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Unrest of the Maple Spring is 'behind us': Quebec's new premier
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Pauline Marois is declaring that unrest in her province related to student protests is over, one year and one week after it began.

Canada regulators to propose extended poison pills: paper
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian securities regulators want to change the rules on takeover defenses to make it more difficult for hostile bidders to buy Canadian companies, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The plan being floated would allow companies to keep “poison pill” defenses in place almost indefinitely, greatly enhancing their protection against unwanted suitors, according to the Globe and Mail, which cited sources it did not identify. Poison pills effectively raise the price of a hostile takeover by enabling shareholders to buy additional stock in the target company at a discount. …

Morneau ready to play for Canada, but confused about Martin's decisions
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Unlike Russell Martin, first baseman Justin Morneau says he’s willing to play anywhere for Canada at the World Baseball Classic.

GM says did not request 2013 pay bump for CEO Akerson
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ge neral Motors Co denied that it asked U.S. officials to allow for a pay increase of more than 20 percent for its top executive and said its request was misinterpreted for "political points" ahead of a congressional hearing on executive pay. GM submitted a request to U.S. officials to pay Chief Executive Dan Akerson $9 million for 2013, about the same as his 2012 and 2011 pay packages, GM said in a statement on Tuesday. The largest U.S. automaker's statement came in response to media reports that GM wanted to pay Akerson $11.1 million for 2013. …

Experts: In shooting at door, Pistorius broke gun rules, exposing himself to homicide charge
JOHANNESBURG – Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star athlete violated basic gun-handling regulations and exposed himself to a homicide charge by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it.