SOCHI, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin scolded government officials Wednesday over a two-year delay and huge cost overruns in the construction of the ski jump facility for the Sochi Olympics.
Libs say CRTC should investigate new robocalls over Sask riding boundaries
OTTAWA – Deputy Liberal leader Ralph Goodale is asking the CRTC to investigate the Conservative party’s latest use of robocalls in his Saskatchewan home turf.
Haitian schools expand use of Creole language
CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, Haiti (AP) -- Teenagers in blue-and-white uniforms pour out of classrooms of this boarding school at the edge of Haiti's capital, chattering in their native language of Creo le about the science test they have just taken. Syria, Sunni-Shiite split arise at Muslim summit
CAIRO (AP) -- An Islamic summit that opened in Egypt on Wednesday lay bare the multiple divisions within the Muslim and Arab worlds, with conflicting approaches to the Syrian civil war exposing the Sunni-Shiite sectarian fault lines that have torn the region for years. Tesco takes own-brand spaghetti bolognese off shelves
LONDON (Reuters) – Tesco said on Wednesday it had pulled its own-brand frozen spaghetti bolognese from its stores as a precaution after the manufactur er Findus withdrew a beef product on the advice of its supplier. The product withdrawals follow revelations that beef products sold at some of Britain's major supermarkets and chain Burger King contained horsemeat. This has prompted investigations into suppliers. Findus removed its beef lasagne on the advice of its supplier, which also produces Tesco's Everyday Value spaghetti bolognese. … Toronto FC practices run like clockwork as new regime tries to get MLS team ticking
ORLANDO, Fla. – New coach Ryan Nelsen led Toronto FC through a carefully orchestrated training session Wednesday under the Florida sun.
Doctor: Palestinian inmates sneak sperm to wives
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian fertility doctor claimed Wednesday that he has used prisoners’ sperm smuggled out of Israeli jails to help their wives have babies, and that five women have become pregnant so far.
Exclusive: TD Asset Management CEO Brian Murdock resigns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Brian Murdock, the chief executive of Toronto-Dominion Bank unit TD Asset Management, has resigned to return to the United States, a company spokesman said. Murdock has been replaced by Tim Wiggan, who on Monday took on the new position, the spokesman said. Wiggan had previously been managing director and co-head of institutional sales at TD Securities’ institutional equities business, the spokesman said. (Reporting By Jessica Toonkel; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
So, this is the office that will investigate Afghanistan's Kam Air?
Yesterday, I wrote about Afghan airline Kam Air, which was removed from a US military contracting blacklist for alleged involvement in drug smuggling after complaints from the Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai.
Zimbabwe draft constitution cleared for referendum
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe's parliament has been presented with a long-awaited draft constitution, opening the way for a referendum followed by elections this year in the impoverished southern African country. The charter, which would restrict presidential powers, has taken more than three years to produce due to bickering between President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the rival MDC. The draft must become law to allow elections to take place under a power-sharing deal between Mugabe's party and rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). … COUNTDOWN TO SOCHI:Sport-by-sport look at Canada a year out from 2014 Olympics
CALGARY – The Sochi Olympics open one year from Thursday. Canada won 26 medals four years ago in Vancouver. Here’s a sport-by-sport look at Canada’s team and predicted medal haul in Russia:
Heavy clashes frighten residents in Syria capital
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian rebels and regime forces fought their most intense clashes in weeks inside the heavily guarded capital of Damascus on Wednesday, activists said, with the sounds of shell blasts echoing through the downtown area and keeping many children home from school while residents hid in their houses. Berlusconi brother slammed for soccer player slur
ROME (AP) -- Last week it was Silvio Berlusconi who got into hot water for praising Mussolini. This week it's the former premier's younger brother who has sparked outrage -- by calling an Italian superstar soccer player of African descent the family's "little black boy." Budget will maintain sound fiscal position: Flaherty
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the best thing his government can do in uncertain times is to not blow the budget.
Questions remain over Russian dissident's suicide
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian opposition activist who committed suicide at a Dutch deportation center after his request for political asylum was turned down was laid to rest Wednesday, as fellow activists demanded answers from the Netherlands over the murky circumstances of his death. UK to borrow more in 2012-13, deeper job cuts loom - institute
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will borrow more rather than less this fiscal year and its multi-year austerity plan will lead to 1.2 million public sector job cuts, a leading policy institute said on Wednesday. The forecasts, which the Institute for Fiscal Studies said supported the case for the Bank of England to do more to boost the economy, are more pessimistic than those used by Chancellor George Osborne to set policy, with the IFS pencilling in an extra 270,000 job losses by 2018. …
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