Monday, january 05, 2009 | 11:48 pm
National News
MONTREAL - Two Montreal police detectives who went to a west-end apartment building Monday afternoon came face-to-face with a gun-toting man who answered his door....
Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
HAMILTON - The defence is scheduled to begin calling witnesses today in the trial of a Hamilton man accused of infecting his sexual partners with HIV....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
OTTAWA - Canada continues to raise the bar at the world junior hockey championship....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
EDMONTON - It's the speck of dirt on the foot of a flea, and within it may be locked the Utopian dreams of a great beginning or the repressed fears of apocalyptic end times....
Dean Bennett, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The federal government is sending a delegation to Europe later this month to lobby the European Union against proposed legislation that could ban Canadian seal...
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
CALGARY - The first few days of the New Year have been plagued by violence in Calgary....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
OTTAWA - Israeli authorities have temporarily prevented three dozen Canadians from escaping the warfare in the Middle East, citing security concerns....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
MONTREAL - An 86-year-old Montrealer is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of his 83-year-old wife....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
TORONTO - Toronto police say a woman whose body was found slumped over a steering wheel in an SUV is the city's second homicide of the year....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Residents and officials are struggling to deal with that most Canadian of inconveniences - snow - following near-record snowfall in this West Coast city in...
Camille Bains, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
WINNIPEG - Winter is only two weeks old, but for most people in the Prairies, it already feels like a very long bone-chilling, balaclava-wearing, test of endurance....
Steve Lambert, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
TORONTO - Billions of taxpayer dollars aimed at bailing out struggling automakers will likely be used to "keep the lights on" rather than directly transform the companies into...
Maria Babbage, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
SAGUENAY, Que. - A man and a woman in their 50s died on Monday after fire swept through an apartment building about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City, police said....
THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News
Upcoming Events
01/06/2009
- The Alpha Course
- [6:30 pm]
- Explore the meaning of life. Free intro dinner and movie. Call Whistler Community Church 604-932-3139
- Whistler Library, Main St.
01/07/2009
- AWARE January Meeting
- [6 to - 8 p.m.]
- Join AWARE for a discussion on the increasing number of independent power projects or IPPs in B.C. with special guest, Gwen Barlee policy director of the Western Canada Wilderness Committee from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Westin Resort and Spa, followed by Green Drinks at Black's ub at 8 p.m.