Custody hearing set for Canadian soldier charged in Afghan killing - My take on the arrest of a Canadian Army Captain Robert Semrau for murder in the death of a Afghanian civilian supposedly unarmed who was shot in the middle of a firefight is this.[read more...]

BC snow melt prompts mass flood warnings - Rainfall forecasted for BC's south coast for the next few days has residents breathing a sign of relief -- and retiring their snow shovels after nearly two weeks of snowfall.[read more...]

Toronto council executive backs subway extension - A multibillion-dollar plan to extend another of Toronto's subway lines north into York Region was approved by Mayor David Miller and his executive committee yesterday, but with all the enthusiasm of a bus driver headed out for a midnight shift.[read more...]

Layton the biggest loser in coalition folly - By Lorne Gunter, For The Calgary HeraldJanuary 5, 2009 10:00 PM The Tory-versus-coalition flap defined Canadian politics this past year.[read more...]

Mother charged with killing 3 children - Police cars sit outside a house in Saguenay, Que., Jan. 3, 2009 where four bodies were found. A suicide pact is believed to be behind the tragedy.[read more...]