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Canadian photographer's battlefield picture fetches record price A gruesome, large-scale battlefield picture of conversing corpses by acclaimed Canadian photographer Jeff Wall has smashed the artist's all-time price record and become the single most valuable photographic artwork ever produced in this country. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Calgary Herald Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:22

'Rogue' parliamentary page is back with new book Eleven months ago, Brigette DePape made a splash as the parliamentary page who used her access to the Senate floor to stage a Throne Speech-day protest against the government. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Calgary Herald Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:22

City looking for maximum fines for those who chopped down S.W. trees If a tree falls in Britannia, and no one is around to hear it— you could still wind up paying fines of up to $10,000 per stump. At least that’s the charge that city bylaw officials are threatening to levy. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Calgary Herald Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:20

Woman gives birth at Tim Hortons in Ontario (with video) It wasn't your typical morning coffee order: A Windsor baby can now lay claim to being born at a Tim Hortons. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:19

Marlies cool Heat, lead series 3-1 The Abbotsford Heat are on the brink of elimination in the American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs, after a 3-1 loss to the Toronto Marlies in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal Tuesday at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:18

Competition Bureau takes harsh view of Canadian credit-card system (with video) Canada’s credit card system is a ‘perverse’ place where shoppers who pay with cash or debit subsidize purchases made with credit cards, the Competition Bureau argued Tuesday in its opening salvo against Visa and MasterCard. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:17

Canadian photographer's battlefield picture fetches record price at Christie's auction A gruesome, large-scale battlefield picture of conversing corpses by acclaimed Canadian photographer Jeff Wall has smashed the artist's all-time price record and become the single most valuable photographic artwork ever produced in this country. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:16

Manthorpe: Putin's old-style politics won't work in new Russia Vladimir Putin’s next 12 years at Russia’s helm — if he lasts that long — will not be as smooth a ride as his first dozen. His inauguration for his third term as president in the splendour of the gilded throne room of imperial Russia’s czars on Monday had about it the air of a dynasty that has reached its zenith. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:15

Supermodel Evangelista gets approval for child support deal NEW YORK, N.Y. - Supermodel Linda Evangelista and a French billionaire, saying they were pleased to end a public fight over paying their 5-year-old's expenses, on Tuesday got a judge's approval for a confidential child-support deal. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:15

Photos: Dismantling "Forever Marilyn" in Chicago The dismantled pieces of 'Forever Marilyn', a sculpture by Seward Johnson, sit on the ground in Pioneer Court as it is prepared for removal May 8, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:14

Sentencing hearing begins for mom who drowned her two young sons A sentencing hearing is to begin for an Alberta woman who drown her two young sons in the family bathtub. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:13

Photos: Stars turn out for movie premiere Stars and celebrities attend the premiere of new comedy 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' in New York Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:12

China to probe 'human flesh' pills claims: media China will investigate South Korean claims that the country is the source of smuggled capsules made from human flesh, but said it had found no such evidence yet: state media. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:11

Jet with 44 aboard missing in Indonesia A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 on a demonstration flight with at least 44 people aboard has gone missing in a mountainous area south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:11

Man caught at customs claims 49 lizards were for lunch A German man stopped at customs with 49 live exotic lizards in his bag claimed they were destined for the cooking pot and even offered to bite one’s head off to prove it, officials say. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:10

B.C. flood risk rising: expert Aggressive salvage logging of beetle-killed lodgepole pine forests in the B.C. Interior has significantly increased the risk of flooding and sediment discharge, a University of B.C. expert warned Thursday. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:07

Knowledge of wood-dust explosions not widespread in B.C. industry At least two forest companies with operations in Canada had programs in place to address wood dust explosion risks well before two deadly sawmill blasts in the province in the past three months, according to a B.C. industry report. While other companies in the B.C. forest sector had practices in place to control dust because it could clog up machinery and pose fire and respiratory health risks, Weyerhaeuser and Norbord Inc. had created specific programs aimed at reducing an identified risk of explosion caused by wood dust, according to the 385-page report. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:06

Canucks star Ryan Kesler likely out six months following shoulder surgery Next season will begin like last season for Ryan Kesler, who will once again be on the sidelines recovering from surgery when the Vancouver Canucks start their 2012-13 NHL campaign. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:06

B.C. adult education to be hit with funding cuts Thousands of British Columbians who have graduated from high school but want to upgrade their skills by taking Grade 10-12 courses that have been offered free of charge for five years will soon have fewer choices — unless they’re willing to pay tuition or study online. The Education Ministry is halving the number of adult-education courses that are eligible for government funding, saying exceptionally high dropout rates in some classes suggest money is being wasted. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Region: Vancouver Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:24:05

Vancouver elementary school hit by vandals after school board switches off 'mosquitos' Parents and administrators at Kerrisdale elementary believe their recently vandalized school would have been safe if “Mosquito” devices hadn’t been disabled by the Vancouver School Board. Silise Lebedovich dropped off her two children, ages six and seven, at Kerrisdale Annex on Monday, only to see the playground charred by fire from a weekend attack. She said the damage proves the value of the Mosquito, a device designed to deter vandals by emitting a high-pitched sound only young people can hear. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:58

Kelowna: Abandoned crane creates fowl problems for local businesses Al fresco diners in downtown Kelowna may soon be free of half-eaten salmon carcasses and bird poop dropped by the ospreys and pigeons that have roosted in a ghost-town condo development. Since the Lucaya development on Kelowna’s waterfront was abandoned in the financial crisis of 2008, the site has troubled surrounding businesses, Kelowna director of corporate services Rob Mayne told The Province. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:57

Trial set for accused Stanley Cup rioter Mobeen Mohammed A Surrey man who was among the first to be charged with offences stemming from last summer’s Vancouver Stanley Cup riot has a trial date set for next year. A lawyer for Mobeen Mohammed, 33, entered a not-guilty plea on charges of participating in a riot and break in Vancouver Provincial Court on Tuesday. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:56

'Tragic' Cypress downhill death rare, mountain bike enthusiasts say A day after a middle-aged cyclist died while trail riding down Cypress Mountain, other riders are downplaying the sports’ dangers. West Vancouver police Const. Tammy Khorram said it appears from a preliminary investigation that the death is a “tragic biking accident.” Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:56

Investigator: Mushroom farm where workers were killed was 'designed to fail' A Langley mushroom compost operation where three workers died in 2008 was “designed to fail,” according to the lead WorkSafe B.C. investigator on the case. Mohinder Bhatti testified Tuesday at a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of Ut Tran, 35, Han Pham, 47, and Jimmy Chan, 55. “They should not have even started that business . . . They were operating without a permit for a long time,” Bhatti said of A-1 Mushroom Substratum Ltd. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:55

Unexploded WWII bombs force closure of part of park on Vancouver Island Part of Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island has been closed to the public because bombs left over from the Second World War might be buried in the sand. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:52

British Columbians asked to weigh in on date of February's new Family Day Family Day is coming, but the provincial government wants British Columbians to help it decide which Monday in February is best suited for B.C.’s newest statutory holiday. For the next two weeks, citizens and members of the business and tourism community are being encouraged to go online and discuss the pros and cons of having the holiday on either the second or third Monday of that month. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:52

Homicide team called in to investigate 'suspicious' death of Abbotsford senior Homicide investigators are looking into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of an 80-year-old Abbotsford man on Saturday May 5. A family member had discovered the senior dead in an outbuilding on a large rural property in the 31700 block Huntingdon Road Saturday morning. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: The Province Region: Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:50

B.C. Mountie sues, claiming discrimination, abuse and harassment Another RCMP officer in B.C. has launched a lawsuit alleging that she was harassed at work. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:05

No federal help for provincial long-gun gun registries: Toews Canada's public safety minister has instructed the heads of the RCMP and the Canadian Firearms Program to provide "no assistance or direction" to any province that may be undertaking measures to create a provincial long-gun registry. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:23:01

First Nations set to protest Enbridge shareholder meeting over pipeline West Coast First Nations are planning a protest at Enbridge’s annual meeting of shareholders in Toronto. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:22:55

Tori Stafford trial: Prosecutors laying out final arguments Prosecutors in the high-profile trial of a man charged in the abduction, sexual assault and death of Ontario schoolgirl Victoria (Tori) Stafford will continue laying out its case in closing arguments Wednesday. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:22:54

Tory attacks against NDP getting little media traction With its two-week-long campaign targeting the NDP's shadow cabinet having largely fallen on deaf ears in the media, the Conservatives seem to be trying to up ante with the launch of a new attack website. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:39

Vote in southern U.S. state bans gay marriages Voters in North Carolina have approved a state constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships, still divisive social issues in the United States. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:38

Sentencing hearing begins for Allyson McConnell, who drowned her two young sons A sentencing hearing is to begin for an Alberta woman who drown her two young sons in the family bathtub. Category: News Province: Ontario Newspaper: Canada.com Region: Northern and Central and Southern Ontario Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:36

A 24-year-old man was in critical condition in hospital Tuesday night after having been found stabbed inside the Lionel Groulx métro station, Montreal police said. Category: News Province: Quebec Newspaper: Montreal Gazette Region: Montreal Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:30

Concordia Student Union rejects government deal The Concordia Student Union on Tuesday night voted against the tentative deal with the Quebec government to end the impasse over tuition fee increases. Category: News Province: Quebec Newspaper: Montreal Gazette Region: Montreal Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:27

Students voting in strong majorities to reject agreement Widespread rejections of a tentative agreement that was supposed to bring an end to the university-tuition confrontation now in its 13th week flowed fast and furious Tuesday. Category: News Province: Quebec Newspaper: Montreal Gazette Region: Montreal Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:24

Revival being staged for Empress Theatre in N.D.G. The Empress Theatre would be reborn as a venue for Montreal’s vibrant music scene, an institute for analog film heritage and a gathering place where Montrealers can drink, dine and enjoy a breathtaking view from a green rooftop terrace, under a proposal from an N.D.G. community organization. Category: News Province: Quebec Newspaper: Montreal Gazette Region: Montreal Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:23

Company cries foul over pre-bid work on Turcot project A company competing for the $3-billion Turcot Interchange project is crying foul over the fact that the two Quebec engineering companies that prepared the specifications for the giant project are important players in one of the five consortiums bidding on its construction. The competitors claim this gives the two companies an unfair advantage. SNC-Lavalin and CIMA+ won the $7-million contract in 2010 to write up the final specifications for the design and construction of the new Turcot Interchange. Category: News Province: Quebec Newspaper: Montreal Gazette Region: Montreal Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:22

Fire destroys Forest Grove home Marylin Voinorosky believes the fire should not have destroyed her family’s home of 26 years. The family followed the usual fire prevention tips, she says, yet something sparked a blaze outside their Forest Grove home shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday. In less than an hour, the house was totalled. Category: News Province: Saskatewan Newspaper: The Star Phoenix Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:16

Hawkins eager to join team at training camp Brent Hawkins can't wait for the Saskatchewan Roughriders to open their main training camp. Category: News Province: Saskatewan Newspaper: The Star Phoenix Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:11

Saskatoon woman charged for living in 'bawdy house' A 41-year-old woman has been charged with being an inmate in a common bawdy house after police executed a search warrant of an apartment on Saturday. Category: News Province: Saskatewan Newspaper: The Star Phoenix Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:09

Man dies in Highway 21 crash involving safety officer A driver has died after his car crossed the centre line of Highway 21 Tuesday afternoon and slammed head-on into a vehicle driven by a Strathcona County safety officer. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:08

Quenneville content as Blackhawks head coach Was Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville the answer to Marc Bergevin’s search for a Canadiens bench boss in Montreal? Non. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:05

Lees: Earls begins $5M renovation of chain's first restaurant Earls Tin Palace is closing in June for a $5-million renovation and will open again in October, in plenty of time for the restaurant’s 30th birthday in early 2013. The downtown Tin Palace was the first of 63 Earls Kitchen and Bars, which now spread throughout Western Canada, Ontario, Washington State and Colorado. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:05

Coyotes' Whitney has come a long way since gig 24 years ago as Oilers stick boy Time flies ... former Edmonton Oilers stick boy Ray Whitney turned 40 on Tuesday. It was 24 years ago that Whitney, now a winger with the Phoenix Coyotes, was wedging his frame into the mosh-pit picture celebrating the Oilers’ fourth Stanley Cup at Rexall Place. It was the last photo with Wayne Gretzky — three months later he would be the property of Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:04

Monsalve enjoying his professional soccer ride David Monsalve knows the roller-coaster ride of life in professional soccer all too well. After bursting onto the scene as an 18-year-old in 2007 with Toronto FC when he became the youngest goalkeeper to play in Major League Soccer, Monsalve isn’t taking anything for granted as he continues his soccer career with FC Edmonton. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:03

Gallery: ESO at Carnegie Hall Take a look at some photos of the ESO performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 8, 2012. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:00

Gallery: Game 4 WHL finals Take a look at some of the action as the Edmonton Oil Kings battle the Portland Winterhawks in the championship series of the 2012 Western Hockey League playoffs. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:18:00

Calgary's Ken Hughes gets the powerful Energy ministry as Redford announces new cabinet Controversial rookie MLA Ken Hughes on Tuesday became one of the most powerful people in the province when Premier Alison Redford named him Alberta’s new energy minister. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:17:59

Redford creates single environment and sustainable resource development department Premier Alison Redford is combining the environment and sustainable resource development departments, joining the ministry responsible for environmental monitoring and protection with the one that manages land use, wildlife, hunting and fishing licenses, and forestry. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:17:58

I can see clearly now: The province takes a step toward the light Premier Alison Redford promises a sweeping review of provincial laws that help Albertans access information about their government. The review will be overseen by Don Scott, a rookie MLA appointed Tuesday as the province’s first associate minister of Accountability, Transparency and Transformation. He will report to Service Alberta Minister Manmeet Bhullar. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:17:58

Judge to hear sentencing arguments in case of mom who killed her boys A Millet woman convicted of manslaughter in the drowning deaths of her two young children will be back in court Wednesday in Wetaskiwin, as Justice Michelle Crighton hears sentencing arguments. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:17:57

Carnegie Hall audience gobbles up ESO performance It began with a lullaby and ended with an incredible roar. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:17:56

Rachinski scores overtime winner, gives Oil Kings renewed hope The Edmonton Oil Kings went into the Western Hockey League championship series as a team that hadn’t faced much adversity. Bouncing back from a gut-wrenching two-game stretch against the Portland Winterhawks, the Oil Kings can start to add battle-tested to their still-growing resume. Playing without suspended forward Henrik Samuelsson, the Oil Kings survived a monstrous two-goal third period rally from Portland’s Sven Baertschi and ventured into their first overtime game of the playoffs. They came out with a 4-3 victory after Rhett Rachinski’s wrist shot from the left wing saved Edmonton’s season and knotted the best-of-seven series at two games apiece. Category: News Province: Alberta Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-09 07:17:55

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