10.03.2010

Labour minister tweets away the time in House of Commons

OTTAWA - Lisa Raitt seems to have found a cure for ministerial boredom in the House of Commons.

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10.03.2010

Suspect in cop's killing wouldn't have realized he knew him as a child: friend

A 70-year-old man and the provincial police officer he is suspected of fatally shooting are both from a small northern Ontario village hundreds of kilometres from the scene of the shootout, but the suspect wouldn't have made that connection, a neighbour said Wednesday.

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10.03.2010

Canada's Jean thanks Dominican Republic for help in aftermath of Haitian quake

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Governor General Michaelle Jean, a "daughter" of the island of Hispaniola, offered Canada's thanks to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday for helping to facilitate relief efforts after the cataclysmic earthquake that shattered its Haitian neighbour.

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10.03.2010

Miners push TSX up; U.S. stocks rise after inventories fall but sales gain

TORONTO - Rising telecom and mining stocks helped push the Toronto stock market higher Wednesday, with the S&P/TSX composite index gaining 42.35 points to 11,961.06.

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10.03.2010

Altima Resources sells oil and gas properties in New York state

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Altima Resources Ltd. (TSXV:ARH), a junior Vancouver energy company, says it has sold a non-core portion of its recently acquired interests in oil and gas producing properties in Chautauqua County, N.Y.

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10.03.2010

Quebecor says it won't rush to market with its new wireless business

MONTREAL - The head of Quebecor Inc.'s cable TV and cellphone division said Wednesday the company won't rush to market with its wireless service, especially after seeing the struggles of some recent new entrants into the Canadian cellphone arena.

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