and victims identified; heroic volunteer firefighter saved life of woman whose car was rammed on main street and then attacked by killer; village still in shock

Ottawa: Quebec shop owner ordered to use French on her store's Facebook page or face fine

We're #14: Canada ranks above U.S. in the 20 best places to retire in the world... "With its laidback culture and high quality of life, Canada is a great place to live out your golden years and maybe catch a few hockey games"

Ottawa: Aga Khan: 'Canada is a leader in the community of nations'

Like last year: March weather will be colder than 'usual', forecasters say; Long, cold winter means slow transition to Spring

StatsCan: Median net worth of Canadians up 44.5% since 2005

John Ivison: Stephen Harpers stellar week courtesy of the NDP and Liberals

Kelly McParland: Tories dont owe the opposition a free flight to Ukraine

Mark Steyn: Trudeau's terrible comedy: Jokes are a powerful tool in politics but not glib, heartless ones

Ontario: Highway 400 between Barrie and Toronto closed after 96-vehicle pile-up

Chris Vander Doelen: A different kind of protest

Windsor: Non-partisan protesters picket office of NDP MP, urging him to support Conservatives' budget

Leamington: New firm will save 250 local tomato processing jobs; Highbury Canco Corp acquiring Heinz facility and will do some work for them

Ottawa: Aga Khan brings deep ties to Canada in address to Parliament today

Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis: Today's Liberals could ruin Canada; false assumptions, bad choices imported from U.S.

updated ~ Tamworth: Single shooter may have shot self after he shot 3 people in multiple locations; 2 dead, 2 in hospital, 6 crime scenes, Ontario police watchdog investigating; post office, fire hall, two homes and a County Road all crime scenes in hamlet of 500 people

Winnipeg: Doctors recommend more freedom for man who beheaded Greyhound passenger

Ottawa: Report raises new allegations against Liberal Sen. Colin Kenny

Toronto: Target posts $941-million Canadian loss, analysts say price wars loom

Lysiane Gagnon: Did the Liberals forget Quebec?

Adam Chapnick: Solving the next Andrew Leslie problem

Forbes: BlackBerry surges on return to classic keyboards, BBM sale potential

Railroad/weather nightmare: Oats stuck in Canada clog the market; monthslong grain-shipping backlog pinches incomes for farmers and sends oat-futures prices soaring in the U.S.

Carol Goar: Basic annual income loaded with pitfalls; eventually you run out of other peoples' money

Joe for America: Canadian Prime Minister Harper smacks Obama, leaves a mark

Montreal: PQ using language as a political club one more time

John Ivison: NDP looks irrelevant in spat over Trudeaus insulting Ukraine comments

Montreal: Broad consensus among corporate leaders on focus to arrest the city's decline

Montreal: Alcoa reaches power agreement to improve competitiveness of Québec aluminum smelters, secure 3,000 jobs

Newstalk 1010: Some Heinz jobs in Leamington may be saved by new supplier contract

Ottawa: How Targets push into Canada stumbled

Robyn Urback: Justin Trudeau shows his greenness. Again

Toronto: Tim Hortons to add 500 Canadian outlets, 300 in U.S., 220 in Middle East by 2018

Rings and rinks: The fate of past Olympic venues worldwide

Canada: Own The Podium sets sights on 2018, 2022 Olympic medallists; challenges ahead as it seeks to keep up with rival countries; broaden pool or narrow the focus?

Ottawa: 'Ex-Liberal' Senator expenses missing key details; info on spousal travel costs left out of online posting

Barcelona: BlackBerry announces low-cost phone for Asian markets; brings back 'classic' keyboard

Toronto: Police seize $2M in cash, 200 kg of pot; bulk imported from BC via unwitting courier company

Release expense data day after convention: East Coast MPs among Liberals' highest spenders

Ottawa: Canada maintains threat of sanctions on Russia if it interferes in Ukraine

Refused to produce evidence: Michael 'hockey shtick' Mann faces bankruptcy as his courtroom climate capers collapse

Ottawa: Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada calls on Justin Trudeau to apologize to people of Ukraine: "You have to be extremely careful when you talk about 82 people who died fighting ... for their future and everyone's in danger"

Sydney: G20 pledges to add $2T to global economy

Australia: Canada set to outperform 2% economic growth target: Flaherty

Journal article: Copper may play a role in Alzheimers Disease

Ottawa: Foreign Minister John Baird: Canada welcomes Presidential transition in Ukraine

Toronto: $40M Buddhist temple project in jeopardy after Ontario government approves noisy wind farm next to it

Peterborough: Sumac Ridge wind farm interferes with flight paths and will affect future plans for local airport; wind turbines a concern for airports across Ontario

Ottawa: Canada's response to the situation in Ukraine; "Canada stands firmly behind" people during transition to new government

Jack Mintz: Liberals under Justin Trudeau eye same current U.S.-style fiscal agenda of deficit spending which has hamstrung Canadians for a generation since its abuse by Pierre Trudeau

National embarassment: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau makes appalling joke about hockey and possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, draws criticism from Tories, NDP

Picton: Prince Edward County Field Naturalists take battle for Blandings Turtle to next level, launch appeal for funding help

Jim Merriam: Liberal camp gets new whiff of desperation

Nunavut: Mining for Gold at minus 45 Celsius

Parker Gallant: Ontarios Ministry of Energy 'Achieving Balance' would be a surprise

Sub-way: John Tory running for Mayor of Toronto: promises to build downtown relief line

USAtoday: An American look at Canada though an Olympics prism

Kiev: Canada threatens sanctions if Russia disrupts peace in Ukraine as U.S. warns sending troops would be grave mistake

Sochi: Brimming with pride and medals, Russia closes most expensive Olympics ever with spectacular show; Russia celebrated 17 days of sport-driven global unity Sunday with a farewell show that hands off the Winter Games to their next host, Pyeongchang in South Korea

Cam Cole: Canada did exceptionally well at the Sochi Games

Decision day: John Tory, Karen Stintz both to run for Toronto mayor; field of contenders becoming more clear eight months ahead of election

John Ivison: Half-baked or visionary? Liberal Party too quick to wave through raft of 'transformative' policies; 'third party' all hat no horse?

Tim Harper: Liberals shrink-wrap Trudeau as policy is debated; Liberal leader had nothing to say Sunday as his party came up with a pricy, big ticket wish list; evaded media at end of convention

Sochi: Swedens Backstrom misses Olympic final due to positive drug test

Globe & Mail editorial: How would Justin Trudeau govern? Time for him to start talking

Montreal: Trudeau promotes star recruits, hopes to influence nomination outcomes, gets blowback

Andrew Coyne: If the Liberal Partys strategy was to reinvent itself, its not working

Montreal: Liberal party executive race could face questions over integrity as email suggests backroom deal

John Ivison: Trudeau faithful eat up his bland repast and ignore hints he may be cavalier with public debt

Revolution: Joy, relief, wariness as Toronto's Ukrainians watch eruption of change

Legendary Sarah Burke: Her ashes spread at Sochi Olympics to recognize her powerful presence, foresight and perseverance

Tim Harper: Lt-Gen Leslie fails first media test, awkward and uncomfortable delivering amateur hour lines Liberals wrote for him; question pervades, what is he hiding?

Ottawa: Leaked emails show how retired Lt-Gen Leslie pursued govt job from Conservatives; told reporters he sought to be a candidate with "parties" other than Liberals before hitting taxpayer for $72K for 4-block move

Toronto: Family searching for answers after three sisters hit by three different cars at same Toronto intersection in three years; driver charged each time

Good for another 45 years: Windsor Salt to pour $300M into mine

Ottawa: Illegal downloaders in federal courts crosshairs; order to release names, addresses of suspected pirates could affect millions

Kerry: Russia trying to create pretext for larger invasion

George F. Will: Misreading Putin, and history

Roger Cohen: Putin's Crimean crime

Ukraine: A survey look at 7 questions and attempts at answers

Putin doctrine: Says Russia has right to use force in Ukraine; mocks sanctions, says they'll backfire

New York: RadioShack chops 1,100 stores, 4,000 remain

Endless winter: Cold and snow records continue to fall nationwide, along with the white stuff, as Arctic air much colder than warmists claim

Ukraine: Pro-Russian Crimean officials claim to have secured peninsula with surrenders and pledges of allegiance

Ukraine: Putin says no immediate need to invade eastern Ukraine, leaves threat dangling

Ukraine: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Kiev with $1B aid package

From Russia, with trouble: Tourist activists stir up anti-West protests in eastern Ukraine

Violation of sovereignty: Ukraine praised for 'refusing to rise to Russian provocation'

Putin triggers market meltdown: Russian central bank hiked interest rates, and burned its way through as much as $12B of reserves to prop up ruble

Strengthen greenback: It's time to drive Russia bankrupt -- again

Washington: U.S. and EU marshal economic tools to punish Russia

Collateral implications: Ukraine crisis new rallying point for U.S. energy export backers

Ukraine: Four reasons Putin is already losing in his wreckless 'adventure'; example: Kremlins own pollster released a survey Monday that showed 73% of Russians reject iteven after weeks of propaganda

Ukraine: Merkel describes Putin as 'out of touch with reality' after urging him to back down from Crimea occupation

Ukraine: Keep your eyes on Angela Merkel

Ukraine: A second cold war threatens Europe

Telegraph editorial: It is time for the West to stand up to Putin

Ukraine: Obamas weakness emboldens Putin

Ukraine: Latest Russian yarn: 'Deposed Ukrainian leader asked Putin for troops'

Ukraine: Russians pressure Ukrainian forces in Crimea to disarm, defect; using threats, psy-ops

Ukraine: Russian bear squeezes tighter, surrounds naval station, blockades Ukrainian ships at naval base

Jennifer Rubin: The bizarro world of Obama's foreign policy, and the fringe players that make it even worse

Warren Buffett: Decline in hurricanes over past 5 years has allowed his insurance companies to rake in extra $$ billions

Kelly McParland: It's backbone time in Washington

Bedtime terrors: Frequent nightmares in childhood linked to mental problems later in life

Ukraine: Putin cooks up Obama's Chicken Kiev moment; weakness and dithering have their geopolitical costs; will Obama grow out of his appeaser-in-chief role?

Ukraine: Crimea move makes Sochi look like $50B in wasted PR for Russia

Bridge politics: Christie rep takes bigger blow as conspiracy alleged over GWB toll hikes, credit for rollbacks

Ukraine and the West: Cold War makes most sense for West as Russia pours military might into its attempt to partition Ukraine, rest of world works on economic and diplomatic retaliation; while saying 'nothing is off the table' no sabres are currently being seriously rattled

Ukraine: Russian troops take Crimean ferry terminal in Kerch, just up the Black Sea coast from Sochi

Oscars: '12 Years a Slave' wins best picture, McConaughey Best Actor, Blanchett Best Actress, Nyong'o for Supporting Actress, Leto for Supporting Actor, Gravity for most awards, Ellen DeGeneres won kudos and brickbats for hosting and a star-filled 'selfie' which flew around the world via Twitter

Brrrrr: Wide range of wintry conditions affects half of U.S. a month after Groundhog Day

Ukraine: World scrambles as Russia tightens grip on Crimea

Taylor, Pifer and Herbst: Ukraine must exercise restraint in the face of Russian aggression

Ukraine: G7 jointly condemns Russia, halts G8 prep; Ukraine mobilizes for war as world leaders threaten to isolate Russia economically

Washington: U.S. economic growth rate revised down; actually grew at an annualized rate of 2.4% in 4th quarter of 2013, down from initial estimate of 3.2%; 2013 growth was 1.9%

Gallup: Putin's popularity drops almost as low as Obama's

London: UK ministers to boycott Paralympics over Russia's military moves in Ukraine

Sevastopol: Ukraine says its 10 ships in Crimean port stay loyal

Ukraine: Cameron & Merkel: 'The world is watching'

John Kerry: All options On the table to hold Russia accountable in Ukraine [video]

Czech Republic: Russian Ambassador summoned, 'Prague Spring in Crimea' [translation]

Ukraine: The biggest victims of Saturday's events: the Crimean Tatars

Crimea and Punishment: A ridge too far; has Putin miscalculated?

Ukraine: 2006 cables revealed by Wikileaks showed U.S. concerns over Russian de-stabilization efforts in Crimea; author is now highest ranking U.S. diplomat in Moscow

London: Foreign Secretary William Hague heads to Kiev for crisis talks

Kiev: Ukraine calls up reservists after Russian deployment; BBC has seen what appear to be Russian troops digging trenches on the Crimean border

Leonid Kravchuk: Ukraine's first independent President (1991-1994) says 'Britain and the U.S. must stand up for Ukraines sovereignty

Kunming, China: Witnesses recall fear, chaos after China train station knife attack

Kiev: Ukraine army on full alert as Russia parliament rubber stamps sending troops

Ukraine: Readout of President Obamas calls with President Hollande and Prime Minister Harper

Ukraine: Canada and U.S. join forces to call for Russia withdrawal from Ukraine

Guardian - LIVE updates: U.S. calls for international observers as Ukraine places forces on combat alert and threatens war after Russian invasion

Michael Barone: Wanted: The rule of law; in Ukraine and Venezuela, protesters are fighting for rule of law, not electoral democracy

Washington: Top officials at White House meeting on Ukraine; but not Obama

WUWT: White House science adviser attacks Roger Pielke Jr. for his Senate testimony, Pielke responds with a skillfull counterstrike

West paralyzed? Crimean coup is payback by Putin for Ukraine's revolution

Ukraine: The haze of propaganda; obscuring a classic popular revolution

Voice of Russia: Russian flag raised at regional administration building in Kharkov

Kharkov: Gun shots heard and beatings in the street as Ukrainian patriots and pro-Russia mob clash [translation]

Violence: Protesters raise Russian flag in two east Ukrainian cities

Krauthammer: Obama tells world we arent going to do anything about invasion of Ukraine

The Bear awakes: Russia seeks access to bases in 8 countries for its ships and bombers

Donetsk: At heart of Ukraine drama, a tale of two countries

Afghanistan: Militants ambush polio workers, kill 12

How the other half perks: The allure of built-in coffee makers

Accuweather: Kansas to Massachusetts: Up to a foot of snow to fall across 1,300 miles

Moscow: Defiant Yanukovych intends to keep fighting

Washington: Whispers persist that Hillary Clinton wont run in 2016: Health may be worse than disclosed

Charles Krauthammer: Putins Ukraine gambit

Washington: Al-Qaida plots comeback in Afghanistan

Japan: Tokyo bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy

Rio de Janeiro: Critics blast Rio's World Cup, Olympic evictions

Moscow: Will Putin put relations with Ukraine, Europe and the West ahead of support for thief Yanukovych, or double down?

Caracas: Venezuela unrest shakes up opposition

Brussels: NATO commander plays down tension with Russia over Ukraine

Detroit: U.S. safety regulators probe GM recall

Ping pong: Jos. A. Bank rejects Men's Wearhouse bid, says open to talks

Cold War: Why did Russia send a spy ship to Cuba? No word from Communist nation as armed vessel docks in Havana

Washington: Sen. Bob Corker is worried Russia will invade Ukraine, Obama has no plan

Putin's brinkmanship: Russian moves raise stakes in Ukraine conflict

Kiev: Yatseniuk, confirmed as Prime Minister, accuses Yanukovych administration robbing Ukraine of $70B; 'treasury is empty'

715 new planets: NASA announces 'mother lode'

Moscow: Russian Prime Minister rewards each Olympic medallist with Mercedes-Benz

Berlin: 'Ditch Green Energy Law' Merkel told by expert panel appointed by German Bundestag; neither cost effective nor has any measurable impact on innovation; spiralling Green energy subsidies (up to 22 billion last year) ineffective, threat from climate change over-estimated

Arizona bill vetoed: Gov. Jan Brewer: "Religious liberty is a core American and Arizona value so is non-discrimination"

Telegraph: Viktor Yanukovych 'is in Moscow', says Russian news agency

Ann Coulter: Raise the minimum wage to $14 an hour using this one weird trick!

Greenpeace co-founder: No scientific evidence of man-made global warming

Miami: Sharks may help researchers predict hurricanes

Ukraine Crimea: Tension rises as rival rallies confront one another

Vatican: Pope pleads for 'end to violence' in Venezuela

Damascus: Syrian forces 'kill many rebels' in Eastern Ghouta

Kiev: Arseniy Yatsenyuk named Ukraine Prime Minister as default battle looms; Yatsenyuk is the leader of Yulia Tymoshenkos opposition party in Parliament

Cairo: Explosion hits Egyptian gas pipeline in restive Sinai Peninsula

Simferopol: Russian troops take control of main access to port city

Moscow: Interfax: Putin suddenly orders a readiness check for the Western and Central military districts, including Airborne Troops, and long-range military transport aviation [translation]

Ukraine: Churn continues in Kharkiv, in eastern part of country, as conflict bubbles over Lenin statue and other evolving issues following Yanukovych removal and resignations of regional officials [translation]

NY Times: An unfinished Ukraine palace and a fugitive leaders folly

New Delhi: Two unaccounted for in Indian submarine incident

Tokyo: Japan authorities looking into closure of Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange

Kiev: Ukraine 'disbands elite Berkut anti-riot police' who pulled the triggers against civilians last week

Ukraine: Viktor Yanukovych boasted of Ukraine corruption, says Mikheil Saakashvili; Georgia's former president says deposed Ukrainian leader had 'no idea about morality' and was brazen in his abuse of office

PC World: 360 million account credentials, with passwords, found "in the wild", says security firm

California: Generous couple unearth Gold Rush coins worth at least $10M on their property during daily dog walk

Latest cooling excuse: Volcanoes to blame... uh-huh... and you want how much to study?

Washington: U.S. expels three Venezuelan diplomats following expulsion of three Americans from Caracas

YanukovychLeaks: How Ukraine journalists are making history

Dr. Tim Stanley: Venezuela: the Left's favourite 'socialist paradise' is sliding into poverty and dictatorship

Caracas: Venezuelan protestors dig in for long struggle

Kiev: 'We were trapped', special forces snipers on rooftops, AK-47s shooting civilians like fish in a barrel: eyewitness to the massacre in Kiev

Kiev: West scrambles to save Ukraine from economic collapse

Bannu: Pakistan Air Force targets Taliban, kills more than 25 in latest airstrikes Tuesday

Cynically buried anouncement on a Friday: iOS software bug 'scary'; Apples reputation for software security a 'myth': expert

Charles Krauthammer: The myth of settled science

Yola: Islamic militants kill 40 students in pre-dawn attack on a northeast Nigerian college, setting ablaze a locked hostel and shooting and slitting the throats of those who escaped through windows, some burned alive

Cass Sunstein, Alinskyism and Obama's personally directed subversion of your online encounters: The conspiracy theory that's true: U.S. agents infiltrated websites intending to "manipulate, deceive, and destroy reputations" - Glenn Greenwald's latest, from Snowden files

Revolution determination matched by internal discipline: But can Russia keep its hands off Ukraine?

Kiev: Ukraine's new government is not legitimate: Russian PM Medvedev

Kiev: Izvestia reports: "Russian fleet redeployed towards Sevastopol" with "a special forces regiment currently relocated to Anapa," Russia on the Black Sea [translated]

Washington Post Fact Checker awards 4 Pinocchios to President: Obamas nose-stretching claim that 7 million got access to health care for the first time because of his Medicaid expansion

Tokyo: Honda creates new Acura planning arm to lead brand overhaul

Moscow: Proposed bill would streamline granting Russian citizenship to Ukrainian citizens "of Russian nationality and their families" [translated]

Moscow: Russia police detain hundreds, including Pussy Riot members, protesting against jailing of activists

Kiev: Russia reportedly moving hundreds of troops into Crimea by air and by landing craft from its Black Sea fleet [translated]

Caracas: Venezuela death toll rises to 13 as protests flare

Kiev: Russia ties $2B in aid for Ukraine to new government

Washington: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State to travels to Ukraine this week

Elitist climate propaganda: The merchants of smear

Groundhog Day, Caddyshack director: Beloved Harold Ramis, actor/director, comic genius, dead at 69

New York: Hedge funds turn bearish on S&P 500 as VIX advances

Cairo: Egypt interim government resigns unexpectedly

Bangkok: Trained snipers escalate violence

Aleppo: Syria rebel leader Abu Khaled al-Suri killed; linked to al-Qaeda

Toronto: Chanting "Heroes live forever", Ukrainians hold bittersweet vigil

Gallup: Obama unpopular in states with key 2014 Senate races

Sochi: It's clear the ice has been sub-par in the Iceberg Skating Palace, but Charles Hamelin and other elite skaters are reluctant to blame it; however, it's clear to observers that unprofessional re-surfacing has applied layers that can't take the pressure top skaters apply in corners

Sochi: Conservative government's 'Own the podium' is paying off in medals and athlete development

Montreal: Breaking Justin's word; Ousted 'Liberal' Senators spotted at Liberal convention

Montreal: Retired Lt-Gen Andrew Leslie approached Tories before joining Liberals; shopped himself to "parties", apparently found wanting, then Libs call him "star"

Toronto: Oil sands costs beat those of U.S. tight oil, new studies show

Ottawa: Encouraged by developments, Canada puts Ukraine sanctions on hold

Steve Simmons: Henderson, Crosby and now Poulin; greatest Gold-medal game in women's history

Ottawa: Giant sinkhole opens in middle of street near underground tunnelling work, closes Laurier Avenue; LRT tunnelling suspended, concrete pumped into hole to stabilize

Sochi: Suburban Buffalo bar says it won't sell Canadian beer during USA-Canada hockey game

Ontario: Court favours wind turbines over endangered Blanding's turtle; NDP has conflict-of-interest in turbine cluster ownership as do provincial employees that okayed them, through OPSEU pension fund investment

Trudeau's act: Shallow leader makes no mention of Kiev massacre or prayers for its victims as he embraces a vacuous version of Obama's failed hope and change to Liberal delegates; if budget was "buried" during Olympics why are Liberals meeting during Olympics?

Damien Cox: Canadian women's team pulls off most sensational Olympic hockey victory ever for this country

Canadian unity: Deadspin video peek shows wild Canadian reaction to Marie-Philip Poulin's Gold medal goal

Ottawa: Harper: Canada "outraged" by "ongoing violence" in Ukraine, sending aid to protesters "in their time of need"

Ottawa: Harper wins case of beer from Obama with Gold hockey win

Toronto: OPP execute search warrant in probe of cancelled gas plant emails; reportedly seek old computers from office of former Premier Dalton McGuinty who resigned in disgrace over the $1.1B scandal

Ontario: Toronto hospital to live-tweet heart surgery, including photos and videos

Toronto: Hockey fans gear up for rival showdowns; Canadian men and women set to play U.S.

Ottawa: Federal Govt rakes in $5.27B in 700MHz wireless auction; Vidéotron wins wireless licences outside Quebec to contend as fourth major national carrier

Ontario: Pair arrested in Harrow after found in car stolen in Halifax; owner went missing over the weekend; foul play suspected in disappearance

Halifax: Car carrier arriving from Europe filled with millions of dollars worth of damaged vehicles and farm equipment that broke free in a storm [video]

Three Amigos: Obama and Harper meet on bilateral issues, show warmth and humour over differences, staked out Olympic hockey turf and condemned violence in Ukraine

Three Amigos: Mexico, U.S., Canada leaders agree to form working group on conservation of Monarch butterflies

Terence Corcoran: Trudeau and others stuck in a political and policy wasteland of their own creation

Special deals: Ontario Opposition cries foul over Metrolinx freebie ticket fiasco

Stephen Gordon: Trudeau's understanding of economics causes headscratching, and his fervor to spend will mean higher taxes

2014 Mercer Quality of Living rankings: Canadian cities tops in North America for quality of life: Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal take top four spots

Ontario: Noise bylaw could stifle noisy windmills in rural municipalities

Ottawa: Realtor says former Gen. Leslies daughter did not benefit from controversial house sale which netted a $600,000 profit while he billed DND $72,000 for moving expenses, including real estate fees; Leslie's daughter works for real estate firm which handled sale

Angus Reid Global poll: Conservatives lead 31% to 30% for Liberals in likely voters; NDP at 26%

Mexico City: Canada and Mexico will sign a Declaration of Intent on Defence Cooperation in April 2014 at a trilateral meeting of defence ministers; the implementing authorities will be the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Canadas Department of National Defence (DND), Mexicos Secretariat of National Defence, and the Mexican Navy

Mexico City: Prime Minister Harper and Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, today announced renewal of the Canada-Mexico Joint Action Plan for a further three years, from 2014 to 2016

Mexico City: An expanded Canada-Mexico Air Transport Agreement was signed today; when ratified it will lead to expanded opportunities for direct flights by and to both countries

Mexico City: Canada and Mexico sign two agreements that will facilitate bilateral trade and investment, starting immediately

Mexico City: Harper to push for Keystone approval as leaders gather for trilateral talks in Mexico; Mexican President also supports Keystone

Sochi: Virtue, Moir lament split allegiance with Americans for coach Marina Zoueva

Sochi: Canada seems to be taking over the Olympics

Mexico: Canada's Harper, Mexico's Pena Nieto meeting before Three Amigos summit Wednesday

Montreal: Quebec euthanasia bill on verge of becoming law

Chris Vander Doelen: Unifor unions uphill battle at Toyota in Ontario

Three Amigos: Stephen Harper arrives in Mexico for tri-country summit [video]

Montreal: Quebec reeling from nine domestic homicides in less than two weeks

Three Amigos: More air-travel links between Canada, Mexico to be unveiled

Three Amigos: In 2012, Canada's exports to Mexico were $5.4B, overshadowed by imports of nearly $26.7B; Mexico is Canada's fifth largest export market and third biggest source of imports

Sochi: IIHF president says womens hockey wont leave Olympics

Canada: Federal government opens up prostitution law rewrite to public input

Ezra Levant: The Liberals attacked Lt Gen Andrew Leslie multiple times, was turned down when he wanted to run for the Conservatives, and other revelations [video]

L'Affaire Leslie: According to this CTV News account from 2008 Gen. Andrew Leslie admitted under oath that he had received a Meritorious Service Medal under false pretenses and made statements about the war in Croatia to the BBC which were later proven false; also, Leslie made severe war crimes allegations and testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia against Croation Army Lt Gen Ante Gotovina; in November 2012, Gotovina was found not guilty on all charges by the appeals panel at the ICTY [video]

L'Affaire Leslie: Global News made the Access to Information request leaked by CTV News on 72K 4-block move by Trudeau adviser which he blames on his wife; military expert: "The rationale is that they want to be in the city of their choosing for their retirement. Moving within that city makes no sense. That was never the spirit of that entitlement."

Sochi: Canadian Olympians get up close with the Stanley Cup; "its great to have a symbol of Canadian culture in Russia"

Christie Blatchford: Canadian duos scores part of bizarre judging 'game'; who is the one judge "and one alone that marked Virtue and Moir so harshly on the technical side in their free dance Monday?"; "had the outcome really been determined in advance?"

Three Amigos: North American trusted-traveller plan set to be unveiled in Mexico

Ottawa: Prime Minister Harper departs for Mexico today for Three Amigos summit

BC: Vacant Vancouver jail transforms into affordable, low-income housing

Prince Edward Island: Provincial government confirms first case of pig virus

IPSOS Reid/CTV News poll: Ontario Progressive Conservatives take provincial lead from Liberals; 69% agreed "it is time for another provincial party to take over and run the province"

Ottawa: Government to examine former generals 'grossly excessive' moving expenses, including real estate charges for luxury home

Ottawa: Hero broadcaster saves Coptic Christians in Egypt revolution, flees to Canada

Windsor: Unpaid suppliers to Freyssinet, supplier of faulty parkway beams, suing as Liberal MPP denies oversight failure the fault of government [video]

Windsor: Traffic chaos ensues as first of 300 faulty girders are removed from Herb Gray Parkway after fiasco that has delayed the mega-project and cost untold $$ millions

Liberal entitlements: Retired General Andrew Leslie, Trudeau adviser, convention speaker and Liberal nomination candidate, claimed $72,000 in expenses for 4-minute move within Ottawa; sees nothing wrong, says he was entitled

David Akin: Those non-partisan Senators are not getting Trudeaus message

LA Times: Hotels.com says U.S. travellers love London, Paris, Toronto best

Never fit in: Piers Morgan's CNN show to end amid mediocre ratings that were falling

Kiev: Ukraine ex-President Viktor Yanukovychs stash: $12 million in cash, a boar statue, pricy tea room; residence was a treasure trove, both literally and figuratively; he left very quickly

Peshawar: Bomb planted at bus terminal in northwest Pakistan kills 14 passengers

Telegraph: Why the pictures from Kiev didn't tell the whole story

BBC Profile: Yulia Tymoshenko

Chicago: Loser Keeps Bieber billboard updated after U.S. hockey loss to Canada

New York: UN demands humanitarian aid for all of Syria

Mexico City: Mexico's Sinaloa drug chief arrested

Venezuela: 15 years of solitude and servitude

NewsWatchCanada Editorial: It's time to pump water out of oceans to natural reservoirs such as California's Salton Sea; money invested in creating sea water reservoirs in deserts such as Sahara & Kalahari or the lowest point on Earth, Death Valley, California, would be better spent and more productive than bogus carbon dioxide regulation

Nature Geoscience: Fresh water demand driving sea-level rise faster than glacier melt; trillions of tonnes of water have been pumped up from deep underground reservoirs in every part of the world

Finally: Parched California pours mega-millions into desalination tech

Melting for centuries: Big Antarctic glacier to keep raising seas, even without warming

Caracas: Venezuela says 8 killed in violence

Premium on prediction: Unyielding winter weather inconveniences airlines, passengers

What warming? Coldest U.S. autumn/winter afternoons for 115 years

Takes British male solo artist title at 67: David Bowie wins Brit award, asks Scotland to 'stay with us'

Caracas: Is Venezuela burning while world watches Ukraine? six people now confirmed dead in the past week

Eggs and making bacon: Testicular time bomb or key to evolution?

Kiev: Protesters denounce pact; don't trust Yanukovych, demand he step down now, not December

Kiev: Ukraine announces deal to end crisis

Science editorial: "It is time to move forward on the Keystone XL pipeline to transport crude oil"

Washington: Former USGS head, now editor of the journal 'Science', endorses Keystone pipeline

Houston: Warren Buffett's BNSF railroad to move into tank car ownership, to buy safer fleet of 5,000 oil cars; big Obama backer raking in oil-by-rail profits

Kiev: Ukrainian opposition MPs head to possible emergency parliament session

Kiev: EU, Canada impose sanctions on Ukrainian officials; violent clashes kill 70 on deadliest day of protests; 500 wounded; 67 police officers captured by protesters

Kiev: Ukrainian opposition MPs head to possible emergency parliament session

London: Britain summons Ukrainian ambassador as death toll rises in Kiev

Moscow: Russia calls Western sanctions against Ukraine officials 'blackmail'

Sochi: Brutal attack on Pussy Riot girls and entourage by Cossack militia with horsewhips only "unsettling" to the IOC [graphic video]

Sochi: Ukrainian Alpine skier withdraws from Olympics in response to violence in Kiev; in "solidarity with the fighters"

450 million users: Facebook buying messaging app WhatsApp for $19B

Toronto: The Northern Lights are putting on a really big show Canada-wide this week as they are stimulated by a coronal mass ejection from the Sun [pictures]

Caracas: Clashes flare across Venezuela as nation waits for word on fate of jailed opposition leader

Nebraska: Temporary court setback for TransCanada's acquisition of pipeline right-of-way

Brookings: How to strengthen NAFTAs next 20 years

Thames flooding: Molluscs before homeowners; grand river wasn't dredged because of shellfish, so water went sideways, flooding vast areas

Lebanon: Five killed, 80 injured in southern Beirut blasts; Al-Qaeda linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades have claimed responsibility

Net neutrality? Verizon seeks payment for carrying Netflix traffic; feud between ISPs, Netflix, and Internet bandwidth providers continues

Sochi: U.S. Navy ship providing Olympic security ran aground off Turkey

Kiev ~ LIVE ABC video: Police clash with protesters in Ukraine

Sochi: Olympians tiptoe around sponsorship ban

Bangkok: Thai police clash with protesters, leaving 4 dead

Caracas: Fears of more protest clashes high in Venezuela

Harare: Former U.S. Democratic Congressman who resigned in 1995 after convicted of 12 counts of statutory rape, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography, has been arrested in Zimbabwe for allegedly possessing pornographic materials and violating immigration laws

Washington: Iranian infiltration of U.S. Navy computer network more extensive than previously thought

London: 'Climate Change Obsessed' Smith 'should resign' says official; ignored flood warnings

Sochi: Two members of Pussy Riot said to have been arrested at Olympics

North Korea: Kim Jong Un warned by UN panel he could be accountable for crimes against humanity

Los Angeles: Feds cite Canadian owner of downtown LA skyscraper for cellphone interference

Charles Krauthammer: Obamacares war on jobs

Australia: Police raid TV network over alleged payments for exclusive interview with criminal, contrary to law prohibiting profits from crime

Overhaul: Irving Oil to convert railcar fleet, remove older cars from service

Bret Stephens: Climate prophets and profiteers; the most cynical part of John Kerry's climate-change speech

Near-miss: Earth marks close encounter with enormous asteroid

Sochi: The Stanley Cup wows Russian journalists

TIME: Is Apple about to buy Tesla?

Daytona: Emotional moment as number 3 Chevy SS takes pole for Great American Race; has not run in Sprint Cup competition since late Dale Earnhardt crashed on last lap in 2001

Hypocrisy Watch: John Kerry generates 12 tons of CO2 on trip promoting climate change theology

Egypt: Sinai bombing of bus filled with South Korean Christians visiting Biblical sites in Egypt and Israel raises worries on tourism

Sochi: Olympic security increasingly 'uneven'

updated ~ South Korea: 10 dead, 100 injured in Gyeonju resort building collapse during freshman orientation

Mitt Romney: Bill Clinton 'embarrassed the nation'

Caracas: Venezuela blasts U.S. interference, expels 3 diplomats as large street protests continue

Shirley Temple: From child star to Ambassador [video]

Barn finds: Wrecks of classic cars selling for more than new models as prices go through the (rusting) roof

Mississippi: Surprise! Mom delivering triplets learns she's having identical quadruplets

Hockeytown, USA: Minnesota village pop. 1,770 has produced seven Olympians

Sochi: Olympic events postponed due to heavy fog

Andrea Peyser: Al Gores global-warming rhetoric is put on ice

Sochi: Canadian firm's snow-making machinery churning out 120 tons a day, no matter the temperature

Geneva: Hijacker of Ethiopian Airlines flight was a co-pilot say police

Colorado: Huge avalanche kills 2, injures 3

updated ~ Geneva: Swiss police: Hijacker of Ethiopian Airlines plane arrested; request for asylum

Fresno: California father watches family die in fiery crash

Boston: Northeast U.S. hit with another storm

Egypt: Blast on tourist bus in Sinai kills 5, including driver and 4 South Korean tourists, 33 wounded

South Africa: More than 200 miners reported trapped in abandoned gold mine

Teen Satanist: I've killed at least 22 throughout U.S.

Daytona first: Chevy SS Pace Car fire during Sprint Unlimited NASCAR Race caused by extra batteries in trunk?

Windsor: Imminent strike at huge salt mine has municipalities worried

Katmandu: Plane with 18 people missing in Nepal's mountains

Venezuela: National police tear gas and pellets leave 17 protesters injured in fourth day of unrest

Venezuela: Venezuelans blocked on twitter as opposition protests mount

TIME: Children exposed to more brain-harming chemicals than ever before

Latest attack: Kickstarter hacked, user names and encrypted passwords accessed

New York: Plane damaged at LaGuardia after colliding with de-icing truck

New Jersey: Target store closed due to fear of roof collapse from snow

Sochi: U.S. dumped high-tech suits after dismal speedskating start; no apparent benefit as Brian Hansen finished 7th and Shani Davis finished 11th in 1500M Saturday

Sochi: Americans get biggest hockey win since 1980's Miracle

University of Texas: Scientists grow human lungs in a laboratory for the first time... but they won't be transplant ready for at least 12 years

updated ~ Sochi: Russian skicross racer Maria Komissarova breaks, dislocates spine; immediate 6.5 hour surgery deemed a success

Jonah Goldberg: The Olympic whitewash of Soviet evil

Linda Chavez: ObamaCarea huge mess that were stuck with

Will push for net neutrality: Netflix will leverage, not loathe, Comcast-TWC merger

Kyiv Post: Ukraine protesters freed under amnesty but streets still tense

Chattanooga: Volkswagen employees said no the UAW Friday in a high-profile organizing failure; politicians celebrated, saying it would help bring other assembly plants to the state

Mount Kelud: Indonesian airports re-open after Java volcano eruption

Venezuela protests: Tanks, tear gas used by security forces to open Caracas' main highway

The 800-pound donkey in the room: Is Hillary Clinton too old to run?

Drug crime waves: Robber gangs terrorize Colorado pot shops

Daytona: Dale Earnhardt Jr does as he says he would, joins Twitter, tweets

Tonight seemed like as good a night as any to join Twitter. How is everyone doin? #2XDaytona500Champ pic.twitter.com/4k4JVA7fG9
— Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) February 24, 2014

Daytona: Junior-mania: 'biggest win of his career'

Daytona 500: Dale Earnhardt Jr class of field, takes 'Great American Race'

Dale Earnhardt Jr. got to the front and stayed there in the 30 or so final laps of the Daytona 500 as multi-car mayhem behind took out dozens of back-pack competitors. He led the most laps and was able to maintain his edge at the front, ahead of other previous winners, where the competition was intense and inches apart at 200+ mph. Earnhardt Jr., voted the sports's most popular driver for the last 11 years, first and last won the Daytona 500 in 2004. Sunday's race was delayed for hours by rain. The green flag dropped at 1:30 pm and the checkers came out after 500 miles, nearly 10 hours later, as Earnhardt's Chevy SS roared across the finish line to a standing ovation.

Kiev: European integration a priority says Ukraine acting President

Kiev: Claim: Putin to work with Merkel to keep crisis-hit Ukraine intact

Kiev: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim President of Ukraine

Kiev: Report says Putin told Obama he's ready to move
250,000 troops into Crimea to keep it from Ukraine

Sochi: Canada wins Gold game 3-0

Sidney Crosby scores to make it 2-0 as Canada kept the offensive pressure on throughout the game. Carey Price provided another shut-out as Canada's goalies held opponents to only 3 goals against in 6 games.

Kiev: Rivers of tears amid Ukrainian revolution [video];
Tens of thousands raptly listen as just-released Yulia Tymoshenko speaks

Yulia Tymoshenko sits in a wheelchair as she addresses the huge crowd. She then paid tribute at the spot where a protester died. ~ Baz Ratner/Andrew Kravchenko REUTERS

Kiev: Ukraine Parliament votes out Yanukovych, sets election for May 25

Kyiv Post: Defiant Yanukovych, in video, says nothing
about resigning; parliament votes to free Tymoshenko

Kiev: Opposition asserts authority in a day of fast-paced events;
Yanukovych gone, new speaker, A-G and Interior Minister; Tymoshenko
reported free; her daughter giving thanks who "have just released her"

Ukraine Crisis: Russia said ready to go to war over Crimea

Simferopol: Pro-Russian separatism said to be
rising in Crimea as Ukraine crisis unfolded

Kiev: With reports Yanukovych has fled Ukraine, Parliament votes to free Tymoshenko and appoint Turchynov acting PM; impeachment vote next

Opposition Member of Parliament Oleh Liashko on Feb. 22 addresses a crowd that has formed outside Verkhovna Rada. With reports that President Yanukovych has fled Ukraine, Parliament moved to fill the leadership vacuum by freeing ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko from prison and appointing Oleksandr Turchynov, her former deputy, as acting PM. Parliament is also set to consider Yanukovych's impeachment today. ~ © Katya Gorchinskaya Kyiv Post

Kiev: Activists guard Ukrainian presidential buildings "for the nation";
concern about counter-revolutionary attacks and civil war [video]

Kiev: When will Yulia Tymoshenko be freed? [video]

Yulia Tymoshenko is a former two-term Prime Minister and founder of the Fatherland Party, the largest opposition party in Ukraine. She was sentenced to seven years in prison in August 2011 over an expensive natural gas deal she signed with Russia. Supporters have called her conviction politically motivated, and the European Union had demanded that she be released. Her picture was displayed prominently in Independence Square, the focal point of protests in Kiev.

Kiev: President Yanukovych return to palace 'unlikely';
appears to have headed for the hills; will pal Putin give refuge?

Kiev: Inside Presidential complex; cowards fled Friday night

Kiev: Ukraine power vacuum as Presidency unguarded [BBC LIVE];
Opposition leader Klitschko tells Parliament Yanukovych gone;
calls for elections by May 25; Tymoshenko to be freed?

Kiev: President's offices unguarded; murderous cowards have fled;
protesters, always backed by public, now apparently control capital

One group of protesters has been driving around Independence Square in a military vehicle. Others are guarding buildings and reinforcing barricades. many thousands of citizens have ppoured into square and surrounding area.

Kiev: Ukraine President Yanukovych flees East from capital;
will he ever return? are we talkin' 'bout a revolution?

Kiev: Victory in Ukraine; People pressure appears to
have flushed regime out of capital; security MIA says BBC;
Parliamentary speaker Rybak resigns, cites ill health

Sochi: Men to play for 2nd straight hockey Gold after blanking U.S. by 1-0

Jamie Benn supplied the lone goal of the contest at 1:41 of the second period, and Canada earned the right to defend its vancouver 2010 Gold medal thanks to a 1-0 decision over Team USA in Friday's semifinal of the Sochi Olympics. Carey Price turned aside all 31 shots he faced for the Canadians, who will take on Sweden in Sunday's title contest. The Swedes advanced earlier Friday with a 2-1 victory over Finland.

Sochi: Charle Cournoyer wins Bronze in 500m short-track speed skating

Sochi: Canada's Brad Jacobs strikes Gold in lopsided curling final

Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie rink gave Canada its golden three-peat in Olympic mens curling. The team of Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden and brother Ryan Harnden beat Great Britain's David Murdoch 9-3 on Friday in the mens gold medal final. Murdoch conceded after the 8th end. It marks the third time in as many Winter Games that Canadians have claimed the top spot on the men's podium, and the first Olympics where Canada claimed gold in both mens and womens events. ~ Phil Noble Reuters

Sochi: Canada's Marielle Thompson, Kelsey Serwa
win Gold, Silver in Ski Cross

Marielle Thompson (left) won the gold medal and Kelsey Serwa (right) took the silver with a 1-2 Canadian finish in the women's Ski Cross final on Friday. Sweden's Anna Holmlund finished third to win the Bronze.

Kiev: Police snipers caught on multiple videos as they shoot hundreds;
100+ dead and 500 wounded in unprecedented Thursday morning slaughter

Police snipers took aim and deliberately fired. Other police with AK-47s fired automatic bursts of gunfire into civilians, mowing them down in cold-blooded murder. The world watched on multiple live video channels. Click to watch on Youtube. Scroll to bottom of this page for selection of live video links.

Sochi: Solid Gold! Overtime thriller as Poulin blasts two, in late 3rd & OT

Marie-Philip Poulin tied it with seconds on the clock, and here wins it in overtime. Team Canada goes Gold for fourth Olympics in a row. Monster comeback as U.S. has to make do with a Silver medal, again.

Kiev: Massacre of the unarmed: Medic says at least 70 protesters dead

Activists pay respects to some of the protesters mowed down by police automatic gunfire, some from snipers, in early morning clashes in Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest. ~ Efrem Lukatsky AP Photo

Sochi: Canada's curling Golden Girl - "from a great to a legend"
Jennifer Jones makes history as first undefeated Gold medalist

Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg rink finished their juggernaut-like run in Sochi on Thursday, and will leave Russia as Olympic champions. The Canadian team of Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer and Dawn McEwen beat Sweden's Silver medal winner Margaretha Sigfridsson 6-3 in the women's curling Gold-medal final, capping off an undefeated Olympic run of 11 straight victories. It was the first time a team had gone unbeaten in the Olympic tournament and was also Canada's first Gold medal in women's curling since the late Sandra Schmirler won in Nagano in 1998. Earlier in the day, Great Britain's Eve Muirhead defeated Mirjam Ott's Swiss team 6-5 in the Bronze-medal match.

Kiev: More blood on Yanukovych's hands; at least 21 civilians dead
after police openly murder protesters, EU talks delayed by gunfire;
sanctions could target assets held in West by Ukrainian business oligarchs
who have either backed Yanukovich or are sitting on the fence

Kiev: Battle aftermath; many dead, wounded; barricades being re-built

speakers are showing grenades, bullets, etc - this is (was) somebody's phone, presumably a bullet hole #kiev pic.twitter.com/9N2lRw5QUb
— neonne (@neonne) February 20, 2014

Kiev: Major conflict underway as protesters surge and re-take square;
many, many casualties as gunfire and loudspeakers punch up urgency;
unbelievable police thuggery as they fire automatic weapons into crowds

In top picture there are at least three dead bodies on the ground a wounded person being taken to a makeshift triage centre. The gunfire is almost non-stop and victims are also being carried out of the front lines non-stop as protesters overwhelm riot police firing automatic weapons and re-take all of Independence Square Thursday morning. Sirens wail as ambulances take away casualties. Bottom picture, captured police officers are seen being led away after the gunfire calmed.

Kiev: No truce is apparent; automatic gunfire as riot police retreat

The truce in #Kiev this morning. Fires raging. Loud explosions. pic.twitter.com/sp1UzNGz6W
— Duncan Crawford (@_DuncanC) February 20, 2014

Kiev: Truce said to be in place; police to stop charging at protesters;
but the barricades continue to burn and many shots still heard

Sochi: Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse win repeat Bobsled Gold

Canadians Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse made history on Wednesday, becoming the first women bobsledders to repeat as Olympic champions. Humphries and Moyse posted a blistering final run for a combined time of three minutes, 50.61 seconds to take the Gold. The Silver medal went to Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams of the United States with a time of 3:50.71. And Bronze also went to Americans, Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans in 3:51.61.

Sochi: Brad Jacobs wins 7th in row to cinch Silver, to go for curling Gold

Kiev: Ukraine protesters seize post office; world reacts to deepening crisis

Kiev: Canada closes embassy as Ukrainian violence escalates

Sochi: Finland eliminates Russia from men's Olympic hockey

Sochi: Jennifer Jones remains unbeaten, cinches Silver, will go for Gold

Kiev: EU calls emergency meeting to weigh sanctions against Ukraine

Kiev: Toll up to 26; police now have foothold on Independence Square

Kiev: Looking North towards the protest camp, behind police

The scene in Independence Square. Rows of riot police. Lots of smoke. Relatively calm. At the moment. #Kiev pic.twitter.com/w10lX7QvUg
— Duncan Crawford (@_DuncanC) February 19, 2014

Kiev: 25 dead, 241 injured, but Yanukovych blames protesters

NY Times: Kiev protesters set square ablaze to thwart police

Ottawa: Ukrainian Canadians call for NATO intervention in Kiev

Kiev: Brave defiance in streets as sun rises over flaming police assault

Flames, blood and throaty defiance mark the sunrise in Kiev's Independence Square. The brave protesters won't back down as the government's criminal assault continues. View looking south towards police.

Kiev: Baird and Harper blast Ukraine Government for bloody violence;
Canada gives refuge to bloodied protesters in Canadian Embassy in Kiev

These two screen captures show destruction in past few hours. Top is a live view at 11:22 pm ET showing firefighters
battling a blaze in the building to the left as fires rage in the streets; bottom is the same scene 8 hours earlier, showing
the buildings lit up with a huge video screen displaying the conflgration live. It's not known who set the building on fire
or whether there's a chance to save it, as smoke billows unrelentingly, despite firefighters efforts in the middle of this
war zone. As bombs explode, guns fire and the sounds of broken glass dominate, the overwhelming sound is that of
the protesters singing gloriously and their drums beating in defiance. It is a scene out of Dante's Inferno as the sun
starts to rise over the Ukraine.

Kiev: As Ukrainian police storm protest camp, now at least 21 dead

Kiev ~ LIVE CBC video: Ukraine violence grows in fiery showdown

It's been a brutal day and night in Kiev as police were ordered to remove the protest camp and encampment tents were set on fire. Protesters are holding their ground and battling back. There are dead on both sides and many injured. If you watch the LIVE TV feeds [click here or other link in left column] you'll see the number of ambulances and hear their sirens over guns firing and concussion grenade blasts. The CBC contact at the scene believes the police are firing rubber bullets. World leaders have called for calm and Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird has told them the world is watching and the time for peace is now.

Sochi: Canada's Mike Riddle wins Silver in Ski Halfpipe

Canada's Mike Riddle flies through the air during men's freestyle skiing halfpipe, winning the Silver medal. Gold went to David Wise of the United States & Bronze went to Kevin Rolland of France. ~ Jonathan Hayward CANADIAN PRESS

Sochi: Canada wins silver in women's short track 3,000-metre relay

The Canadians were upgraded to Silver from Bronze after the Chinese team was disqualified due to a violation on an exchange. Canada's team consists of Marianne St-Gelais, Valérie Maltais, Marie-Ève Drolet and Jessica Hewitt. South Korea took the Gold medal, while the Italians took Bronze upon China's disqualification.

Sochi: Meryl Davis, Charlie White dethrone 2010 Olympic champions;
Canadians Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir win Silver in ice dance

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moirs Olympic reign is over. The defending champions set a new free dance world record for their routine, but it was smashed only a few minutes later when Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. countered
with a world record of their own to capture the Gold medal. Virtue and Moir took the Silver. Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia took the Bronze.

Sochi: Jones makes history, goes entire curling round-robin undefeated

Winnipeg skip Jennifer Jones made Olympic history Monday, defeating South Korea 9-4 to become the first woman to
go through the Olympic curling round-robin unbeaten.

Sochi: Stanley gets a hug from Silver Medalist Patrick Chan

EXTENDED: Stanley Cup a huge hit as it shows up at the Winter Games: http://t.co/7nmuBI224G #CTVSochi pic.twitter.com/pDK7XueWtp
— Watch CTV News (@WatchCTVNews) February 17, 2014

Olympic performance: 376-mph truck faster than a speeding skier

With 36,000 horsepower, Shockwave is always a crowd pleaser. It's shown here making a quick run
at Cayuga Dragway in Cayuga, Ontario. ~ Daily Mail

Sochi: Canadian Dominique Maltais wins Silver in Snowboard Cross

Canada's Dominique Maltais won Silver in the Olympic women's snowboard cross in Sochi on Sunday. Her father, Gérald Maltais, gives her a hug at the finish line after the flower ceremony, in top photo. Eva Samkova of Czech Republic took Gold, and Chloe Trespeuch of France won Bronze. Maltais, of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Quebec, won her semifinal heat to advance to the medal round. Dominique is a firefighter in her professional career. Reigning Olympic champion Maëlle Ricker of Squamish, B.C., crashed in her quarter-final heat, finishing 21st. ~ Leon Neal AFP/Getty Images

Toronto: Deadly pig virus slowed by steps taken since U.S. outbreak gave 'heads up'

Vanscoy: Over 50 Saskatchewan miners spend night underground waiting out Friday night fire

Toronto: Key Wynne strategist prepares to jump ship

The Canadian Edge: The coming free trade pact with Europe is likely a factor in Ford deciding to build its world car in Oakville; the Edge will be exported to 60 countries and be built around the clock

Anticosti: Windfall or money pit?

Anticosti Island: Quebec signals shift in support for oil and gas development

Randy Richmond: Analysis: the General Dynamics Land Systems contract announced by the federal government in London Friday was the biggest deal of its kind in Canadian history

Three Amigos summit next week: What Harper wants from the U.S. and Mexico

Paul Wells: A powerful budget of pittances

Andrew Coyne: Conservative jobs plan is coherent, relevant, bold naturally the provinces hate it

Study: Welfare rates rise in Ontario and drop everywhere else over last four decades

Toronto: Ontario's by-elections' good news: NDP may finally give up 'listening' façade to bring down Wynne

Winnipeg: Glover touts $14B New Building Canada Plan for infrastructure, chastises Manitoba for premature, pre-consultation announcements on funding

London: 3,000 jobs to Canada from huge Saudi contract, involving 500 companies

Ottawa: Canadian arm of General Dynamics wins biggie Saudi contract worth up to $13B

Angry moose pregnant: Moose that attacked pedestrian given a break due to imminent mommyhood

Ottawa: Feds shelve plans to buy new military patrol airplanes; will spend $2B to maintain current fleet to 2030

Radio-Canada report raises question: Did former Jean Chretien Chief of Staff Michel Fournier, who he appointed as head of federal bridge authority in 1998, get $$ millions in kickbacks from SNC-Lavalin for federal bridge contracts?

Watkins Glen: Border no barrier for rescuers uniting two blind cows; Tricia and Sweety now best friends

Christina Blizzard: Liberals get whupped in byelections; results surely mean a spring election

Windsor: Ambassador Bridge owner secures Canadian environmental approval to build replacement six-lane bridge to Detroit

John Ivison: Flaherty and Harper agree child care benefit a better policy than income splitting

Liberal spending? Ex-Grit Senators' expenses might not be posted online despite past commitments

Toronto: Canadian Tire sales soar amid bitter winter weather

Gagetown: Latest Canadian soldier to die in an apparent suicide was reportedly facing sex charges

Ban knives? Two dead, two wounded in three Toronto-area stabbings overnight

Toronto: Resourceful bees recycling plastic in building parasite-free nests

Sochi: Canada beats Norway 3-1 in men's hockey debut game

London: Ontario loses another manufacturer as hospital bed maker heads south

Ontario: Small M2.9 shallow 5km quake hits under Lake Ontario near U.S. border 90km SSE of Toronto

Sochi: 10 ways Canada has already won the Winter Olympics; Canada has a heart of gold; and also just a lot of gold

Christina Blizzard: Honeymoon capital kissing goodbye to spendthrift Liberals

Toronto: TSX higher as commodities rise amid strong Chinese trade data

Laugher master: Sid Caesar, who shaped TV's early days, dies at 91

Tax-splitting: Pros and nons; looking at both sides now (instead of in heat of an election)

Off the air? CBC should shutter over the air network, leave kids stuff to private broadcasters and refocus Canadian content goals, says former CRTC chief Konrad von Finckenstein to Standing Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications

Kingston: Lights out for bankrupt solar panel maker given $600,000 provincial grant; Green Energy Act "an ongoing soap opera" says local economic development group which vows to stay away from green businesses in the future

Quebec: Two 17-year-olds to be charged with three counts of murder

Maple Leaf Foods selling: Mexicos Grupo Bimbo buying Canada Bread for $1.83B

Forum poll: Toronto subways maintain lead over LRTs

Toronto: Rob Fords former campaign mastermind reportedly sides with John Tory

John Ivison: Flaherty has done more than anyone to make life more affordable for Canadas most vulnerable citizens

Budget 2014: Suspended Senators to lose loophole that allows them to collect pension

Ottawa terror trial: CFB Trenton repatriation ceremony was possible terror target, Khurram Sher trial hears

Budget 2014: Flaherty makes prudence a virtue

Budget 2014: Ottawa helps secure future of huge Chrysler minivan plant in Windsor, says industry group

Ontario: Liberals took province 'from the engine to the caboose' of Canada

Budget 2014: By the numbers

Mike Moffatt: Nine important under-the-radar changes in Canadas 2014 federal budget

Journalist, academic: Peter Desbarats dead at age 80

Budget 2014: Veterans released on medical leave to get top priority for jobs in Canadas public service; $$ billions to be saved as civil servants to pay more towards their benefits as compensation is aligned with private sector

Budget 2014: The Budget in Brief -- 18 pages in pdf format

Budget 2014: Full text of 2014 Budget -- Economic Action Plan 2014 in pdf format

Budget 2014: Full text of Finance Minister Flahertys House of Commons speech

Budget 2014: Ottawa hikes cigarette taxes, delays defence spending, will sell remainder of GM stock, have deficit of $2.9B with reserve fund of $3B

Sochi: Canadian coach comes to Russian skier's rescue after crash

Permian mass extinction: It took 60,000 years to kill nearly everything on Earth

Kootenay National Park: 'Mother lode' of fossils discovered in Canada

Budget 2014: Flaherty to tackle U.S.-Canada pricing gap

Parker Gallant: Wind power approvals continuing to push up Ontario electricity bills

Victoria: Robyn Benson, brain-dead since late December, gave birth to 'Baby Iver' Saturday and died Sunday after life support removed; world has embraced new father Dylan Benson, donating $144,000 to help with new baby

Nunatsiaq News: Sammurtok beats Kusugak to take Rankin Inlet South in Nunavut by-election

Mexico: Sunday murder of Canadian couple linked to ransacking of house in 'safe' community where man had wintered for 35 years

Kelly McParland: Ontario Liberals' plan to attract business is to raise costs and embrace unions; after overseeing a decade manufacturing job losses, Ontario's Liberals have the nerve to warn that a change might frighten off business

Montreal: Union workers paid 24/7 for two years' pay to play cards, watch TV and stay home, Quebec inquiry hears

Ottawa: Dr. Khurram Sher, accused of al-Qaeda links, pleads not guilty; defence tells court Sher linked to a pre-existing conspiracy, but may not have understood or shared its goals; Crown case includes evidence from 96 wiretaps, 24 internet intercepts, 33 emails, 30 pages of admissions and seven searches

Own medicine: Conservative plan to undermine Justin Trudeau at Liberal convention will focus on his erratic record, arbitrary decision-making, and Senate dump which has roiled Liberal membership

Businessweek: Harper sees history clinching Keystone nod with or without Obama

Sochi: IOC bans athletes from afixing stickers to helmets in tribute to late Canadian skier Sarah Burke who died in 2012 Utah training accident; insensitive IOC said athletes should find "a better place" to express their grief

Party like Royalty: Queen Elizabeth renting out her privately owned Balmoral Estate to raise funds; wags suggest a rock festival would make sense

Big in Russia, China: Dashboard cameras catching on with drivers here

Toronto Sun editorial: Wynnes flip-flop on paying off deficit

History at risk: Belleville businessmen hope to save historic 85-year-old arena; was home rink for Bobby & Dennis Hull and the 1959 World Champion Belleville McFarlands; faces death by stick in the mud politicians

Budget 2014: Laser focus on "economy and jobs" says Flaherty, with infrastructure getting spending boost

Budget 2014: Farm community welcomes high-speed internet rural funding in budget; "levels playing field for those working the fields"

Budget 2014: Finance Minister Flaherty to target youth joblessness, price gaps Tuesday

Police taking seriously: Rob Ford received threat someone in his family would be killed February 13

Dr. William M. Gray: The physical flaws of the global warming theory and deep ocean circulation changes as the primary climate driver

CTV News/Ipsos Reid poll: Liberal support down since November, NDP up, Conservatives steady

Steve Paikin: Sir John A. Macdonald Station: Let the debate begin

Ottawa: Federal budget to boost rural high-speed internet access

Toronto: Harper marks Chinese New Year and vows to boost trade with Asian powerhouse

Halifax: Sick leave policy for public servants outdated; Clement proposes new approach

Rex Murphy: Justin Trudeaus publicity-winning Senate move is glib rather than profound

Quebec: Two ex-SCOC judges offer conflicting views on proposed secular charter

Peter Akman: Canada is in the House, and 'Ski Jump Mom,' please take a bow; parents really matter

Christie Blatchford: Sochi Opening Ceremony was splendid, if thick with irony

Cam Cole: Canada and Russia have much in common

John Ivison: First Nations education deal the best sign Conservatives putting focus on governing

January numbers: Canada exceeds economists' expectations and adds 29,400 jobs; dollar gets boost

Toronto: Police investigating potential threat to Mayor Rob Ford and his family

Historic power shift: Prime Minister Harper and Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo reveal full-scale re-tooling of First Nations education, including new money, annual budget increases, native control, and recognized diplomas

Space, Canada's frontier: Canada Space Agency and government unveil new 5-point framework for Canada's future 'up there'; new funding for space telescope; Canada's space industry employs over 8,000, contributes to GDP

Canada: Federal budget will target charitable groups linked with terrorism, organized crime

Breaking the law? Environmental advocacy groups facing government tax audits because of illegal lobbying activity say fear losing charitable status, which includes tax avoidance and ability to offer charitable tax receipts

Oldest, at 60: Toronto rower completes voyage across Atlantic

John Ivison: Tony Clement wins sick days skirmish, more battles with unions ahead; "$871M the government spends every year so that 19,000 public servants can stay home on any given day"

Terence Corcoran: Toronto city council more interested in politically sexy projects than clearing our snow

George Jonas: Multiculturalism encourages a new type of immigrant who shares our wealth but not our values

Friday changes to First Nations Education Act: First Nations to gain greater control of education system, annual funding increase

Kelly McParland: Citizenship changes recognize high value of being Canadian; "citizenship should not be simply a passport of convenience"

Nipigon: Trucker in Highway 11 near-crash video that went viral ID'd by OPP; Milton man facing charges

Kingston: Another military fraudster exposed

Ottawa: Citizenship Act changes will force applicants to spend more time in Canada before applying, will enable terrorists to be stripped of Canadian citizenship

Ottawa: Government introduces Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act, to reduce backlogs, improve processing times and enhance integrity of Canadian citizenship; first comprehensive reforms to Citizenship Act since 1977

Up 23% between 2001 and 2012: Sick days cost public sector $871M in 2011-12, says report

Ottawa: First Nations education deal to be announced Friday

Andrew Coyne: A revisit to the myth of income inequality: Since the bleak 90s, things have actually gotten much better in Canada, by every measure

Under London: UK jobs boost as Bombardier wins £1 billion Crossrail contract

Full text: Fair Elections Act,
Bill C-23

Two thumbs up: "Overall a good bill" and worthy of an 'A minus' says Jean-Pierre Kingsley, who ran Elections Canada for 17 years; most critics approve of proposed election reforms

Fair Elections Act: Reforms bring changes to campaign spending; fundraising costs to be exempt from expense limits

Fair Elections Act: Bill's cap on estate donations will match living donations, enabling ongoing amounts from trusts

Let's play ball! Blue Jays refurbishing Rogers Centre astro turf for 2014, replacing in 2015, and growing real grass starting in 2018

Government response given credit: CN Rail, union reach tentative deal that averts weekend strike

Bob Hepburn: Kathleen Wynne fails to act on growing health-care mess; radical surgery needed to reform Ontarios troubled health-care system made worse by Matthews

One of Canadas largest, best-known law firms: Heenan Blaikie liquidating; Chretien, Trudeau among former big names

Winnipeg: Sandy Bay natives not paying teachers, claim previous band council over-spent by $19 million; Manitoba Teachers' Society calling for federal government to step in

Christina Blizzard: Ontario Liberals hope for by-election snow blowout next week

Toronto: TSX climbs as oil prices lift energy shares

IRS: Canada tax deal will have CRA collecting info on U.S. residents

Napanee: Westbound 401 re-opens after latest multi-vehicle storm crash, this one involving passenger coach; other 401 closures due to MVCs at Gananoque, Belleville, Trenton, Brighton

NBC investigation: Justin Bieber and father abusive to flight crew; plane so full of pot smoke pilots wore oxygen masks; parental irresponsibility root of youngster's problems?

Ottawa: Battle erupts as federal civil servants mount campaign to protect generous retirement benefits not found in private sector

Ottawa: Canada revamps military procurement policy to simplify, add clarity

Ottawa: First Senate charges wont be the last says RCMP

Ottawa: Wireless companies must now consult with Canadians on building towers of any height

Ottawa: Canadian border officers guns have been drawn only 216 times in the six years they've been armed, but fired only 3 times, each time to put down a wounded animal

Toronto: Air Canada issues travel alert due to unexpected snow storm--Flights to and from Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, London, Windsor and NE U.S. may be cancelled or delayed

Calgary: Friends of Science deconstructs 97% AGW consensus claim, finds bunkum, uncritical acceptance of wild claim by media

Winnipeg: Manitoba Premier Selinger boots Melnick from NDP caucus

Toronto: Rogers unveils plans for NHL broadcasts next season

Half-baked backroom plan: Justin Trudeau reportedly furious at senators continuing to use 'Liberal' brand; didn't think it through

Dissenting Liberal voices: Dion dissed non-partisan Senate appointment plan as "elitist. not very democratic"--described it as "amateurish" when raised by NDP, and that it made "no sense" and "waste(s) time"

Just PR: University of Regina political scientist unconvinced by Trudeau cutting ties with Senate; says move sheds responsibility ahead of potentially damaging auditor general report

Licia Corbella: Trudeaus Senate reform is just a mirage; did West lose Liberal caucus representation?

Trudeau-appointed Senator Anne Cools: Justin's wholesale Senator dump "not wise"; "All I can say is, its not good for the system, its not good for Parliament and its not good for the senators, and its not good for any of the leaders either. It does not look good when leaders appear to not be faithful to their followers."

Liberal chaos: Justin Trudeau, dissed Senators differ on what independence means

Really mammoth8.5-feet long: Mammoth tusk retrieved from 30-foot pit at downtown Seattle construction site; 20,000-year-old relic donated to local museum

Too much snow? South Carolina hit by M4.1 shallow quake 12km WNW of Edgefield

New York: Plans to build $2B underwater power transmission line from Canada to Queens moving ahead; to deliver hydro-electric power from Quebec via 333-mile Lake Champlin/Hudson River cable

Sochi: Russia accused of cheating in luge event by heating up the track: Canadian coach says track officials may have adjusted levels in boiler room

Sochi: U.S. Silver medal skier Gus Kenworthy rescues 5 stray puppies, wins hearts around the world

Philadelphia: At least 21 dead from storm, more than 6,500 flights grounded on Thursday; 1.2 million utility customers lost power at peak

New York: Winter storm to dump more snow as it enters day 2

Judith Curry: UK floods in context

Sochi: High-tech suits earlier seen as an advantage for U.S. speed skaters now blamed for poor results

Pax: Four lessons Georgia learned about snowstorms

Internet implications: $45.2B Time Warner purchase by Comcast seen getting approval with conditions

Disney's World: Interactive map by fan locates settings for 58 animated films

Where they went: Heli-drone video camera explores vast sinkhole under Corvette museum that swallowed 8 rare Vettes, only 4 visible [video]

Sochi: No beer, no smokes: Olympic spirit challenges old Russian habits

Newsday: We need the Keystone XL pipeline for national security

UN: Russia says Syria aid draft could open door to military action

China: Yesterday's M6.8 Xinjiang quake affected 7800+ in sparsely populated area but no casualties reported (7.3 on Chinese scale)

Separatism: Britain warns Scotland: Forget using £ pound if you walk away

Oval Office: White House not amused by French journalists selfies

Crooked chemists: Law has trouble keeping up with ever-evolving synthetic drugs

James Delingpole: Canadian Mark Steyn and 21st-century equivalent of Scopes monkey trial over faith-based anthropogenic global warming hypothesis

Killer storm: Power out for 350,000+ - at least 13 killed Wednesday, 3 of those in ambulance accident

Biggest gets bigger: Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45B in all-stock deal

Pax in NE: New Jersey and New York at risk of flooding as storm will power through two high tides, cover area for 24 hours with high wind gusts, may dump a foot of snow on New York City, more up the river [video]

Sacramento: Dramatic takedown of escaping suspect on bicycle by tackling cop happens within inches of CBS cameraman who records whole thing [video]

Cold, snow and ice: Amtrak to operate modified schedule Thursday due to storm

Pax has landed: Historic ice storm immobilizes ground, air travel in the South; 4,000 flights cancelled Wednesday, 3,100 more cancelled Thursday

That sinking feeling: Security camera captures moment sinkhole opened up under National Corvette Museum in Kentucky [video]

The Captain to leave his pin-striped dugout: Derek Jeter to retire after 2014 season, his 19th

Here comes the sun? U.S. scientists claim test breakthrough by generating more energy from a fusion reaction than put in; they say small but crucial step along road to harnessing sun-like fusion power

New Orleans: Ray Nagin, the 'Katrina' Mayor who failed to evacuate his citizens and became a face of hurricane tragedy, convicted, found guilty on 20 charges of corruption

Beijing: Strong China January trade data sparks cheers, doubts

Premature: China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover dies on moon; technology not ready for prime time?

Kentucky: Sinkhole opens up at National Corvette Museum, swallows at least 8 rare 'Vettes

Mali: 30 dead in clash with al-Qaida-linked rebels

Prius: Toyota forced to recall 1.9 million vehicles for software problem that can cause stalling

Mitt Romney: I am a staunch defender of the Olympics, but it's time to draw spending boundaries

China: Casualties and damage unclear after big M6.8 quake and aftershocks

China: Big M6.8 shallow earthquake has hit 269 km ESE of Hotan (about 4,000 km east of Sochi, Russia)

Tennessee: Retired lawyer killed after package sent to home explodes

Accuweather: Historic ice storm unfolds in U.S. South; lengthy power outages possible; extends from Texas to Nova Scotia

CBS: Next up this winter: A potentially catastrophic, historic storm

Toronto: Some U.S. viewers turn to CBC amid complaints about NBC Olympic coverage

77 dead: Algerian army C-130 Hercules crashes in wintry conditions, one survivor

Washington: Stocks jump as Yellen says U.S. can weather stimulus taper

Washington: Obama joins Hollande in vowing new era of U.S.-French ties

David Frum: What you didn't see in Sochi

Obamacare: Employers scrutinize latest concession

Iconic child star and adult
diplomat: Shirley Temple
dead at 85

Hollande photographer makes claim: French media goes crazy over rumor that President Obama and Beyonce are having an affair; Washington Post denies

Fast and Furious casualty: Family remembers agent Brian Terry as killer gets 30 years

Sochi: Drones are HD TV's best friend for getting close to action on ski hills

Doug Graham: Obamacare killed my sister

Sochi: Will high-tech approach pay off for U.S. speed skaters in computer-engineered speed suits? [video]

Stay safe: Big Southern ice & snow storm expected to move up and snow blanket NorthEast next [video]

2 lives lost: HMS Bounty captain's "reckless decision" doomed tall ship, NTSB says

Sochi: Olympics fuel upsurge in Russian patriotism

2017 Project: Republican alternative to Obamacare uses tax credits to level playing field, eliminates mandates, penalties, and costly bureaucracy, addresses needs of pre-existing conditions and uninsured

Breaks law again: Obama throws workers under bus, arbitrarily orders delay of Obamacare mandate for small businesses; shows how deeply law affects workforce

Marius the giraffe: Copenhagen Zoo staff get death threats

Sochi gleaming, from every angle: Contrary to the whining early media reports, Sochi is filled with stunning architecture and a collection of brand, spanking new facilities matched nowhere else in the world

Propaganda alive and well: Classic climate criminal behaviour right here in Fort Collins

Samarra: Iraqi suicide bombing instructor accidentally kills himself and 20 pupils; there were injured among the 22 survivors; seven fully prepared car bombs along with suicide belts packed with high explosive were found at site

Al-Qaida: U.S. terror suspect planning overseas hit, may be targeted for pre-emptive drone strike

Beirut: Rebel attack on Syrian Alawite village kills 40

India: Tiger evades hunters, kills 10th victim

Sochi: Expensive Games draw sparse crowds, as organizers fill seats with volunteers

NY Times: 50 years later, Beatles steal another show; CBSs Grammy Salute belongs to McCartney and Starr

Sunday: Wrong-way car crashes in Florida and California kill 11

Australia: Toyota to stop making cars in Oz from 2017

Washington: Obama eases immigration rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who have supported terrorists

Portland: Ice storm incapacitates Pacific NorthWest [video]

San Jose: San Francisco Bay Area drenched with weekend storm; more in forecast as deep drought breaks; inches of rain and snow

Denmark: Astonishment grows to anger after zoo kills healthy giraffe, carves it up and feeds it to lions in front of public

Lesley Stahl: Sex matters: Drugs can affect sexes differently; "dangerously under-studied"

Indiana cops: Brutal winter has reduced crime

Former IRS Chief: Democrat Senator made us do it

Mexico: Police arrest 'major drug lord' wanted in U.S.; smuggled 76 tonnes of cocaine from Colombia into the U.S. between 2000 and 2003

Goose, gander: Hillary Clinton adviser started an election-day traffic jam in 2000 to change turn-out

Patrick Michaels: Will the overselling of global warming lead to a new scientific dark age?

George F. Will: Big Government has big consequences

The Observer: In Sochi, a backlash against the backlash emerges

Denver: Cancer-causing chemical PCE contaminates Colorado soil, water and homes

California: 2013 sniper assault on U.S. power station could have been the rehearsal for an 'even bigger terrorist attack', warns industry expert

Conrad Black: This anemic recovery; the U.S. has almost tripled its money supply in five years while boosting its debt by $8 Trillion, and all it has to show for it is 2% growth

Moscow: Russia warns Bitcoin could be used for financing terrorism

Sochi: IOC doesn't plan to investigate report of fixing in ice dance judging, calls them 'groundless' despite media reports

Syria: Activists say ISIS top commander killed as rebels battle against radical group in their midst

Bosnia-Hercegovina: Protests break out in violence in multiple cities, government buildings ablaze

Russia: Gunman kills nun and churchgoer inside Sakhalin cathedral, six others wounded

Dagestan: Five persons killed, one detained in special operation aginst militants in Makhachkala, 500 km from Sochi

Beatlemania: A moment in time never to be repeated; "Previous to the Beatles' arrival here, teenagers were an appendage in the family. After that, the teenager became one of the dominant forces in the family"

Homs: Cease-fire in Syrian city falters, aid halted; propaganda battle follows

Philadelphia: Still 122,000 customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland without power days in freezing temps after Nika ice storm; more than 1 million customers lost power at storm's peak

Andy Greenberg: iPhone-sized device can hack a car; computer networks in cars wide open to life-threatening hacking saying experts

Sochi: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen becomes oldest Winter Games Gold medal winner at 40, ties record for overall medals with 12 (7 Golds)

Olympic scandal? French magazine L'Equipe says vote-swapping deal made between Russian and American judges to boost their figure skaters; would hurt Canada

Between Nice and Digne-les-Bains: Two dead, seven injured as tourist train in French Alps hit by boulder 'the size of a car'

Sochi: Russians rue economy as most expensive Olympics begin

Sochi: American moguls skier Heidi Kloser badly injured after falling on first jump of training run

Sochi: Olympic rings mishap doctored by Russian TV

WSJ: Toyota close to $1 billion deal to settle U.S. probe

ABC News: Sochi toothpaste bomb plot ongoing, sources say

NY Times: Woody Allen responds to scurrilous accusations with incisive, detailed op-ed defense that tackles his accusers head-on

Backdoor hack: Hackers may have used Pennsylvania company to hit Target

Homs: Evacuation begins for civilians from Syrian city

Illegal currency: Russia bans bitcoins

Pakistan: At Taliban U jihadists major in anti-Americanism

Will take 2014 off: Alex Rodriguez withdraws lawsuit against MLB to overturn suspension

More winter: Snow hammers NorthWest as NorthEast recovery continues

Under-performs: U.S. job growth struggles again in January

Money saver: $300 solar furnace decreases heating bill; made from pop cans, aluminum eavestrough downspouts, old window

Five sets of feet: Scientists find 800,000 years old footprints in UK

Trade barrier: Canada gets rough lesson in U.S. politics today

Financial Times: Sugar debate turns sour for food groups

Stole admission exam: Former NSA chief explains how Snowden gained high-level access

RC stealth drone: UK's 'most-advanced' aircraft makes successful test flights

Hong Kong exchange: Google bought $750M stake in Lenovo on January 30, days before selling them Motorola division

Unlocks account: Facebook grants father's wish to see dead son's 10-year 'video'

"Luckiest guy in the world..." 5 memorable moments from Leno's final show

Sochi: Banned carry-on items get through Russian security

Signs contract, buys shares in Keurig: Home-brewed Coca-Cola in 2015 could transform beverage industry

Detroit: GM's dismal profit may spur analysts to cut 2014 estimate

By rail and water: MEG Energy sending oilsands oil to U.S. markets by rail and river barge as pipelines filled

Riyadh: Female student dies after male paramedics barred from entering women-only campus in Saudi Arabia

Gafferama: Russian officials fire back at Olympic critics; one Sochi defender claims only 103 registered complaints; refers to 'surveillance video' in hotel rooms

Chewy: Subway says it will remove 'yoga mat' chemical from its sandwich bread after outcry

Afghanistan: Taliban brag about capturing war dog; show off chained pooch in bizarre video

Russian billionaire steps forward: Racing to save the stray dogs of Sochi

LA Times: Jay Leno is ready to hit the road full-time as a stand-up guy after 22 years behind his talk-show desk with only weekends to stand it up

Marshall Islands: Castaway's health takes turn for the worse, Mexican official says

Nika: Lights and heat out for 1 million as winter storm slams Northeast

Sochi: Homeland Security warns airlines about terrorists smuggling explosives in toothpaste tubes

Sao Paulo: Brazil spies on protesters, hoping to protect World Cup

Panama City: Cost dispute halts work on Panama Canal expansion

Help needed now: Russia says now is not the time for UN resolution on aid to Syria

Nika: Snow and ice left at least 9 dead, a million without power at peak, still thousands in dark

As big as predicted: Winter storm Nika snow and ice totals

Rosie DiManno: Sochi 2014 Olympics: Worst. Games. Ever? No, pampered journalists should just chill

Olympic threat: Turkish forces seize suspected hijacker in Istanbul

Olympic threat: Passenger claims bomb, tries to divert plane to Sochi as ceremonies begin; Turkey scrambles F-16, forces landing;
Ukrainian plane, bomber reportedly was told plane had landed in Sochi
to calm him, according to Ceylan Ozbudak, first reporter of attack

Olympics: Opening ceremony underway in Sochi;
watch the live-stream at cbc.ca/olympics

The Canadian Olympic team enters from the floor ramp through the graphic map of Canada.
So far, a glitch-free opening (except for that snowflake).

The Americans are in the house! A big, boisterous Team USA brought energy to the opening.

Estonia brings northern chic to the opening ceremonies.

The home team -- the Russian Federation -- gets a raucous welcome, as can be expected.

Martin St. Louis to replace injured Stamkos on Olympic hockey team

Sochi: Two Canadian men to Slopestyle finals, two to Semis

#TeamCanada slopestyle: @MaxParrot @SebToots to the final. @markmcmorris & Charles Reid to semis. #WeAreWinter pic.twitter.com/SN0W3BwbkP
— CDN Olympic Team (@CDNOlympicTeam) February 6, 2014

Olympics underway! Men's slopestyle qualifying
launches Sochi before Friday torch ceremonies

115 vehicles: Mississauga couple say lucky to be alive after monster crash

401 update: Multi-Vehicle WB crash to delay traffic for hours

Trenton - crashes near Quinte West will take time to remove. pic.twitter.com/h0RdG8frvM
— OPP East (@OPP_ER) February 5, 2014

White-outs: Heaviest snowfall of year for Toronto; Ontario roads plugged

Canada's heaviest population belt has been belted with heaviest snow of year. Toronto traffic a mess and 401 from
Windsor to Montreal closed in multiple places. OPP estimate more than 150 vehicles involved in crashes west and
east of Kingston. Belleville Police have urged people to stay put.

Cold enough for ya? 4406 U.S. record cold temperatures
in January 1073 snowfall records

Use this link to check out the fully interactive version of this record-tracking map at: HAMweather.com

Winter Storm Nika: batten down hatches, polish snow shovel

By all accounts this storm will drop a lot of snow very quickly. It has already done a lot of damage in MidWest
and knocked out power over big areas. ~ Accuweather

Ottawa: RCMP charge Sen. Brazeau, ex-Sen. Harb over Senate expenses;
one charge each of breach of trust and fraud, under Sect 122

Sochi: The Canadian moose will soon be loose

Mr. Moose has just arrived. #wearewinter #cbcolympics #sochi2014 #cdnolympicteam pic.twitter.com/DBaY16rICL
— Canadian Freestyle (@canfreestyleski) February 3, 2014

Seattle Times: Seahawks dominate Denver from start to finish

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson hoists the Vince Lombardi Trophy (within a mile of the Vince Lombardi service stop on the New Jersey Turnpike) next to former NFL Hall of Fame New York Giants star Michael Strahan.
~ Dean Rutz The Seattle Times

Super Bowl: People as pixels at Super Bowl
halftime show the work of Canadian company

Each pixel in MetLife Stadium was on a hat worn by a spectator. And the colour and intensity of all 80,000
were controlled by infra-red signals, making the crowd an integral part of the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime
show featuring Bruno Mars (above) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Super Bowl: Attack on mass transit seen as top security risk

East Rutherford, New Jersey: Home of the Super Bowl
-- so where is everybody? [video]

The legendary New Jersey Meadowlands -- in East Rutherford, New Jersey -- have been home to
Stanley Cup and Super Bowl winners but despite being the home of champions and the only city to
host two NFL teams (and countless concerts and other big events) it remains deserted and dissed
by the NFL and the pre-Super Bowl hoopla. In the shadow of the Empire State Building just across
the Hudson River on Manhatttan Island in New York City, the Meadowlands is the ultimate Rodney
'can't get no respect' Dangerfield venue. Even the folks staying in the two adjacent hotels, a Sheraton
and a Marriott, a stone's throw away, aren't allowed to walk to the Super Bowl's MetLife Stadium.

Sochi: Jan Hudec ties for the Bronze medal in Super-G;
1st Canadian in 20 years to earn Olympic alpine medal

Canada's Jan Hudec reacts after the Men's Alpine Skiing Super-G at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 16, 2014. Hudec and Bode Miller both skied the time of one minute, 18.67 seconds for Bronze. The Gold medal was won by Kjetil Jansrud of Norway and the Silver was taken by Andrew Weibrecht of the U.S. ~ Leon Neal AFP/Getty Images

Sochi: Denny Morrison takes his second of the Games, adding Bronze

Ottawa: Late freestyle skier Sarah Burke's legacy honoured on Flag Day

The family of the late freestyle skier Sarah Burke received the Canadian flag that's been flying on the Peace Tower to mark National Flag Day on February 15, Prime Minister Harper announced. ~ David Zalubowski Associated Press

Sochi: Patrick Chan takes Silver in men's figure skating

Canadian Patrick Chan took Silver medal in men's figure skating behind Gold medal winner, 19-year-old Japanese phenom Yuzuru Hanyu, in Sochi Friday. The Bronze medal went to Kazakh skater and world silver medallist Denis Ten.

Indonesia: At least 2 dead from volcanic eruption; rocks, huge ash cloud

Mount Kelud: Indonesia orders 200,000 to evacuate
as East Java volcano erupts; now 6 airports closed

The epic journey of our species: Ancient baby buried 12,600 years ago in Montana a direct ancestor of todays Native Americans, his DNA reveals

'Pure, White and Deadly' He tried to warn us about sugarin 1972

Largest federal infrastructure investment in Canadian history will provide stable, long-term support, including for small communities, for 10 years

Pax: Storm keeps burying East Coast in heavy snow, crushing Big Apple;
capital Washington, D.C. shut down, over 5,500 flights cancelled today

Sochi: Speed skater Junio hailed for giving up starting spot to Morrison

Sochi: Denny Morrison wins Silver in 1,000 metre speed skating

Sochi: Canadian hockey women rally to beat United States
Meghan Agosta-Marciano celebrates 27th birthday with 2 goals

Canadian Meghan Agosta-Marciano celebrates her two third-period goal against Team USA Wednesday in Sochi.
It was her 27th birthday; Hayley Wickenheiser scored the third goal. ~ Bruce Bennett Getty Images

Sochi: Dominique Gisin, Tina Maze in stunning double Gold tie in Downhill

For the first time in Olympic history, there was a tie for Gold in an Alpine event. Dominique Gisin [left] of Switzerland and Tina Maze [right] of Slovenia tied for fastest with times of 1:41.57. Bronze medal winner Lara Gut, also of Switzerland, was only a 10th of a second slower at 1:41.67.

Pax: The feared storm is moving into Georgia and South Carolina

People across the U.S. South are being urged to stay home today as a heavy ice/snow mix coats state after state.

Sochi: Dara Howell goes Gold for Canada, Kim Lamarre takes Bronze

Canada's Dara Howell wins Gold in the women's slopestyle skiing. Devin Logan of the United States scored Silver. Canada's Kim Lamarre won Bronze. Canada's Yuki Tsubota, injured in a final run, final jump accident in which she was carried off the course, placed 6th overall.

Sochi: Alex Bilodeau gave it all on Gold-medal mogul run; high-risk/reward

Sochi: Three-medal day moves Canada atop Olympic standings [video]

Sochi: Bilodeau, Kingsbury snap up Gold, Silver in men's moguls

Canada's Alex Bilodeau, [black helmet] the reigning Olympic champion, took Gold with teammate and current world
champion Mikael Kingsbury [white helmet] taking Silver with a spectacular final run. The Bronze medal went to
Russia's Alexandre Smyshlyaev, while Canadian Marc-Antoine Gagnon placed fourth.

Sochi: Charles Hamelin electrifies with high-speed precision pass for Gold

Canada's Charles Hamelin wins Gold in 1500-metre Olympic short track speed skating. Han Tianyu of China took Silver and Victor An of Russia took the Bronze. J.R. Celski of the United States placed fourth. The Gold in the 1500 was a bit of a surprise given it's not the 29-year-old's best event. Hamelin is the defending Olympic champion in the 500 metres and the 5,000-metre relay. He has been virtually unbeatable this season, winning six World Cup races.

50 years ago today: The Beatles' seismic Ed Sullivan Show debut [video]

The Beatles: Here, shown 50 years ago on February 9, 1964, when they changed music and began an
unprecedented cultural assault that rippled across the world. For six years their every pronouncement
was front page news worldwide. Together and later as individuals they really did change the world,
ultimately using their fame and influence to embrace causes ranging from George Harrison's efforts to
save the starving with his groundbreaking 'Concert for Bangla Desh' (the country later changed spelling
to 'Bangladesh') to John Lennon's outspoken peace efforts. They changed hair lengths, influenced
clothing choices and made albums into more than collections of single songs. They popularized arena
rock and created stadium rock, studied and spoke for Eastern consciousness and against violent
revolution, and introduced a variety of sounds never heard or previously combined. By April 1964,
they became the only artists to ever have 3 consecutive Billboard number one singles, still unmatched,
and also became the only act to ever have the top 5 singles on the Billboard chart at same time.

Sochi: Canada takes Silver in inaugural team figure skating

As a team, Canada's figure skating squad scored Silver to Russia's team Gold. Here they reflect with pride on their
collective achievement with the CBC's Scott Russell as they look forward to their individual competitions. The U.S.
took the team Bronze. The CBC is also winning a Gold for their hosts and solid coverage, especially online where
all events are available live and then recorded, upon demand, without sign-in (presumably only in Canada, but if
you're not in Canada try the links at top of page, or try watching the video attached to the story with this link).

Sochi: Canadian sisters Justine, Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
make Olympic history, win gold, silver in women's moguls

Historic moment as Canada's sisters Justine (right) and Chloé (left) Dufour-Lapointe win
gold and silver, respectively, in the women's moguls final Saturday. Bottom, Gold medal
winner Justine Dufour-Lapointe as the siblings' accomplishment sinks in. Hannah Kearney
of the U.S. took Bronze.

Sochi: U.S., Canada and Norway score first 3 medals of Olympics

Sage Kotsenburg of the USA, centre, celebrates with Norway's Staale Sandbech, left, and Canada's
Mark McMorris. Kotsenburg won the first Gold medal of the Sochi Games, Sandbech took Silver, and
McMorris took Bronze in a hyper-competitive men's snowboard slopestyle final at the Rosa Khutor
Extreme Park, Saturday. ~ Andy Wong AP

Olympics open: Spectacle ends with Tretiak & Rodnina lighting flame

The opening ceremonies ended with gaggle of Russian medal winners, including Maria Sharapova, who brought the torch into the stadium, handing the flame to multi-medal winners Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina to jog outside and light the big flame. The Sochi Games have officially begun.

Montreal: Premier Marois opposes having her husband appear before corruption commission

Ontario: Watchdog to probe Hydro One customer billing complaints

East Bradenton: Two Ontario women among three dead in Florida church parking lot accident that also injured four

Toronto: Wal-Mart's Canadian plans include $376M to build, expand, relocate and remodel stores; the work will generate about 7,500 jobs, including construction work

Ottawa: Fair Elections Act to provide for broad overhaul of elections practices adding more voting hours, ending blackout of election results, increasing various penalties, ending voucher fraud, requiring robo-calling registration, blocking backdoor money, and nudging up individual donation limits

Kelly McParland: The deep flaw in Liberals' Senate gambit that could haunt; its a messy prospect that adds to the suspicion that Trudeau and advisors didnt completely think through gambit he unveiled last week

Ottawa: Top snoops deny Canadians being spied on, after misleading CBC report

John Ivison: Fair Elections Act will rein in megalomaniac electoral officer, raise political contribution limit

Ottawa: IMAX says ex-employee stole its technology, fled to China

Ottawa: With world watching Sochi, Canada will be watching Ukraine, Baird says

Manitoba: Melnick, former Minister caught lying, turns on Premier Selinger, says he lied, too

Ottawa: Canadian Citizenship reforms coming February 6th [video]

After spendthrift decade: Taxpayers group urges cuts to attack Ontario deficit

Conrad Black: Honours do not make a man, any more than the withdrawal of honours unmakes one

Kelly McParland: U.S. Keystone report blows up nearly every point in Big Green's vastly overstated case

Manitoba: Premier says Minister lied to him, too; she claims undiagnosed diabetes caused her to lie

Rod Mickleburgh: CBC 'Answer Lady' Marg Meikle met her Parkinson's diagnosis head on

Windsor: Canada to buy land in Detroit for new bridge's U.S. Customs toll plaza as Obama Administration drags its heels, again

Ottawa: Hackers leak tens of thousands of Bell Canada customer records

Wiarton: Groundhogs disagree on winter forecast

Toledo: Ohio wind turbine project stopped near Lake Erie

New Zealand: Shallow M6.6 quake hits off north shore of New Zealand

Warren Kinsella: 10 reasons why Trudeau's Senate bombshell is the stupidest thing, ever; Liberal leader looked like a participant in a Model Parliament

L'Isle-Verte: Memorial honours victims of Quebec seniors' home fire; Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the entire country is mourning their loss: "I think it's something that everybody could identify with. We all have, or have had parents, grandparents, who become elderly and are terribly vulnerable. And we see something like this and I think it just breaks the hearts of everybody."

John Snobelen: Justin's forgotten that old Constitution thing

Destroying paradise: Ontario Liberals throw Amherst Island overboard, greenlight 37 industrial wind turbines each 400 feet high and each sweeping 2 acres of bird-filled sky with their killing blades

Munich: UK says close to placing firm order for F-35 jets

More house calls: Of eight Veterans Affairs offices closed Friday, services will remain in same building in five cities; union misled public

Peter MacKay: Prostitution bill to be introduced 'well before' December deadline

Jobs for poor area: Bombardier, Quebec to invest $1B in Gaspé cement plant

Promises made, promises broken: Trudeau squirms to square Senate decision with campaign pledge of consensus

Montreal: Quebec coroner's office investigating sequence of events that led to death of Naima Rharouity, 47, after an item of clothing she was wearing became caught in subway station escalator; scarf, coat or hijab caught first, then her hair; stop buttons at top and bottom of escalator; did she have time to call for help?

Toronto: More snow, more freezing rain today

Vancouver: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford reportedly ticketed for jaywalking and public intoxication; in town for a funeral

Pierre Cliche: Is equality lacking in Ontario?

Rick Conroy: Ontario Superior Court appeal hearing pitted committed locals trying to save an endangered turtle against a herd of high-paid lawyers trying every legal trick in the book to overturn the Environment Review Tribunal decison which nixed industrial wind turbines on Ostrander's Point in idyllic Prince Edward County

Kingston Whig-Standard editorial: It's time to give 'Grapes' his due; Kingston must officially recognize Don Cherry and what better time than his 80th birthday?

Elections Canada: Tories would have won 22 of 30 newly created House of Commons seats had they existed in 2011

updated ~ Toronto: Ontario taxpayers to foot $530,000+ severance bill for fired Pan Am Games CEO; the waste continues

LED light bulbs: Now made in Canada

Slowdown not meltdown: What it would take for Canada's housing market to crash, and why Pimco says it wont

John Pepall: Trudeau Senate plan: a breathtaking confusion of stupidities

Heavy drifting: Ontario's Dufferin County remains under state of emergency

Toronto: Police charge engineer in fatal Elliot Lake mall collapse

Joe Warmington: Veterans 'duped' and being exploited by PSAC union in showdown; paid 'outrage' to mislead public and Parliament; took vets to Ottawa, put them in hotels and organized press conference with pre-manufactured outrage

Ottawa: CSEC explains how it uses metadata derived from free airport wi-fi

Christie Blatchford: Veterans better off than attacks on Fantino suggest; PSAC using vets to save own jobs, but Legion record shows government not best solution to paper work woes

Ottawa: Canadian economy expands at 2.6% pace in November; 5th straight monthly increase

Washington: Keystone report said likely to disappoint well-funded foes

Based on tip from a 'Liberal source': NDP asks Auditor-General to probe inappropriate use of Liberal Senate resources

Ottawa: Liberals were using Senate funds for House of Commons business; reason for Senate dump? does party owe more money back to taxpayers?

Chantal Hébert: Under Trudeaus system the Senate might roll over and let the Commons have its way; installing an unaccountable meritocracy will circumvent Canadas democracy not mend it

Toronto: CN Rail posts higher profit, raises quarterly dividend

Kabul: Daniel Ménard, ex-Canadian general jailed in Afghanistan, to be released

Toronto: Mayor Rob Ford sticks up for Justin Bieber, points out he's only 19

Montreal: Woman dies strangled at métro (subway) station after scarf, then hair caught in escalator

Tied to inflation: Ontario raises minimum wage to $11 an hour, the highest in the country

No amnesty for illegals: House conservatives rule out immigration changes this year

A stunt too far? Discovery Channel to air wing-suit leap off Mount Everest in May

Agreement broken: Syria misses another chemical weapon deadline

Delray Beach: Naked man attacks 1, chases 2, bites teen in face before he was shot, killed by deputies; 'bath salts' or similar drug cocktail to blame?

Health shift: Second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, with 7,600 stores, to stop selling cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco; such sales banned in most of Canada starting 20 years ago

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia to jail citizens who fight abroad

New Jersey: Salt shortage could force towns to close streets in storm

New York: Staten Island streets still unplowed as next storm arrives; residents complain they're once again the "forgotten borough"

Washington: Glenn Greenwald, journalist fencing Snowden secrets should be jailed says House Intelligence Committee Chairman

updated ~ Iraq: At least 34 dead in Baghdad after wave of bombings

Tokyo: Japan unease over U.S. alliance adds fuel to Abe's security shift

UK: Britain's travel nightmare: Entire south coast on flood alert with 80mph gales and heavy rain for days - plus speed restrictions on the trains

Tokyo: Sony said in talks to sell Japan PC unit to investor group

New York: Police arrest 4 in connection with Philip Seymour Hoffman overdose on heroin

Olympics: How are things going in Sochi? Oh. [pictures]

Washington: Wide-ranging coalition pushing for quick approval for Keystone XL pipeline

Congressional Budget Office: Obamacare provisions will cost millions of people hours and jobs

Maine: iPhone 5C lights girl's pants on fire

New York: Strong earnings fail to impress jittery market

San Francisco: Twitter rides mobile wave in shifting Internet landscape

Kiev: Ukrainian opposition seeks to cut President's powers

WSJ: Wal-Mart to invest $500M on expansion in Canada

Microsoft: How Nadella ended up as only third CEO in company's history

WSJ: Microsoft names Satya Nadella as CEO; Bill Gates leaves Chairmanship to become technology adviser

Washington Post: Senators say John Kerry admitted U.S. failure in Syria; blood on hands of Hillary, Kerry and Obama

Big U.S. study: Sugar tied to fatal heart woes

Started as a teen: Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tumblr: Internet firms release data on NSA spy requests

The Belarusian Connection: Is the Obamacare network vulnerable to cyber attack because of foreign-written software components? the search is on

Winter Storm Nika: Widespread snow, ice on tap for Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast

Washington: Obamanomics have increased inequality in U.S.

New York: Seahawks' Super Bowl win most watched TV event in U.S. history

updated ~ Detroit: Ford's January sales tumble 7.1%, GM down 11.9%, but Chrysler sales rose 8%

Russia: Student kills teacher, guard in Moscow school

Greece: Cephalonia hit by second large M5.7 earthquake, several injuries reported

Sanaa: Explosion and mortar fire near French embassy in Yemen

Chicago: Former 85 Bears file 'Super Bowl Shuffle' lawsuit; their involvement was for charity, say rights claimant commercializing it

Super Bowl: Ads upstaged by Broadway Joe Namath's fur coat -- on social media, anyway

Self-reporting numbers: Abortion rate in U.S. lowest since 1973

Super Bowl: About that ugly building just beyond MetLife Stadium you'll see from blimp shots...

Super Bowl: Ads to watch for during Fox game broadcast

Super Bowl: Post-game winter storm targets New York and New Jersey

Super Bowl: Security and transit bottlenecks delaying crowd arrival as train stations overloaded, fans fainting, chanting anger

Super Bowl: Four-time winning QB Terry Bradshaw misses game's TV coverage after father dies

Super Bowl: Broncos' five keys to beating Seahawks

Getting colder? Based on Sun activity, 'Big chill' expected to stay until 2040; some say major cooling cycle could match 'Little Ice Age' in the 1600s

Super Bowl: Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw -- the only QBs to win 4 Super Bowls -- differ on importance of Peyton Manning winning second Super Bowl

Super Bowl: Breaking down Sunday's Broncos-Seahawks match-up

Super Bowl: For glory-starved Seattle, a must-win game

Super Bowl: Predictions: Projected Stat Lines for Game's Top Stars

Super Bowl: Pete Carroll has made Seahawks better by offering second chances

Super Bowl: Predictions: NFL experts reveal their picks

Super Bowl: Rams returning to LA is not super farfetched

Super Bowl: Peyton Manning and the legacy question

Super Bowl: 10 key match-ups

John Dudley: Manning positioned to win argument as best ever

Super Bowl: NFL Awards: Peyton Manning gets his 5th MVP award plus 2 others

Super Bowl: Weather improves, ticket prices go up again after drooping all week

Super Bowl: Facts and figures

Ohio: United Airlines drops Cleveland as hub airport

UN: More than 733 Iraqis killed in January

Argentina: Peso panic and rocketing prices have President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner pointing fingers and blaming foreign 'vultures' for economic meltdown

Synthetic fuel: Joule still not up to commercial fuel production after 2010 promises to have a car ready in early 2014; but partner Audi does give thumbs up on quality of fuel produced; question remains commercial viability of production

Bloomberg editorial: Approve Keystone. Now.

New York Times: State Dept report opens way to approval for Keystone XL pipeline

Nipigon, ON: Scary Hwy 11 accident with snowplow & 2 tractor-trailers
starting to get lots of attention on YouTube, including by police

Northern Ontario is absolutely beautiful but when you round a corner on two-lane snow-covered Highway 11 near
Nipigon and another tractor-trailer is in your lane passing a snow plow, what do you do? The other guy didn't stop.
Please watch the video and if you recognize black truck or can ID driver, please contact OPP (Ontario Provincial
Police) at 1-888-310-1122 from anywhere in Ontario.

Kiev: Canadian Embassy employees' cars burned by pro-regime forces?

#Ukraine: app. pro-regime forces torched cars of employees of #Canada's Embassy in #Kyiv last night #euromaidan #usa pic.twitter.com/U2JhYmhdOV
— East of Brussels (@EastOfBrussels) February 1, 2014

Super Bowl ads: Dale Earnhardt Jr in the duck mix for top spot [video]

Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR's most popular driver for 11 consecutive years, and his #88 Chevy SS star in this fun
Super Bowl commercial for Mountain Dew, one of his car's sponsors. The NASCAR Sprint Cup season will kick off
with the Daytona 500 on February 23rd. Daytona Speedweeks gets under way with the big cars on the big track on
Valentine's Day. Fan fave Dale Earnhardt Jr is a perpetual front-runner who has never won the championship his late,
legendary father won seven times. Dale Earnhardt died in a last-lap accident in the 2001 Daytona 500.

Chris Vander Doelen: Our vets manipulated by NDP
and shameless PSAC union activists; used as political props

Calgary Herald: Alberta Premier Redford hails Keystone XL
report as 'important' step closer to approval

The front of the U.S. State Department environmental impact statement on the Keystone XL pipeline
project over a file photo of construction of the pipeline underway in Texas.

It was 45 years ago Thursday! The Beatles played their last ever
concert, on the Apple Corps rooftop [video]

The Beatles changed the world of music in many ways, including leaving on top, literally, on Jan. 30, 1969.
Watch the video. Play it loud. Visit 3 Savile Row in London, to see the neighbourhood today.

Going viral: Budweiser hits another Super Bowl ad home run

Budweiser's newest Clydesdale commercial is already a winner online with millions of views.

Spring outlook: Six more weeks of Winter to grip half of U.S.

Calling all groundhogs: Spring will come eventually.

Intel official: 'Substantial potential' for Olympics attack

East-West artery: 75-vehicle accident plugs 401 just west of Napanee,
including 35 tractor-trailers; town opens arena for weather refugees

Atlanta jammed: Gridlock nightmare in Georgia

Traffic gridlock nightmare in Atlanta, Georgia, 12 hours after 2.6" of snow fell. pic.twitter.com/VzMk4HTRfO
— Anthony Sagliani (@anthonywx) January 29, 2014

Icebound: Stranded ships on Great Lakes create icebreaking logjam

Napanee: Chain-reaction crash due to weather
shuts down Canada's busiest 4 lanes [video]

401 WB & EB blocked at Napanee: multiple vehicles involved

Bit by bit @YGKTraffic pic.twitter.com/VxkWlwD1Dh
— Alicia Williams (@awill_gym) January 29, 2014

SOTU: Obama threatens Congress he'll veto any new Iran sanctions

SOTU: Spin plus blatant mistruths = more of the same from Obama

Fact check: Obama's exec orders would accomplish less than meets eye

State of the Obama Excuses: Vows to act on
economy 'without legislation': Imperial Presidency

Lukewarm Obama SOTU met with lacklustre response.

Sochi: NHL says ready to pull plug on Olympics if security incident;
athletes urging families to stay home so they won't worry about them

Complicated life: Justin Bieber pleads not guilty to Florida DUI, jets back to Toronto to face charges he assaulted a Canada limo driver in December

Keith Beardsley: Did Trudeau clean up the Senate or make a bigger mess?

B.C. Liberal Senator Campbell: "I think its a brave move on the part of Justin. I dont know that its a smart move."

Kelly McParland: Justin Trudeau declares, Zap, youre independent!

Ottawa Citizen editorial: The wrong way to reform the Senate

Tim Harper: Justin Trudeaus Senate exorcism isnt real reform

Ottawa: Trudeau gets push-back after ousting Liberal senators from caucus; mocked in Question Period; "unelected Liberal Senators will become unelected Senators who happen to be Liberal"

It begins: Justin Trudeau, Senators differ on what independence means

Orangeville: Ontario's Dufferin County declares state of emergency due to weather; OPP officer injured in crash

Emmett Macfarlane: A fundamental question about Justin Trudeaus Senate move

Norfolk County: Tests confirm fourth case of deadly pig virus in Ontario

Sochi: Canadian snowboard Maelle Ricker sidelined by wrist injury; surgey scheduled; may still compete

B.C. Rock slide survivor '2 seconds close to not being here'

Ottawa bombshell: Justin Trudeau removes senators from Liberal caucus; seeking Senate reform, fewer hands on wheel, or aware of new scandals?

Shock: Couple accused of murdering mom and son 3 years apart to be flown from Nova Scotia to Ontario

Berlin: Blue-eyed, dark-skinned hunter-gatherer emerges from ancient European DNA

Trade war? Canada threatens court fight, import tariffs in dispute over U.S. food labelling

updated ~ Manitoba: Progressive Conservatives sweep provincial by-elections

Dragnet works: OPP rescue Ottawa cop's kidnapped daughter

Debts of nearly $50M: Bonuses for Bixi staff just before bankruptcy

"Canada continues to stand with the Ukrainian people": Ukraine government officials barred from Canada

Justin's way or highway: Liberals have to accept stringent new waiver to seek nomination, Grits say its to minimize the chaos; if lose a Liberal nomination in one riding, cant run in another

Vancouver: Mayor's costly green experiment dies along with bankrupt rooftop gardens

Addition makes sense: BlackBerry launches new feature: FM radio

Montreal: 4 former top provincial cops face charges of fraud, breach of trust; cash from special fund for informers alleged to have been used to pump up retirement severance

Super Bowl: No respect: Mayor of East Rutherford, New Jersey where Super Bowl is being played Sunday, was snubbed by NFL, and not even given a ticket to big game, but somebody took up his cause... [video]

Glenn Harlan Reynolds: How Americans can kill Obamacare, legalize pot

Texas: 23 wind farm hosts sue over noise, nuisance; companies "carelessly and negligently failed to adequately disclose the true nature and effects that the wind turbines would have on the community, including the plaintiffs homes"

Super Bowl marketing 101: SodaStream scores big marketing bonus by having its TV ad rejected and having Scarlett Johansson tell Oxfam to get off their political high horse

Washington Post: Keystone review finds little impact on gas emissions

Washington Post fact checker: Four Pinocchios for an over-the-top ad against the Keystone pipeline

Charles Krauthammer: How to debunk the war on women

Sleight of hand: War against Common Core rages as states try to rebrand

Consequences: Wal-Mart says winter storms put chill on sales

Washington: Keystone assessment expected today may open door for Obama approval

Bounceback or downward spiral? Justin Bieber's antics could ultimately help boost image, experts say

Kiev: Ukraine president signs amnesty into law, currency slumps on crisis

Washington: GDP growth slows to 3.2%, personal consumption up but doesn't meet projections

Spiegel: Gone with the wind: weak returns cripple German renewables

How big a breach? Yahoo email account passwords stolen

Calls it like it is: Larry King mocks sinking CNN, slams egotist Piers Morgan

Breaking agreement: U.S. accuses Syrian government of stalling removal of chemical agents

Sochi: Russia identifies Volgograd suicide bombers, announces arrest of two suspected accomplices

Jeff Gluck: NASCAR Chase champion decided in one race is mistake

Christopher Mims: Why Google just sold Motorola to Lenovo

Retains patents: Google, saying it wants to focus on Android, smart devices, sells Motorola to China's Lenovo for $2.91B

Birmingham: Students stranded by Southern winter storm spend second night in Alabama schools

Cambridge University Hospital: Breakthrough for peanut allergies

MSNBC stays offensive: Network hits new low with latest deleted tweet; will more heads roll?

Atlanta: Helicopters search for stranded Southern drivers

CNN: Georgia, Alabama try to clear vehicle-littered roads as deep freeze pulls in

Atlanta: Snow gridlock as Mayor defends response; 3 inches of snow, 1,200 traffic accidents, 300 injuries and one fatality; school district and businesses blamed for sending people home at same time

PPP National Poll: Huckabee 16%, Bush 14%, Christie 13%

50 years after Beatlemania: Paul McCartney's "All My Loving" and "Wanna Hold Your Hand" muse, Jane Asher

Stephen F. Hayes: A small, incoherent State of the Union address

Market: Sinks lower on heels of Fed announcement, also disappointing results from Yahoo, Boeing and other U.S. companies

Bernanke's last meeting: Fed to reduce pace of bond buying by another $10B

George P. Shultz, Scott W. Atlas & John F. Cogan: We can reform healthcare only by restoring the original intent of health insurance

Pittsburgh Tribune editorial: State of the Union: Obama's war

Scamwatch: Got a charge for $9.84 on your credit card? Beware

Tampa: Remains of 55 found on grounds of former reform school in Florida; records said 31

Atlanta: Snowstorm paralyzes city, students stuck in schools, cars abandoned, interstates clogged

Paris: Chinese chemists create printer that uses water instead of ink

Kiev: Ukraine's parliament passes measure offering amnesty for protesters

Washington: Which parts of us are Neanderthal? Genes suggest our hair and skin

Cairo: Egypt to place 20 Al-Jazeera journalists on trial; includes an Egyptian-Canadian, an Australian, a Dutch national and 2 Britons

Birmingham: Stranded at schools, teachers and students do what it takes to make it through the night

NASCAR: Are proposed Chase changes a 'Jimmie Rule' in disguise?

Mice cells reprogrammed into embryonic state: Stem cells grown without embryo in 'major discovery'

CNN: Stranded, cold motorists spend nights on freeways after rare snow in South

AP SOTU analysis: Obama's agenda more bite-sized than bold

CNN ratings in freefall: 29% of total viewers and 41% of prime time viewers have jumped ship in past 12 months; Fox News dominates and continues to grow; MSNBC continues to bleed viewers in second place

Denver Post: GOP focuses on empowering Americans, not gov't

Philadelphia: Nearly 2 unemployed people per help wanted listing last year

Chicago: Deep freeze continues with dangerous wind chills; "The worst of the cold is behind us, but we've got three snow systems on the way" [video]

Alabama: Deep South faces rare winter storm with snow, sleet and freezing rain [video]

Charles Krauthammer on Obama: 'In his own eyeshe's a failure'

New York: Apple shares fall as earnings, revenue forecast disappoint; Icahn adds to stake

NBC News poll: Pessimism defines the state of the union

Washington: Unexpected drop in manufactured goods clouds economy

Atlanta: Governor declares Georgia State of Emergency due to weather

Florida: Winter storm cancelling flights as far south as Miami, Ft. Lauderdale

Miami: U.S. and UK grab $37M cocaine haul in joint action south of Dominican Republic

Savannah: Winter storm causes wrecks, gridlock in the South; roads icy, flights cancelled

Egypt: Morsi defiant in second trial, about his escape from jail in 2011 with 130 others

Detroit News: Honda's U.S. exports top Japan imports for 1st time; output gains follow $2.7B investment in North American plants

Check the chart: How will YOU fare in the Obamacare exchanges?

Click on the chart (above) for the article and full state chart in a larger font size. Atlanta: Rare snow, ice shock the Deep South clear down to the Gulf

Fueled by bitterly cold Arctic air, a winter storm is plastering portions of the South on Tuesday with snow, sleet and freezing rain. ~ USAtoday

Ukraine: Yanukovych accepts Azarov resignation, government falls

Kiev: Ukraine's PM tenders resignation as anti-protest laws repealed

Hansard transcript: Canadian House of Commons
emergency debate on 'Situation in Ukraine'

Milwaukee: Great Lakes have most ice in decades thanks to bitter winter

This winter's frigid temperatures have produced the largest amount of ice cover on the Great Lakes in at least 25 years.
Nearly 60% of the iconic lakes are now under a cover of ice, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research
Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Last winter they had only 38% cover, while the long-term average is about 50%.
~ Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Keystone XL, eh: Canada ad blitz hits Washington, D.C.

The message: The U.S. can just ignore Canada and continue to choose less stable offshore
sources with much weaker environmental standards, or Keystone XL can be approved.

Daytona: Corvettes Express Selves by winning Rolex 24

The No. 5 Corvette of Action Express was overall winner at Saturday-Sunday Rolex 24. ~ RacinToday.com

Yankee Stadium hockey: After Saturday night in the LA Dodgers'
Chavez Ravine home, Rangers and Devils will battle in the Bronx

Ice is no problem in Yankee Stadium as the NHL's stadium series goes baseball this weekend. ~ CBS

Kiev: Ukraine President says hell name rival as Prime Minister,
but waited far too late, opposition demands more

Ukrainian opposition is emboldened: As protests expanded across Ukraine and President Viktor
Yanukovych on Saturday offered two top positions in his government to opposition leaders,
demonstrations in Kiev witnessed a dramatic gathering of momentum in the months-long effort to
reduce or eliminate Yanukovychs power. ~ Washington Post

Ontario snow: Many roads closed & clogged as lake effect snow drifts

NOT a day to be on the roads in S. Ontario. Be mindful of the conditions, and tune in on TV for updates. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/vqrIABSocl
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) January 25, 2014

Ukraine protests harden: Kiev today

Kiev today. (@brendanhoffman / @GettyImages) http://t.co/FYxkihIVed pic.twitter.com/rUEyq4cfHN
— Andrew Katz (@katz) January 25, 2014

Kentucky snow: Picturesque and tiny Frankfort, state capital

@rickreichmuth take a look at Frankfort Ky, the capital building this morning pic.twitter.com/cV9yRTepR4
— Vicky Tillman (@Nonna_Vicky) January 25, 2014

Honeywood: 200 rescued travellers spent night at
Mulmur township fire hall and local community centre

Ontario blizzard: Honeywood firefighters rescue stranded people & pets

Update. We brought 116 stranded motorists and 4 dogs safely off of area roads and provided shelter. Firefighters did a great job tonight.
— Mulmur/Melancthon FD (@MMFireDept) January 25, 2014

Ukraine: Understanding the crisis and its roots

Ukraine's protests and the 2010 election results. ~ Max Fisher Washington Post

Cold costly: Energy costs soaring as Canada & U.S. in deep freeze;
Natural gas price up 29% in 2 weeks, 50% higher than a year ago

Winter: No break for eastern cold, but west coast may get some rain soon;
dry weather should be no surprise for desert areas of North America

A drop in the jet stream will chill Alaska and may provide some west coast precipitation. But unrelenting
Arctic cold will continue to be the norm deep into east side of continent.~ Accuweather

LIsle-Verte: Steam used to recover bodies of ice-embedded fire victims

MidEast trip: Harper visits the Za'atri refugee camp in northern Jordan

. @pmharper visits the Za'atri refugee camp in northern Jordan, home to 100,000 Syrian refugees. #cbc pic.twitter.com/LxG0GXAFUJ
— Derek Stoffel (@DerekStoffelCBC) January 24, 2014

updated ~ LIsle-Verte: 33 or more dead? Small community heartbroken

Debris still smoulders at the partially destroyed Résidence du Havre seniors home in LIsle-Verte,
Quebec. ~ Sûreté du Québec Facebook

LIsle-Verte: Death toll now 6, with 27 missing; partial sprinklers

LIsle-Verte: 3 dead, 30 missing as fire destroys Quebec seniors residence;
Many had limited mobility and were confined to wheelchairs and walkers

Firefighters battle raging fire early in morning of Thursday, January 23, 2014 in LIsle-Verte, Quebec. ~ Francois Drouin

Kiev: Ukraine opposition gives president election ultimatum

January 22, 2014: A pro-European Union activist stands near a barricade on Independence Square
during clashes with police in central Kiev, Ukraine. ~ AP

Three Palestinians arrested: Israel foils al-Qaida suicide
bomb plot against U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, other targets

Iran Foreign Minister: "We did not agree to dismantle anything" [video]

Canada overtakes U.S. as 2nd best place in world to do business;
Jumps from 6th place, now behind only Hong Kong

Melbourne: Eugenie Bouchard reaches first major semi at Australian Open

Supporters of Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, the 19-yr-old from Montreal, watch her quarterfinal win against
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday,
Jan. 21, 2014. ~ Andrew Brownbill AP

Jerusalem: Stephen Harper cheered at Western Wall

Prime Minister Harper stands at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city.

Israel trip: Harper plays Neil Diamond classic with local band

Israeli band unfamiliar with Sweet Caroline...PM teaches Sweeeet Caroline...crowd standing on chairs.. pic.twitter.com/tvbojG2bV2
— Peter Kent, MP (@KentThornhillMP) January 21, 2014

Jerusalem Post: Harper feels no need to temper sugar with vinegar

"Harpers words echoed themes Netanyahu often touches upon in his speeches: that Israels relations with the West are rooted in history and values; that the ties are mutually beneficial, with Israel not only on the receiving end of the stick, but also giving expertise and standing up as a line of defense for Western values; that Israel is unfairly singled out for condemnation and criticism that is nothing but the most recent mutation of anti-Semitism; that Israel is not the source of instability in the Middle East; that if Israel acts to defend itself, it suffers widespread condemnation, yet if it refrains from doing so, it will lead to the countrys destruction.

No wonder that two Arab MKs walked out during Harpers speech, precisely when he rejected a narrative they are pushing around the world: that Israel is an apartheid state.

No wonder, also, that most of the rest of the House stood up at the end and gave him a rousing ovation. Its not every day that Israel, increasingly feeling isolated and alone, hears such words of praise and friendship."

Historic snow: Heavy snowstorm to hit DC, Philly, NYC on Tuesday

Accuweather: "For part of the mid-Atlantic such as the District of Columbia and a large part of Virginia,
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and southeastern New York state including Long Island, this could unfold
to be the biggest snowfall of the season so far. The storm could rival the storm from early December in parts
of SE Pennsylvania & Delaware. According to Winter Weather Expert Brian Wimer, "For Washington, D.C.,
this could be the biggest storm since Jan. 26, 2011, when about 5 inches of snow fell." ~ Accuweather

Jerusalem: Harper: "Through fire and water, Canada will stand with you"
Attacks moral relativism, greeted by multiple standing ovations

Stephen Harper: "People who would never say they hate and blame the Jews for their own failings or the
problems of the world instead declare their hatred of Israel and blame the only Jewish state for the
problems of the Middle East. Some civil-society leaders today call for a boycott of Israel.... Most
disgracefully of all, some openly call Israel an apartheid state. Think about that. Think about the
twisted logic and outright malice behind that. A state, based on freedom, democracy and the rule of
law, that was founded so Jews can flourish as Jews, and seek shelter from the shadow of the worst
racist experiment in history," he said. The only discouraging words were heard from two Arab-Israeli
members of the Knesset who later left the chamber. Israel uniquely reserves 10% of Knesset seats
for its small Arab population.

Jerusalem: Transcript of speech by Stephen Harper to Israel Knesset

Sylvan Lake: Zamboni Driver escapes while flooding ice

Zamboni Driver escapes while flooding ice, as old Sylvan Lake Arena collapses. #yeg @ctvedmonton pic.twitter.com/5HEXNyeeIu
— david ewasuk (@davidewasuk) January 20, 2014

New Zealand: Power largely restored after quake, 3 injured

New Zealand: M6.3 earthquake hits lower North Island; damage reports

Jerusalem Post editorial: Welcome to Israel, Prime Minister Harper!

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Harper gets "rock star" treatment in Israel

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomes his Canadian
counterpart Stephen Harper and wife Laureen in Jerusalem,
January 19, 2014. ~ Baz Ratner Reuters

American activists bribe Canadian politician: California foundation
which won't reveal donors, pays $55,000 for elected "stage prop"

Montreal: Quebec-built sports cars determined to stun the world

The Dubuc Tomahawk [top] and the Felino CB7 [bottom] are shown on display at the Montreal Internatinal Auto Show at Palais de Congrés in Montreal, Thursday January 16, 2014. ~ Phil Carpenter Montreal Gazette

Obama payback or more job-killing incompetence? Michigan Governor
says Washington delaying new U.S.-Canada bridge over Detroit River

Canada is paying upfront for 100% of the new Detroit-Windsor bridge (the American share to be paid back through tolls) but Washington is now delaying the Detroit toll plaza plans, and hence the start of construction.

Kabul: World condemns suicide bomb/gun attack at fortified Afghan
restaurant in embassy district; of 21 dead, 13 were foreign nationals, from
Canada, U.S., England, Denmark and Lebanon; 3 worked for UN

Claim: Chechen warlord Doku Umarov who threatened
Sochi Olympics 'killed by Russian special forces'

Glendora: Fire grows to 1,863 acres, but crews report progress;
still only 30% containment; 1,176 firefighters, 9 choppers, 4 planes

Invokes Paul Revere: Obama says he's tweaked NSA data grabs

Glendora: Firefight continues, still high-risk; 30% contained

The Colby Fire flared up Thursday evening, 12 hours after it began and spread to 1,700 acres. ~ KTLA

Glendora: Colby fire destroys 5 homes, damages historic Singer Mansion

Gold standard: Canada's 'SuperScoopers' state of the art in water bombing

The Bombardier 415 SuperScooper has been a workhorse against today's big wildfire threatening Glendora and Azusa, California. This shows why. After dumping its 6,140-litre payload it can quickly re-fill at speed and be back over the flames again minutes later. The planes are manufactured in North Bay, Ontario, and the two leased to California and in use today are owned by the Province of Quebec. See this video shot at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area at instagram with sound: http://instagram.com/p/jP85L6A8nX/# Thanks to professional photographer ~ Gary Vasquez

Glendora: 3 dopers trying to keep warm lost control of their campfire;
sharp cop arrested first two as they escaped, 'knew something was off'

KTLA: Glendora fire emergency; 'Colby' out of control; 700+ battle [live]
hot, dry winds are buffeting canyons & valleys next to Los Angeles;
2,000 homes evacuated, over 1700 acres burned, "zero% contained"

Bombardier 415 SuperScooper leased from Quebec is shown in top photo dumping 6,000 litres of water on burning hills above Glendora, California in the 1700-acre 'Colby' fire. Large house shown destroyed [2nd and 3rd from top] as fleet of firefighting helicopters battle advancing flames. A number of Calfire's Grumman fixed-wing water bombers and two of the 'SuperScoopers' (nicknamed 'Quebec 1' and 'Quebec 2') are in the air. Thousands of homes are within striking distance of flames and winds aren't settling as much as hoped.

Oscars showdown: 'American Hustle', 'Gravity' score 10 nominations each

Raitt incensed: He "should not have been allowed to board his flight"

"It is unacceptable that [Canadian Air Transport Security Authority]
waited four days before seeking RCMP's assistance"

Edmonton keystone kops: Not only was he not arrested, video
apparently shows Edmonton airport security staff attempting
to return pipe bomb to teen boarding plane

Neil Young gets it wrong: Air cleaner in heart of oilsands than in Toronto

Toronto [above] and Fort McMurray [below]

Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index figures show worse air in Neil Young's original hometown of Toronto
than in Fort McMurray, Alberta, the centre of Canada's oilsands extraction industry. Ex-patriate Young is currently
on a thinly-disguised film promotion tour based on misleading Canadians by hoodwinking their media.

Senate Intelligence Committee report: Obama Administration
bungled Benghazi, could have prevented attack

NY Times: NSA software and/or hardware implanted in 100,000 computers; active cyber-warfare worldwide with Chinese Army and others

The Spy vs Spy cyberwarfare sheds new light on NSA actions.

Try, try again: Rebuffed, Canada seeks UNESCO boreal forest recognition

Canada declares war on slavery: New RCMP unit will
take on human trafficking in Canada and abroad

Toronto: Bank of Montreal confirms $1.3B offer for UK-based F&C Asset Management

Portland, Oregon: Canadian eco-terrorist Rebecca Rubin sentenced to 5 years in prison after 7 years on the run

Calgary: Alberta, B.C. promise energy partnership to smooth differences, clean oil spills

Manitoba: Gas on its way for frustrated residents after pipeline explosion

Canada: New website will expose military imposters

Ottawa: Canadian House of Commons holding emergency debate on situation in Ukraine

CSIS: Al-Qaida remains threat to Canada and West despite Bin Laden's death; industrial espionage also a huge and active threat

Entry-exit tracking: Canada-U.S. program could identify globetrotting terrorists, EI cheats

Olympics: Vancouver man appalled at Sochi conditions after working on ski, snowboarding courses

Ottawa: Federal budget to be delivered February 11th: Flaherty

Spreads through contact with manure: Second case of pig virus confirmed in Ontario

Toronto: TSX falls amid emerging market worries as traders look to U.S. Federal Reserve

Three in critical condition: Dozens sent to hospital after 40-car pile-up north of Montreal

Vancouver: Canadian video cameras being installed on space station today

New Brunswick derailment: CN crews empty train car of liquid butane

Ontario: Minimum wage to go up for first time since 2010; likely to be tied to inflation rate since 2010; could be huge jump

Kelly McParland: Consequences of demonizing Keystone: Activists' vendetta is putting lives at risk

Toronto retail quake: Hudsons Bay to sell Yonge-Queen flagship store and tower to Cadillac Fairview, owner of adjacent Eaton Centre, for $650M; will add luxury Saks Fifth Avenue luxury retail store

updated ~ One butane tank car: CN freight train derails in New Brunswick Sunday night, second in three weeks

Crux of the Matter: Beware Ontario Premier Wynnes made-in-Ontario pension plan

L'Isle-Verte: Owner of fire-ravaged Quebec seniors' residence speaks out about tragic loss

Put safety first: Not a dry eye as thousands mourn North Vancouver's fallen Search and Rescue hero Tim Jones [video]

Winnipeg: In frigid Manitoba, thousands face days without heat after pipeline explosion

More this week: Weather continues to play havoc with Windsor-Essex

Cologne: Stephen Harper concerned about escalating violence in Ukraine; may seek emergency debate in House of Commons [video]

Ontario: OPP reports over 1,600 crashes as icy weekend continues

L'Isle-Verte: Small Quebec town prepares to mourn 32 seniors killed in fire

L'Isle-Verte: Son mourns father's fiery death, struggles with rumour his 96 yr-old dad ignited inferno

updated ~ Ontario storm: Eastbound 401 closed near Cobourg; multi-vehicle accidents involve two tractor trailers, two fire trucks and an ambulance; motorists on Hwy 401 eastbound advised by OPP to find shelter

Otterburne: Natural gas pipeline explodes, still burning; 50km south of Winnipeg; no injuries; not confirmed whether accident or sabotage

L'Isle-Verte: Seniors home worker '95% sure' devastating fire was started by cigarette of man he stopped from smoking outside

L'Isle-Verte: Confirmed seniors' fire death toll now at 8, with 24 missing; debris caked under nearly 2 feet of ice in places

Major drifting: Wind and snow close highways and roads in Southern Ontario, as warning issued for Toronto

Rex Murphy: When Newfoundland politics was a blood sport

George Jonas: Trashing national sovereignty in the name of human rights

Conrad Black on Harper in Israel: A great moment for Canada

Neil Young: Ezra Levant peels back some more layers to see the musician's treatment of natives over the years [video]

Saskatchewan: Two military pilots safely eject from CT- 156 Harvard II trainer aircraft before crash

LIsle-Verte: Official death toll now 8, still 25 missing; most recent safety drill at residence carried out in under 8 minutes

Cutting the cord: 1 in 7 Canadians say theyre likely to cut TV service

Loonie: Canadian dollar blips up, data shows inflation remained weak in December

Canada: National weather alerts

Belatedly getting religion: Ontario suddenly sees life and death nature of sprinklers in seniors' homes; will speed up retro-implementation after horrific LIsle-Verte, Quebec fire

New Brunswick: CN Rail gets $25M from province to keep northern freight line open

Toronto: Stocks down 230 points amid global market sell-off

Election 2015: George Canyon, Alberta country singer, seeks Conservative nod in new federal Bow River riding

Ontario: Major multi-vehicle crash shuts down 401 Highway west of Brighton; traffic backed up for miles [video]

Budget tweak: Ottawa plans to scrap GST, HST on hospital parking

Saint John: Tom Marshall sworn in as 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

Crux of the Matter: Beware broken record Sid Ryan & his anti 'Right To Work' hyperbole!

Toronto: TSX drops as investors flee energy producers, miners

Chris Selley: Harper repairs damage to Canada's image caused by Chretien's gaffe-a-minute MidEast trip in 2000

Amman: Harper announces additional Canadian support for the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria

Heading to her 6th Olympic Games: Hayley Wickenheiser named Canada's flag-bearer in Sochi; the consensus best female player ever to strap on a pair of hockey skates

Crux of the Matter: Tim Hudak remains firm on making Ontario a 'Right to Work' province

Dirty tricks? Important Rob Ford economic speech delayed after he is stuck in Hilton Hotel elevator for 45 minutes with President of Economic Club of Canada

Forum Research poll: Fords support strong despite latest video; holding firm at 45%

updated ~ Jordan: Harper announces $105M in aid to help with influx of Syrian refugees

Kelly McParland: Justin Trudeau sees a strong role for Ottawa in everything; that's how his father drove Canada into debt

Miami Beach: Justin Bieber arrested for street racing in Lamborghini, charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license; police incident report

Is central heating related to obesity? Turn down heat to reduce obesity risk, say Dutch scientists; body will burn fat to maintain temperature

Buffalo: Canadian trucking company owner pleads guilty to smuggling 1700 kg of cocaine from New York into Ontario

'Tear down that bottleneck': Total CEO urges U.S. to approve $5.4B Keystone XL pipeline to unplug bottleneck thats stalling development of Canadian oil sands

Crux of the Matter: Niagara Falls voters remember that the NDP colluded to keep Liberals in power!

'Tear down that bottleneck': TransCanada begins using Keystone XL pipeline now built from Oklahoma to Texas

John Roberts: 'Secret dealing'? Emails show cozy relationship between EPA, environmental groups

Terence Corcoran: The great mythical Canadian dollar conspiracy; the new Coyne affair

Sold info to bikers? Accused ex-cop Benoit Roberge vows to name names in Hells Angels case

Liberals blowing $20M on "bogus" asylum seekers and "failed" refugee claimants: Federal Minister Chris Alexander scolds Ontario over health care to fake refugees; "This decision is irresponsible as it makes Canada, and Ontario in particular, a magnet for bogus asylum seekers"

Hockey violence: Canadian reporter arrested for allegedly threatening to kill WHL player boyfriend

Bob Hepburn: John Tory to run for Toronto Mayor; 4-point platform: more and better transit; youth employment strategy; renewed focus on city-wide economic development; and restoration of City Hall decorum

Charles Adler Show: Prof. Ian Lee says Canadian dollar dropping in spite of strong fundamentals; years of bad decisions by Ontario Liberals have hurt national outlook; province "needs an engine overhaul"; Ontario "competitive energy advantage has been squandered" [audio]

$600 million in savings so far: Federal government trumpets drop in asylum claims, says new system is working

Hamilton: Fever-reducing drugs may increase flu-related illnesses and deaths, Canadian researchers warn

Has news fans: Stephen Harper wraps up Israel trip at Christian sites, receives honorary doctorate, bird sanctuary visitor's centre to be named in his honour

Ottawa: Bank of Canada leaves door open to rate cut as concerns of weak inflation grow

Angus Reid poll: Ontario Premier Wynne hits 50% disapproval level; 15% undecided; "Shes got to put some of the McGuinty-era stench behind her"

Toronto: TSX higher after BoC maintains interest rate

Wall Street Journal: Bank of Canada Governor says policy stance less neutral now

Stephen Gordon: Understanding Bank of Canada responses and presponses; have they been right or wrong?

Global News: 5 things to know about interest rates right now

Ottawa: Loonie hits 4-year low as Bank of Canada holds rate at 1%; target for the overnight rate hasn't changed since late 2010

Toronto: TD quietly reduces some mortgage rates; 4th big bank to do so

State Dinner: Harper serenades Israeli leader Netanyahu with rousing rendition of 'Hey Jude'; shades of 'shamrock summit'

Toronto: Rod Phillips leaves OLG after cleaning it up and turning it around

Carl Zimmer: Seeing X chromosomes in a new light

Hand-held detectors or walk-through magnetometers: Major League Baseball stadiums to have mandatory metal detection security by 2015

Crux of the Matter: Attention: Toronto media Niagara Falls is NOT union-friendly or the same as Welland or Kitchener-Waterloo

Rex Murphy: Neil Young's oilsands stance is unfair, and not persuasive

Newfoundland: Kathy Dunderdale to step down as Premier Wednesday; Finance Minister Tom Marshall is expected to take on the role of interim Premier

Waterloo: BlackBerry to sell most of its Canadian real estate holdings; no price disclosed; over 3 million sq ft

Ottawa: Supreme Court of Canada rules no new trial for 31 Hell's Angels who received a stay of proceedings because of lengthy delays in their case

Ottawa: Canada stands with Ukranian people

Jerusalem: Harper heckler proven a liar by media that does its job; Israel's Channel 2 news station fact-checks yelled claim

Jerusalem: Harper and Netanyahu announce the launch of negotiations to expand and modernize Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA)

This Bud's for you: Neil Young changes his tune at last Canuck concert (as 5 diesel busses chug away outside during the show)

Gene expression: Shift work, jet leg have profound effects on the human body

Ramallah: Abbas rejects extending peace talks beyond nine-month timeline

Return of the polar vortex: Temperatures take a nosedive; by mid-morning Tuesday, Toronto was sitting at -29°C with the wind chill, while Ottawa was even colder at -35°C

Montreal: Bombardier laying off 1,700 from aerospace division, mostly in Montreal area; also hundreds from LearJet division in Wichita, Kansas

Lincoln Alexander Day: Ontario pays tribute to first black MP and first black Lt Governor with first day in his honour

Enough is enough: Niagara area mayor demands Ontario stop planned 42% increase in electricity rates; council makes it a formal request

Parker Gallant: Ontario pays $120M to sell electricity to New York, Michigan and Quebec in December

Toronto: Target says security breach includes retailer's cross-border shoppers

Germany: Cautionary tale of how energy policies can harm the economy; shift to renewable energy was once Merkels flagship policynow it has become her biggest headachefuture of country's much-vaunted economic competitiveness seriously threatened

Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Environment appeals own tribunal's decision

Crux of the Matter: Ontario medias fixation on NDP winning in Niagara Falls is 'electile dysfunction'

Ramallah: Stephen Harper announces $66M in new Canadian aid to Palestinians

Toronto: Feds refuse to rule out sanctions on Ukraine

Jerusalem Post: Report says Canada pledges to absorb Palestinian refugees as part of peace deal

Brockville: Ontario electricity rates keeping manufacturers away, says owner of former Black and Decker factory

Julia Belluz: When science isnt science-based: In class with Dr. John Ioannidis

Jerusalem: Netanyahu calls Harper a friend that always stands by us

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives in Israel on inaugural Middle East visit

Still champs: Conservatives enjoy best non-election year ever in fundraising in 2013

Environment Canada: Windsor-Essex to be hit with snow, sharp cold front that could see windchill temperatures as low as -35 C by Tuesday morning

Rex Murphy: Mulcairs time to pounce is running out

Christie Blatchford: Who talks like that?: Toronto Mayor wannabe Olivia Chow's My Journey an exhausting attempt at legacy-building

Conrad Black: A merger with the U.S. would be a great leap backwards for Canada

Ottawa: Israelis hail Harper; 'Global voice of principle about Jews and Israel'

Sochi: Team Canada names Sidney Crosby captain

Ottawa: HMCS Toronto intercepts massive haul of heroin in Indian Ocean off African coast

Built in 1928: The oldest 15-lane sky-high bridge in the world?

Timeless question: How much power do wind turbines use?

Barrett-Jackson auction: KISS frontman Gene Simmons helps raise $450,000 for Saskatchewan children's hospital

Brian Lee Crowley: Provincial liquor monopolies Achilles heels

Ottawa: Man who killed sportscaster Brian Smith in cold blood outside TV studio in 1995, served no time in prison, shows no remorse in interview

Pan Am problems: Ian Troop, TO2015 can't agree on sizable severance package

Kabul: Two Canadians killed in Afghanistan attack worked for Quebec accounting firm; doing auditing work for CIDA

Verdun: Patient thrown out of Quebec hospital after requests service in English; couldn't understand what she was being told in French; had arrived by ambulance with chest pains [video]

Hands only in own pockets? Liberals break own fundraising records, still fall far short of Conservatives; when will they pay back AdScam haul?

18 months out: Mulcair says NDP is already campaigning for 2015 election; meanwhile, Conservatives' focus is on governing

Afghanistan: Two Canadians among dead after attack in Kabul

Not colour-blind: Premier Wynne backs race-based internship and preferential hiring program; doesn't believe merit most important consideration when government hiring

Caught on camera: Kamloops, BC family robbed at gunpoint in Mexico [video]

Andrew Leach: Another Neil Young fact check

Caught with his hand in public till: In wake of expense abuse revelations, Trudeau hits Ontario provincial by-election hustings in Niagara Falls

Invasive species: Trucking company and driver fined $75k for importing live Asian carp into Ontario

Crux of the Matter: Liberal media lap dogs can't even spell 'economics'Hudak sets them straight

Report slams Liberals: Ontario youth unemployment among worst in Canada

Down to Earth: Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield joins CBC for periodic role on The National

Australia: Bombardier-led group wins US$4.1B rail equipment contract for Queensland

N.S., P.E.I., Manitoba: Prince Charles, Camilla announce Canadian tour

Crux of the Matter: StatsCan numbers prove Hudaks million jobs plan will workwith his pro-job-growth policies

Claudia Cattaneo: Why the odds are increasing for Keystone XL pipeline approval

PEI: Wind turbines a bust; worse than snake oil say people who were duped; want them removed

Moonlighting outrage: Justin Trudeau was paid per diem and for travel expenses while being paid enormous sums for private speeches; played hooky from House of Commons yet billed it for expenses

Elites in charge: Toronto turns down proposal to build 22-storey private student residence on site of dilapidated Waverly Hotel, but loves approving much bigger condo towers by big developers

Les MacPherson: If Neil Young actually walked his talk, we'd see ...

Manila: Four Canadians with alleged links to Mexican cartel arrested in Philippines

Syria: Canadian Damian Clairmont killed fighting with al-Qaeda-linked rebels; troubled teen left Calgary for Syria in November 2012, killed by Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces during rebel infighting

Boom, boom, down comes the white: Winnipeg braces for thundersnow

Nadon hearings: All federal judges should be eligible for Supreme Court, no matter their province: Peter MacKay

Trip next week: Prime Minister Stephen Harper to become first Canadian leader to address Israeli Knesset

Crux of the Matter: Cynical Wynne wastes money on by-elections instead of calling needed province-wide election

Cover-up or alibi? RCMP obtains newly discovered daily calendar records for suspended Senator Pamela Wallin

Globe and Mail: Three false claims Neil Young made on oil sands; the CBC didn't question a word he said, enthralled to be in his presence

Time for a provincial election: Unelected Ontario Premier Wynne refuses to meet with elected Toronto Mayor Ford to discuss ice-storm damage funds

Dirty secret of wind madness: Diesel generators kick in when wind drops and owners get paid bloated wind rate for dirty power

Terence Corcoran: Fahrenheit 45.2, or how the CBC helps promote scares and confusion; don't expect truth from Gomeshi, it's not his style, man

Dirty secret of wind madness: Diesel generators kick in when wind drops and owners get paid bloated wind rate for dirty power

You're being spied upon: How your smartphone tattles on you and what's being done with the info

Freeland makes re-positioning statement: Rookie Liberal MP thinks cynicism and snark something new, says she wants to be a smarm; remains definitionally challenged

RCMP notified 4 days later: Man with pipe bomb allowed on flight out of Edmonton (after it was confiscated)

Yellowknife: Wood pellets help the North break its diesel habit

Ontario: Liberals call by-elections for Feb. 13

Canadian Music Hall of Fame: Iconic BTO to be inducted during the 43rd Annual JUNO Awards show at MTS Centre in Winnipeg on March 30th

Windsor: Ottawa wont cave in to Chryslers threat, says Conservative MP Watson; "If Mr. Marchionne opens dialogue about investment, it will be evaluated on the basis of the proposal, not whats said in newspapers"; Fiat/Chrysler head Marchionne, a Canadian, was quoted on Monday saying a decision will be made in the next few months on whether automaker will make a multibillion dollar investment in its Windsor minivan plant

Fly-in blowhards: Celebrity activism often oily; Neil Young promoting a propaganda film by his company

New York: Remote control, animatronic 'devil baby' scares bejeebers out of New Yorkers [video]

Inglewood: Don Henley lashes out at Google and the 'techno-utopians': "They've built multi-billion-dollar, global empires on the backs of creative, working people who are uncompensated. They're wrecking entire industries" The Eagles will launch revitalized Forum as a dedicated music palace with six shows

Reduces annual costs by 55%: Mississauga one of first to switch street lights to LEDs

Fort McMurray: Neil Young called "crazy" by locals for his uninformed oilsands comments; "He wasnt after the truth. Hes out there telling people lies, Neils world. Not the real world."

Economic Freedom: Canada places 6th on 2014 index; U.S. down to 12th spot; top 5 are Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand; only the top 6 countries have earned the index's "economically free" designation

The Economist: Advanced countries have been slow to sell or make better use of their assets; they are missing a big opportunity

Detroit: GM resurrects stock dividend 6 years after its demise, will pay 30 cents per share; should be $30+ million windfall for Ontario & Canadian govts, which own 110.1 million GM shares

Shadow risks: Wind turbines, flicker, and photosensitive epilepsy

Toronto: Mayor candidate Soknacki says he'll kill Scarborough subway

Export jobs instead of exporting jobs: Low loonie offers remarkable opportunities, Ottawa says as currency slides below 92¢

Another dupe in the wall: Ezra Levant takes on Neil Young's oilsands remarks, shows emptiness of all his claims [video]

Highway 1: Trans Canada Highway between Alberta and B.C. still closed due to high avalanche risk

Graham Thomson: Neil Young sings off-key on oilsands

Mike Strobel: YIMBYBring on Toronto's Armageddon of sin

Ontario: Hudak jobs planincrease competitiveness to end decade of economic stagnation: lower corporate taxes, reduce energy rates, encourage more youth to enter skilled trades, cut government red tape and boost trade with other provinces; last time Ontario had major job growth Hudak was in cabinet, 1997-2000

Old media hurting: Globe and Mail, Postmedia announce job reductions

Beatles tribute show recorded in Los Angeles: Star-struck stars on hand along with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr: "We were in a band. It's called The Beatles," Starr said near the end of the show. "And if we play, John and George are always with us. It's always John, Paul, George and Ringo."

CBS cuts Cruz comments on Obama: Face the Nation edits out Senator's abuse of power' comments 2 days before President is expected to say he will usurp Congressional power in State of the Union address

Influential voice stilled: Pete Seeger dead at 94; left-wing icon led folk-music revival in 1940s, 1950s and 1960s

Mexico City: Mexico legalizes vigilantes, nabs cartel leader

Latakia: Evidence points to secret Israeli strike on Syrian missile launchers

Journal warns: MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) in hospitals significant but underplayed; steps needed to stop spread

Chicago: Rats display empathy, altruism

Brrrrrr: U.S. embraces cold weather, sending biggest-ever Winter Olympics team to Sochi

Deep problems? Tata Motors shares drop after Managing director Karl Slym's death plunge from hotel room in suspected suicide; left three-page 'suicide note' say Thai police

Charles Kenny: Factory jobs are gone. Get over it

Islamic extremists: Attack on Nigerian village kills 52

Starting with IBM 360 in 1964: 50 years of the modern mainframe; computing horsepower that put man on the moon, and people on airplanes [video]

Zero Hedge: Deciphering the investment climate

New Delhi: 21 die, 13 rescued as tourist boat sinks off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Grammy Awards 2014 winners: France's Daft Punk wins album of the year and 4 other Grammys, best new artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis win 4, Lorde takes song of the year

Riga: Pride and trepidation in Latvia as it swaps to euros

Mayor Pinnocchio? Sandy aid to Hoboken on par with other New Jersey towns

Barawe: U.S. forces launch missile strike against Shebab leader in Somalia

Cairo: Car bombing damages Islamic art museum, destroys priceless antiquities

Energy emergencies declared in 24 states: Prolonged cold blast worsens propane shortage across Midwest

Kiev: Deadlock in Ukraine as clashes spread

Common sense: Montana's delegation of Democrats and a Republican are united behind building the Keystone XL pipeline

Cairo: At least 29 killed in Egypt clashes on revolution anniversary

Daytona 24 Hours: Race halted after big crash involving Memo Gidley in Gainsco Corvette Prototype and Matteo Malucelli in Risi Competizione GT Le Mans class Ferrari; both drivers have been taken directly to hospital

Tripoli: Egypt withdraws remainder of Embassy staffers from Libya after 5 abducted

Tripoli: Libya says total of 5 Egyptian diplomats, employees abducted in capital overnight

Massachusetts: A Falmouth veteran battles wind turbines and health woes; "The first time I heard it, I couldnt believe it could make that much noise"

Weather: Prices plummet for Super Bowl tickets [video]

New York: Fox to acquire majority stake in Yankees YES Network; going from 49% stake to 80% ownership

Powered three industrial revolutions: The benefits of carbon outweigh costs by 50 to 1

Minnesota: Internet community decodes late grandmother's mysterious end-of-life writings as prayers

Only Chevy Spark gets passing grade: Sub-compact cars stumble in new crash test

Iraq: U.S. hustling to arm Iraqi attack helicopters in all-out war against Al-Qaeda as Fallujah falls

UN: More than 140,000 Iraqis flee Anbar violence

Wall Street drops again: U.S. stocks dropped and S&P 500 posted worst week since June 2012 as sell-off in emerging market assets fed through to wholesale pullbacks in equities

Geneva: Syrian regime and opposition agree to direct talks

Don't remember buying the gold Corvette? 1.1 million payment cards exposed to malware in Neiman Marcus hack

Two-day market rout: Fear of slowing growth pushes down global markets

Journey through the past: Modems and the BBS world of 1990 seem so long ago now, especially for young folks

Not so golden: Yankees new pitcher Tanaka will lose over half of his $155M contract to taxes; same contract in Chicago would have saved him $12M in city taxes

Ignore Montezuma: Mexico City bets on tap water law to change habit

State of the Union: Will Obama preach 'global warming' on Tuesday after coldest January in U.S. in decades?

Peggy Noonan: The sleepiness of a hollow legend; the State of the Union address is a grand traditionbut only if people are listening

Geneva: Syria peace talks near collapse before they begin

Bangkok: Thai court ruling adds to mounting pressure on PM Yingluck

New Delhi: The Indians HATE their new Russian-made stealth fighter

Naomi Schaefer Riley: Wendy Davis has no future in politics

Gov't to Nissan: No, Frontier pickup really can't do that, and you shouldn't suggest it can

Afghanistan: Gunman on motorbike kills 5 Afghan cricket players

updated ~ Cairo: 6 dead as four blasts rock Egypt

UK: Mark Carney signals Bank of England guidance debate as low-rate pledge kept

TIME: How to find out anything from anyone

Australia: When you need more power to keep the lights on the answer is most certainly NOT blowing in the wind

Charles Krauthammer: Canada's been waiting 5 years for a Keystone pipeline decision. We've slapped around enough allies. Time to decide.

Accuweather: Snow, cold, and local blizzard conditions to sweep Great Lakes and NE U.S. Saturday

Model says possible super storm for Super Bowl: NFL could move game to Saturday or even Monday or Tuesday

Gary Strauss: Rising utility costs from cold winter seen as depressing U.S. consumer spending

Prof. M. Northrop Buechner: It's time to impeach Obama

Joe Charlevoix: Drastically cold temperatures create greatest ice cover on the Great Lakes by this date in 20 years

Texas shame: Undercover video shows Wendy Davis team mocking and laughing at disabilities of wheelchair-bound opponent Greg Abbott

Chemical puzzle: New analysis of rocket used in Syria chemical attack undercuts U.S. claims, raises questions about Syrian arsenal declarations

Ukraine: Protests spread beyond Kiev amid crisis talks

Seth Porges: Netflix may be the one company capable of getting the public to care about net neutrality -- let's hope they do

7,500 workers involved: Lenovo inks $2.3B deal to buy IBM low-end server unit

Ken Davidoff: Yankees more captivating now, but not clearly better after worst record in 22 years; added 4 gambles (Tanaka, Beltran, Ellsbury, McCann), lost 4 stars (Cano, Rivera, Pettite, A-Rod)

Obamacare fail file: Administration fears part of health care system so flawed it could bankrupt insurance companies

Krauthammer on Healthcare.gov: 'All hell's going to break loose' if Obamacare isn't fixed soon

New York City: Blowhard Mayor reluctantly admits botched Upper East Side plow job; basks in credit but flees responsibility

Tuesday web mystery: Huge volumes of China Internet traffic re-directed to Cheyenne, Wyoming

Princeton study: Facebook like an infectious disease, will lose 80% of users

Olympic edginess: Sochi security fears force some Americans to re-think travel plans

Retail revolution: Wave of store closings on way as e-commerce really bites into bricks and mortar; retail industry will face its second "tsunami of store closures across U.S." only a few years after the "fire sale holiday season of 2008"

Not with tax increase: Michigan Governor proposes Detroit aid plan

Mississippi: Massive explosion rocks bio-diesel fuel plant [video]

CBS News poll: Most think Edward Snowden should stand trial in U.S.

The Hateful Eight: Quentin Tarantino demands Hollywood 'name names' after script leak

Dr. Gary Hartstein, Former F1 Doctor: Michael Schumacher injuries appear severe and likely to mean long-term impairmentif he revives from coma

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 6 police escorting Spanish cyclist on round-the-world trip

Photoshop no-no: AP pulls plug on Pulitzer photog after photo alteration revealed

Competition before each race: NASCAR switches to group qualifying for 2014

Gave to lesbian couple: Judge rules Kansas sperm donor owes child support

MLB: Blue Jays say they wanted Tanaka but wouldnt go more than five years

4-year escape clause for ace presumptive: Masahiro Tanaka signs 7-year, $155M deal with Yankees

Ukraine protests: Two people killed in Kiev clashes

Thailand: Red shirt leader shot as 60-day state of emergency begins

Aftermath: Frigid temperatures to persist as northeastern U.S. digs out from snow; Philly closes schools, NYC says to kids "fend for yourselves"

New York City: Turmoil as de Blasio botches early snow; thousands stranded at area airports

Italy: 'Every line has now been crossed': Italian mafia kills 3-year-old after his grandfather fails to settle drug debt

Philadelphia: I-95 storm buries Northeast; 15.5 inches of snow in New Jersey

Thailand: State of Emergency declared in Bangkok on protest violence

New York City: Hands-on mayor plays favourites; people who didn't vote for him don't get snowplows on their streets

CBS: Photos from Syrian defector appear to show mass torture, executions by government forces

'Underground Railroad' crossed Detroit River at Amerherstburg: North American Black Historical Museum honours Underground Railroad history

East Rutherford, NJ: Odds are it will be "colder than usual" during Super Bowl

Convoys may be first: U.S. Army considers replacing thousands of troops with robots

New York: Snow storm snarls travel on East Coast; at least one death reported

"Poor countries are not doomed to stay poor": Bill Gates predicts 'almost no poor countries' by 2035

Sochi: Russians want U.S. tech to spot bombs

New Jersey: Forecast worsens again, 10 to 14 inches of snow predicted for much of Jersey Shore [video]

Insensitive and hyperbolic Wendy Davis: The out-of-touch Texas Governor candidate inartfully attacks those who haven't "walked a day in my shoes" while her opponent Greg Abbott is a paraplegic who hasn't walked for decades

Wall Street adviser: Actual U.S. unemployment is 37.2%, 'misery index' worst in 40 years

updated ~ Sochi: Russian security forces have killed a senior Islamist militant in a shootout in Russias North Caucasus; hunt on for 3 potential black widow suicide bombers

Beirut: Brutality of Syria war casts doubt on peace talks

Skills deficit, insurance costs: Fords aluminum F-150 poised to test repair shops mettle

Shale: How Americas fracking boom helps to boost Treasuries demand

Japan star: Masahiro Tanaka deadline keeps MLB on edge of seat in off-season drama; twitter message confuses all

Pakistan: At least 22 Shia pilgrims killed after bomb strikes bus in Mastung district in restive Balochistan province

Frozen nation: Propane emergency threatens to leave millions shivering as deep freeze returns

Los Angeles: NHL rink at Dodger Stadium almost ready for use

Olympics: Putin says 40,000 force to guard Sochi as new threats emerge

UN: Iran excluded from Syria peace talks

Police: 2 arrested at Texas border used data from Target breach for credit card fraud

CNN: Police warn Sochi hotels of terror suspect as Olympics near; U.S. military will have up warships and transport aircraft on standby under a contingency plan to help evacuate American officials and athletes if a terror attack

Washington: Iran to soon have access to billions in frozen funds as sanctions eased

Ottawa: Europe warming to GM crops

Billboard: Neil Diamond signs with Capitol Records, at 72, legend planning new records

Olympics terror dragnet: Russia hunts as many as four 'black widows'

Telegraph: Brains of elderly only appear to slow because they know so much

New Jersey: Hoboken mayor's claims inconsistent, denied by Lt. Gov.; "Zimmer's comments Saturday and Sunday are a change from what she told CNN on January 11"

Afghanistan: Taliban claims attack on international military base in Kandahar; 1 ISAF soldier and all 9 attackers killed

Ukraine: 'Serious devastation' after night of clashes in Kiev

Thailand: Default risk soars, funds pull $4B

Bangkok: Grenade blasts in Thailand's capital rock protest site

License sooner, or later? Virgin Galactic space tourists could be grounded by FAA

Hong Kong: Anheuser-Busch InBev to regain grip on South Korea brewer OB for $5.8B

New York: The U.S. government's bitcoin bonanza: How, where and when to sell?

Kabul: Alexandros Petersen killed in Taliban attack

Brussels: Europe to ditch green nonsense, welcome fracking

Obama: Marijuana no more dangerous than alcohol

Jerusalem: Israel plans laser interceptor 'Iron Beam' for short-range rockets

Super marketing: Omaha knows a good thing when it hears it, donates $24,800 to Peyton Manning charity after AFC Championship game

Kiev: 'Freedom or death' say some of the 200,000 EuroMaidan participants as political opposition leaders disagree on tactics when protests turn violent and flame-filled

Dallas News: As Wendy Davis touts life story in race for governor, key facts blurred

Kiev: Protesters, police clash in Ukraine's capital

Pakistan: Taliban bombing kills 20 troops in army compound

Daily Mail: Neurologist says sexual preferences, autism and intelligence can all be affected by smoking, drinking and state of mind of mother during pregnancy; says alcohol, drugs, hormones affect development of brain

Kamal Hamade: Lebanese owner died defending his Kabul restaurant

Byron York: In new film, a dramatic look at Mitt Romney's mid-campaign loss of confidence

Sun exposure reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: Ahhh. Sunlight may lower your blood pressure

updated ~ Kabul: 21 dead in Taliban attack against Afghan restaurant filled with foreigners

Yemen: Iranian diplomat killed in drive-by shooting

Egypt: 98.1% of voters approve constitution

Turkmenistan: End of no limits usage for natural gas; gas meters to installed in energy-rich nation

Mill heating up for Japan ace: Masahiro Tanaka rumours: Friday

MLB: Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, 24-0 last season in Japan, is the real deal and has teams lining up with hundreds of $$ millions in their hands

One of many: Target wasn't sole data breach target; scam likely went after other retailers says global cyber intelligence firm

Charlestown: Suspicions raised over third January fire at government offices in St. Kitts and Nevis; is someone trying to destroying government tax records?

Johns Hopkins study: Why diet soda may be making you eat more

Benedict: Pope defrocked 400 priests in 2 years

At LA travel expo: See the USA in your Chevrolet... or Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, VW, etc. - website promotes old-fashioned 4-wheeled vacationing

Blood sugar level monitored through tears: Google contact lens could help diabetics track glucose

Jitter time in LA: M2.6 quake hits near Universal City on 20th anniversary of Northridge M6.7 killer quake

Washington: Admiral concedes U.S. losing Pacific dominance to China; Commander of Obamas Asia pivot eyes military posturing by China

Calls it 'propaganda ban': Vladimir Putin tells gays in Sochi to leave children alone

updated ~ Washington: No Keystone answer yet, John Kerry tells John Baird

Help for 'Three Blind Mice': Major League Baseball approves expanded instant replay, managers can challenge up to two calls a game

Washington Post: Return of the polar vortex: Cold, at times downright frigid for end of January; increasing snow chances

Senior UK Defense adviser Sir Hew Strachan: Obama is clueless about what he wants to do in the world

Washington Post Fact-Checker: Warning: Ignore claims that 3.9 million people signed up for Medicaid because of Obamacare; multiple Pinocchio Award time

Pittsburgh: Huge area wind turbine owned by NextEra Energy of Florida crashes to earth, totally destroyed

California: Angeles National Forest fire burns homes, 3 people detained

California: Evacuations ordered as wildfire burns north of Los Angeles

Germany: F1's Ecclestone faces criminal proceedings over allegations he paid nearly $44M in bribes to banker

Egypt: Early tallies show revised charter passing

Australia: 4,179 sheep died in one day of heat during transport to Middle East last August

Oops: CNN throws big cocktail party on West Coast and nobody shows up; anchors talk to each other

Competence gap: Boy dies from drinking meth at border crossing

Mathew Ingram: What you need to know about the court decision that just struck down net neutrality

Long line-ups: U.S. Senators seek end to traffic jams at Canada-U.S. border crossings

MIT Prof, expert on climate change: "Changes that have occurred due to global warning are too small to account for. Global warming, climate change, all these things are just a dream come true for politicians. The opportunities for taxation, for policies, for control, for crony capitalism are just immense, you can see their eyes bulge"

Michael Geist: ISPs push for two-tier internet based on data caps; how will differing national rules affect net neutrality?

New video shows chaos during rescue after Asiana Airline crash: Emergency workers warned a victim was on the ground near the jet before she was run over by a fire truck minutes later

Thomas Sowell: Christie, Hillary and Obama

They lied: Obamacares 12 false premises and broken promises

Federal appeals court throws out FCC 'net neutrality' rules on Internet traffic: Fears ruling could raise Internet service fees and stifle innovation; will backbone get 'slow' lane?

updated ~ New York City water main chaos: Greenwich Village water main break leaves above-ground mess and creates underground chaos; multiple subway lines shut down as 36-inch main break flowed for 5 hours

Meanwhile, 50 years later: Beatles McCartney and Starr said to perform at Grammy Awards during tribute show to moptops; obvious recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award

Coercion or cover-up? State of Colorado clears Sen. Udall's staff of intimidation over Obamacare cancellations; existing insurance now cancelled for 335,500 in the state, not the 250,000 being disputed

Nevada blacklist? U.S. federal govt travel spending down $3B since high-profile Las Vegas GSA conference raised eyebrows in 2010

Boston Globe: Obamas grip on younger voters slips; alienated by NSA snooping, health stumble, gridlock

Iran's Rouhani: 'World powers surrendered to Iranian Nation's will'

Nogales, AZ: How tunnels are built, used along US-Mexico border

Fast & Furious: DEA working with Sinaloa drug cartel for more than a decade

New Mexico: 12-year-old boy opens fire at middle school; 2 wounded; teacher stops shooter

Rick Moran: Secret side deal in Iran nuclear agreement

2016 candidate for President? A conversation with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

Drops all pretense of being a democrat: Obama wont be waiting on Congress, plans more executive orders to advance agenda, thumbs nose at voters

$20,000 damage: Drugs found at Bieber home after egg raid

Eric Golub: Why the Obama administration is terrified of the Bob Gates revelations

Philadelphia: Judge denies preliminary approval of NFL concussion settlement, fears $765M may not be enough

Beijing: Shoe factory fire kills at least 16 people in eastern Chinese city

New Jersey: Man arrested for attempted smuggling of F-35 data to Iran

Nigeria: New anti-gay law resulting in torture and dozens of arrests, say activists

The over-confidence of scientists ignores reality: No matter if its a climatic pause or jolt, still no warming

updated ~ Cairo: 11 dead on first day of Egypt voting

Juba: South Sudan army retakes strategic oil town

Remarkable video: What London, England looked like in 1927 and 2013, side-by-side; in colour, matching shot for shot

Chicago: Cellphone dropped in river leads to one dead, one missing and one in critical condition

Three Amigos summit: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to host North American leaders in Toluca, Mexico on February 19th with Canadian Prime Minister Harper and U.S. President Obama attending

Benghazi transcripts declassified: Obama and top generals knew attack on 9/11/2012 was terrorism from the start; President and Hillary Clinton complicit in massive lie and cover-up

Bob McCafferty: Obamacare killing employment and the American Dream

Africa safari: Mind the elephants...

An enraged bull elephant flipped over a car containing a British teacher and her fiance during an African
safari. Sarah Brooks, 30, and her fiance were filming the animal from their car as it drank at a waterhole
when it turned and went for them. It flipped their vehicle and shunted it 130 feet down a track into thick
bushland. The elephants tusk ripped through Miss Brooks upper thigh during the ordeal at the Kruger
National Park in South Africa. The attack was filmed by tourists travelling in a car behind.

British Columbia: Did Sir Francis Drake visit B.C. in 1579? Coin says so

Bruce Campbell shows a rare old English shilling he found on the Gorge mud flats on Vancouver Island while
pursuing his retirement hobby of metal detecting. The hammered silver coin from 1551-53 was issued during
Edward VI's brief reign. ~ Adrian lam Victoria Times Colonist

Chevrolet's Corvette Stingray named North American Car of the Year

The long-awaited, all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is officially North American
Car of the Year. The first generation Corvette was introduced late in the 1953 model year.
The current model Corvette is the seventh generation, known as C7, and is the first to
also be called 'Stingray' since the 1976 C3 model.

Daily Mail exclusive: BBC's six-year cover-up
of secret 'green propaganda' training for top executives

Cover-up: BBC has spent more than £20,000 in legal fees trying to keep it secret; pensioner forces
veil to be lfted on 2006 eco-seminar to top executives.

Happy 199th! Sir John A. Macdonald's Napanee hometown roots

The boyhood home of Sir John A Macdonald [top] in former Adolphustown township, on the south
shore of Hay Bay, now part of the Town of Greater Napanee. Young "Johnny" Macdonald walked two
miles uphill to a one-room schoolhouse within sight of where United Empire Loyalists landed in 1784,
ragged refugees following the end of the American Revolution, and began settlement of this area, and
what became Ontario. When Macdonald and his family arrived here in the early 1820s from a brief
stopover in Kingston, their neighbours were UE Loyalists or their offspring, and Macdonald's
classmates had all been born after the War of 1812 preserved independence from the young U.S.A.
This site has been marked since 1927 by a plaque and the cairn shown in the bottom photo.
"Born in Scotland, the young Macdonald returned frequently during his formative
years to his parents' home here on the Bay of Quinte. His superb skills kept him
at the centre of public life for 50 years. The political genius of Confederation,
he became Canada's first Prime Minister in 1867, held that office for 19 years
(1867-73 and 1878-91), and presided over the expansion of Canada to its present
boundaries excluding Newfoundland. His National Policy and the building of the
CPR were equally indicative of his determination to resist the north-south pull
of geography and to create and preserve a strong country politically free and
commercially autonomous."

The grist mill at Glenora which was operated by Sir John A. Macdonald's father. It sits just below
Lake on the Mountain which provided water to power its grinding wheels and beside the Glenora
Ferry dock in Prince Edward County. It's now a fisheries station operated by the Ontario
Government. The ferry connects to the Town of Greater Napanee just across the Bay of Quinte.

The Napanee Town Hall, built in 1856, hosted many public meetings with Sir John A. Macdonald.
He had first practiced law in Napanee, at age 17, and in 1891 after a long, gruelling winter
election campaign, he returned to Napanee on March 4th, the day before the March 5th election.
He was to speak inside, and was already suffering from the pneumonia that would kill him a few
weeks later. But despite cold weather, the overflowing crowd compelled him to speak outside,
from the Town Hall balcony. It was his final political speech. He won the 1891 election but
soon after lost his life.

Israeli General and Prime Minister: Ariel Sharon, dead at 85

Then-Israeli Defense Minister Sharon, right, leading his troops to join Christian forces in East Beirut on June 15, 1982.

Best tech: Solar-powered cooler debuts at CES; makes ice on beach

The Solar Cool technologies 'Solar-Cooler' is said to be the worlds first portable, solar-assisted refrigeration
system. It can make ice, keep things cool and also power laptops, phones and other devices.

Canadas nation-builders, Sir John A. Macdonald and
Sir George-Etienne Cartier get their Heritage Minute

A still image from the new Heritage Minute series shows Sir John A. Macdonald discussing the proposed
Dominion of Canada Confederation plan with fellow statesmen George Brown & George-Etienne Cartier.
The new vignettes honouring the two nation-builders are to be officially released by Historica Canada,
the Toronto-based heritage-advocacy organization, on Saturday on Macdonalds 199th birthday.

Finally: After almost 70 years, former SS soldier charged
over 1944 massacre that eliminated French town

This 2006 image shows the ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane, in central France. It has been preserved as it was at the end
of WWII, as a memorial to the townsfolk, all of whom died here. On June 10, 1944, just four days after the D-Day
landings in Normandy, German troops killed 642 people here, mainly women and children.

Entitlements: Minister Alexander explains basic logic to Ontario Govt

Bogus + failed refugee claimants don't deserve OHIP, and genuine refugees deserve the same coverage as Canadians. http://t.co/UYKz5Ql1A1
— Chris Alexander (@MinChrisA) January 9, 2014

Polar context: Construction season year-round above Arctic Circle;
Dempster Highway 'groundbreaking' apt term in Arctic cold

Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with workers at the groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of
construction of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway in the Northwest Territories, extending Dempster Highway
through to Arctic coast. He was accompanied by Bob McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories, Nellie
Cournoyea, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Inuvialuit Regional Corporation as well as Robert Alexie Jr.,
President of the Gwich'in Tribal Council.

Completion of Trans Canada Trail to mark Canadas 150th anniversary:
24,000 km recreational trail winds through every province and territory from coast to coast to coast; federal govt announces funding boost

Inuvik: All-weather road Arctic Ocean-bound to Tuktoyaktuk [video]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod will mark the official start
of construction of the final link in Canada's highway system to connect all three oceans. The 140 km route
from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk is now served only in the winter by an ice road. The four-year construction
project will provide year-round access to and from the south. ~ CBC

Watertown, NY: As bad as bizzard of '77, plows pulled: "It was just too dangerous out there. We couldn't see anybody. They couldn't see us"

Gates: Obama believed his own troop surge the move of 30,000
troops into Afghanistan would fail; did it anyway

Cillizza: How the Bob Gates memoir could haunt Hillary in 2016

Bob Woodward: Robert Gates, former defense secretary, offers harsh
critique of Obamas leadership in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

Sun: Giant sunspot AR1944 erupts; coronal mass ejection
(CME) "almost certainly heading for Earth"

Chicago: 500+ people stuck on 3 trains in Illinois as tracks "impassable";
two of the trains were from California, trips finished by bus 15 hours late

The California Zephyr, which runs from San Francisco to Chicago, was one of three passenger trains stuck in the snow and cold overnight outside Chicago.

Toronto: Canadian Olympic hockey team for Sochi revealed;
Stamkos' health one of question marks

Vancouver: New casino promises class but critics remain

The $535M BC Place casino development received a conditional development permit from Vancouver
Dec. 16th. It will feature hotels, retail, restaurants and be the new home of existing Edgewater Casino.

British Columbia: PM Harper talks CETA with Vancouver Board of Trade

Kingston: Year-long countdown to Sir John A. Macdonald's
200th birthday begins on busy 199th for Canada's first PM

Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Kingston. ~ Michael Lea Whig-Standard

Newfoundland: Power outage worsens after Holyrood interruption;
100,000+ customers plunged back into darkness Sunday night

South Porcupine: Boiling water into cloud of ice mist at -41°C. [video]

Boiling water turns to ice mist when fired through water gun at -41°C. ~ YouTube

Canada: 2015-16 budget surplus may be bigger than forecast: Flaherty

Newfoundland: Premier: power outages 'not crisis'; 35,000 without power

Newfoundland: Power may be out until Tuesday; temps at -15°C;
Prince Edward Island sending repair crews to help

Frigid winter: Midwest temperature records at risk; and if Great Lakes
freeze over, as expected, the rest of the winter will be colder for all

When the Great Lakes completely freeze over, winters are colder for the continent as their temperature moderating influence disappears. This Terra MODIS image of the Great Lakes on January 27, 2005, shows ice building up around the shores of each of the lakes, with snow on the ground.

SW Ontario: Bitter cold coming Monday scares winemakers

Tom OBrien, co-owner of Coopers Hawk Vineyards, points to his winery on a new wine route map on
the north shore of Lake Erie unveiled in July 2012. O'Brien and other vintners in the area are bracing for
damage from deep cold Monday. ~ Monica Wolfson The Windsor Star

More to come: Snow, cold disrupt large swath of U.S.

Massachusetts: Flooding follows storm in Scituate

LIVE on #WBZ-TV: Incredible pictures of an entire #Scituate neighborhood flooded pic.twitter.com/5wXdjQCXKS
— Steven Bognar (@BogsWBZ) January 3, 2014

Nova Scotia: Police pulled off road as brutal blizzard comes ashore

BBC: U.S. and Canada in grip of brutal Arctic cold

Boston: Bitter cold temps, wind chills could hit record low