Plan to ship nuclear boilers stirs fears
Environmentalists and some local government officials in the U.S. are protesting an Ontario power company's proposal to haul 16 scrapped nuclear components across three Great Lakes on their way to a recycling plant in Sweden. cbc.ca |
Vander Zalm predicts HST cut in B.C.
Former B.C. Premier Bill Vander Zalm is predicting Premier Gordon Campbell will announce a one percentage point cut to B.C.'s HST on Friday - but the premier's office is saying the prediction is completely untrue. cbc.ca |
Ontario Amber Alert teams with Facebook
Ontario's Amber Alert program is teaming up with Facebook to widen its reach to find missing children. cbc.ca |
Chilliwack couple charged over starving animals
Five counts of animal cruelty have been laid against a Fraser Valley couple after a small menagerie of starving animals was seized from their home. cbc.ca |
SIU probes fatal shooting involving police
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating an incident in downtown Toronto in which a man was killed and at least one police officer injured. cbc.ca |