CALGARY – Canada won more gold medals than any country at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, but that’s not the goal a year from now in Sochi.
Ontario man who picked up 12-year-old Kansas girl he met online pleads guilty
WICHITA, Kan. – An Ontario man who was found last year in Michigan with a 12-year-old Kansas girl he met on the Internet has admitted his intent was to have sex with the girl.
Intact Financial profit boosted by M&A, investments
(Reuters) – Intact Financial Corp said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, driven by rising investment gains and the impact of acquisitions, and the company’s CEO indicated the company was in the market for more M&A. Intact, Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, also raised its quarterly dividend by 10 percent. Profits were helped by the insurer’s C$530 million acquisition of recreational vehicle insurer Jevco, which closed in September and helped boost direct premiums written by 7 percent to C$1.7 billion during the fourth quarter. …
Canada hasn't decided on future infrastructure plan: Flaherty
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government has not yet decided whether to boost spending on infrastructure to help the economy, Fina nce Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Officials have said next month's budget could include measures to boost infrastructure, possibly by extending the life of the C$33 billion ($33 billion) Building Canada plan, which the Conservative government introduced in 2007. The plan is due to expire in 2014. … Quebec independence on foreign aid? Province muses about going solo on aid
QUEBEC – The Quebec government is taking initial steps aimed at potentially creating its own international-aid agency.
Smithsonian American Indian museum tackles racist stereotypes, mascots in American sports
WASHINGTON – The ongoing debate over the Washington Redskins’ team name moves to the Smithsonian American Indian museum this week as sports writers, scholars, Native Americans and others gather for a conference.
Irish PM criticised for lack of apology on Magdalene Laundries
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was criticised by members of his own government on Wednesday for not issuing the state apology sought by ex -inmates of the notorious Magdalene Laundries following a damning report. More than a quarter of the women and girls subjected to harsh discipline and unpaid work at the 10 laundries, run by Catholic nuns, were sent there by the Irish state, an official report that ran to almost 1,000 pages said on Tuesday. … Bulgaria: IDs, location of 2 terror suspects known
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- The two living suspects behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year have been identified and both are now living in Lebanon, a top Bulgarian security official said Wednesday.
Ex-backer denounces "cultish devotion" to WikiLeaks founder
LONDON (Reuters) – Jemima Khan, a celebrity backer of Julian Assange who put up bail money for him, has gone public with her frustrations about the WikiLeaks founder, saying he demands "blinkered, cultish devotion" and should face justice in Sweden. An article by Khan published on Wednesday on the website of British magazine The New Statesman gives an insight into how Assange, whose whistleblowing website angered Washington by releasing thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables in 2010, has alienated some of his staunchest allies. … Behaviour of diluted bitumen in dispute at Northern Gateway pipeline hearings
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – A dispute has erupted at the Northern Gateway hearings over whether diluted bitumen that would course through Enbridge’s proposed pipeline would sink to the ocean floor.
Stash of weapons, rocket rattle Mali town of Gao
GAO, Mali (AP) -- Soldiers combing abandoned jihadist hideouts and sand-dusted streets for weapons have found industrial-strength explosives, raising the specter Wednesday of bomb attacks by the jihadists who fled into the desert after the arrival of French forces. Ex-backer denounces "cultish devotion" to WikiLeaks founder
LONDON (Reuters) – Jemima Khan, a celebrity backer of Julian Assange who put up bail money for him, has gone public with her frustrations about the WikiLeaks founder, saying he demands "blinkered, cultish devotion" and should face justice in Sweden. An article by Khan published on Wednesday on the website of British magazine The New Statesman gives an insight into how Assange, whose whistleblowing website angered Washington by releasing thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables in 2010, has alienated some of his staunchest allies. … Sleep for the stressed-out: Vienna studio offers half-hour power nap for 11 euros ($15)
VIENNA – One sleepy little side street in Vienna just got sleepier.
US Virgin Islands bans smoking at protected beaches
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Virgin Islands – The U.S. Virgin Islands has banned smoking at all beaches inside its national park system.
Egypt: end Syrian crisis before warm Iran ties
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential spokesman says an end to Syrian crisis is a condition to restore relations with Iran and that his country supports the Syrian opposition's proposal for talks with the regime in Damascus. NTSB chairman: Lithium batteries not necessarily unsafe in aviation but safeguards needed
WASHINGTON – The use of lithium ion batteries to power aircraft systems isn’t necessarily unsafe despite a battery fire in one Boeing 787 Dreamliner and smoke in another, but manufacturers need to build in reliable safeguards, the nation’s top aviation safety investigator said Wednesday.
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