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Posted on 07 January 2009
Israel will halt military operations for three hours a day in the Gaza Strip to enable aid to flow through a humanitarian corridor it is setting up in the Hamas-ruled territory, a military source said on Wednesday.
"The idea is for the Israeli military to lay down its weapons every day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., starting today, in the area of the city of Gaza," the source told Reuters. Palestinian officials told the agency they had been informed of the plan.
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One Canadian soldier has been killed and three injured after an improvised explosive device detonated near their armoured vehicle in Afghanistan's Shah Wali Kowt district Wednesday morning.
The soldier who was killed has been identified as Trooper Brian Richard Good, 42, from the Royal Canadian Dragoons from CFB Petawawa, Ont. Good was serving with the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment battle group.
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CFB PETAWAWA, Ont. -- Capt. Robert Semrau, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of a "severely wounded" and unarmed Afghan insurgent, has been granted bail.
A military court judge delivered the ruling here Wednesday.
Capt. Semrau's trial is not expected to begin until after the summer.
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VANCOUVER -- Followers say Winston Blackmore, the leader of the controversial polygamous sect in Bountiful, has been arrested.
Details were not immediately available but B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal and the RCMP have scheduled a news conference this afternoon in Vancouver.
About 800 people live in the community of Bountiful in southeastern B.C., where members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints practice multiple marriage.
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Toronto police have arrested eight Canadian Jewish women who occupied the Israeli consulate on Bloor Street.
The group carried out the occupation to show their opposition to Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip and its two-year economic blockade of the territory, Miriam Garfinkle, a spokesperson, told ctvtoronto.ca on Wednesday.
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ROSE VALLEY, Sask. -- A Saskatchewan father whose two young daughters froze to death when he took them outside in a blizzard will face an aboriginal sentencing circle.Provincial court Judge Barry Morgan on Wednesday approved Christopher Pauchay's bid to allow the aboriginal community to help determine a punishment.
"A sentencing circle is a process by which I can obtain particulars about Mr. Pauchay and his background, and that will assist me in arriving at a fit sentence," Morgan wrote in a 15-page decision.
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A policeman's nightmare is the prospective suicide who forces the constable to shoot in self-defense. No matter how justified the killing, others always will wonder whether the shooter had an opportunity to avoid a fatal outcome.
Peoples commit suicide as much as do individuals. The geopolitical cognate of "suicide by policeman" is Hamas' attempted suicide by Israel. Israel's objective is to eliminate Hamas rule. There are only two ways to do that: destroy Hamas' international support, or make its rule in Gaza insupportable.
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The sharp slowdown in the US economy will push the federal budget deficit to more than $1 trillion, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says.
The deficit of $1.186 trillion for the fiscal year ending on 30 September would be the largest on record.
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The family of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face prosecution after her foetus was removed without anaesthetic.
The mother and brother of the girl are accused of cutting her open with a razor blade to perform an abortion.
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Given how tough winter has been so far, we should get shovels for our driveways and sidewalks, salt as needed, and even lock de-icers -- all items in short supply when they are really needed.
Advance planning would also help at Air Canada, at one time seen as Canada's national airline. Every year it seems to lose ground to the competition -- and its atrocious performance in B.C. during the snowstorms before and during the Christmas holidays will not help matters.
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If you believe the Criminal Code should be amended to make it easier for police to charge suspects with hate crimes, then you must believe there exists a hierarchy of hate; all hate is equally bad, but some hate is equally worse than others.
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As Canadians rang in the new year, the government rolled out a series of stringent new regulatory controls governing what can—and cannot—be labelled a product of Canada.
And while the government says the new rules aim simply to better protect and inform Canadian consumers, some see this as a protectionist move aimed to counteract similar country of origin labelling rules recently enacted in the United States.
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Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory is keeping his party guessing about his political future.
Asked yesterday whether Tory plans to remain at the PC helm, party president Ken Zeise said: "I don't know."
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BBS | Windsor NDP MP panders for votes
-- Windsor West NDP Brian Masse attended a rally organized by local Palestinian and Muslim communities last Saturday. From reports in the Windsor Star, his comments were a big hit:
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The Star | Chantal Hebert: Parties expecting an election before year is out
-- A quick straw poll of political insiders reveals that every federal party is quietly preparing for another election. Within parliamentary circles the notion that Canadians will head back to the polls for a fourth time in five years before the end of 2009 is widely treated as a foregone conclusion.
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BBC | Dispute hits Europe gas supplies
-- Exports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine appear to have completely stopped amid a dispute over gas supplies between the two countries.
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