Newstalk 1010 - National News

Professional groups need to stop playing 'gatekeeper' on foreign credentials, says Kenney

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:20:37 +0000

MONTREAL - Professional associations refusing to recognize the credentials of foreign workers are threatening to slow Canada's economic recovery, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Thursday. Pr...

Police probe Rizzuto links in brazen daytime shooting at Mtl clothing store

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:20:35 +0000

MONTREAL - A deadly daytime shooting that paralyzed Old Montreal was possibly linked to a violent feud involving Canada's most prominent Mafia family, police sources said Thursday. Two men were sho...

Toronto police find car involved in fatal hit and run of 25-year-old man

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:53 +0000

TORONTO - Toronto police have found the suspect vehicle involved the fatal hit and run of a 25-year-old man. The vehicle, a 2005 Monte Carlo, was located Thursday afternoon in northwest Toronto. ...

Severe radioactive isotope shortage looming, could affect 1,000s of patients

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:56 +0000

TORONTO - The health of thousands of Canadian and U.S. patients could be put in jeopardy by a critical shortage of radioactive isotopes over the next few weeks, nuclear medicine experts say. The So...

Alberta RCMP say citizens foil child abduction in Whitecourt, charges pending

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:59 +0000

WHITECOURT, Alta. - RCMP say a group of people in Whitecourt, Alta., helped foil an attempted child abduction. Police say a man approached a girl on Wednesday at a school playground in the communit...

2 Toronto men charged after ATM tampering equipment found during traffic stop

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:51 +0000

CLARINGTON, Ont. - Two Toronto men were arrested in the Durham region after police found ATM tampering equipment during a routine traffic stop. A Durham regional police officer stopped a newer mode...

Saskatchewan man to face first-degree murder trial in death of young mother

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:52 +0000

SASKATOON - A provincial court judge has ruled that a man accused of killing a Saskatchewan woman whose remains weren't found for several years will stand trial for first-degree murder. Douglas Hal...

2nd case of flesh-eating disease in Windsor, Ont.; patient 'cautiously stable.'

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:55 +0000

WINDSOR, Ont. - A hospital official confirms there is a second case of flesh-eating disease in Windsor, Ont. Windsor Regional Hospital spokesman Ron Foster would only say today the patient is in "c...

Bail denied Sask man accused of threatening prime minister, two other people

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:58 +0000

SASKATOON - A man accused of threatening the prime minister, the premier of Saskatchewan and the head of the Canadian Grain Commission has been denied bail. Donald Lorenz appeared in a Saskatoon co...

Manitoba finance minister hints no spending cuts, higher user fees in budget

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:11:51 +0000

WINNIPEG - Despite tough economic times, Manitoba's NDP government is not looking at deep spending cuts in its budget next Tuesday and is instead leaving the door open to higher user fees and a contin...

Government stonewalling over Afghan documents mocks Parliament: opposition

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:34 +0000

OTTAWA - The opening volley was fired Thursday over what could become a protracted constitutional war over Parliament's right to know versus the government's right to keep secrets. Fed up with mont...

Tories filibuster to keep widow of rights group president from testifying

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:35 +0000

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs are thwarting the grieving widow of former Rights and Democracy president Remy Beauregard from testifying at a Commons committee. Suzanne Trepanier has requested permissio...

Air Canada dismisses crew concerns suicidal pilot threatened to ditch plane

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:32 +0000

TORONTO - Air Canada is standing by a pilot at the centre of a bizarre incident two years ago in which co-workers refused to fly with him, fearing he was suicidal and accusing him of threatening to di...

Tories blasted on G8 contraception stand as PM speaks on maternal health plan

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:34 +0000

OTTAWA - The Conservative government faced international condemnation and accusations of flip-flopping after declaring Thursday that all options - including contraception - would be considered in its ...

Cdn-Somali parents hide passports to prevent kids from joining terrorist group

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:50:36 +0000

TORONTO - Some Somali-Canadian parents are hiding their children's passports following reports a student was recruited by a terrorist group and killed fighting for the cause in east Africa, community ...