http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada en-gb Fri, 24 May 2013 16:56:52 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/accused-in-toddlers-patio-death-at-edmonton-restaurant-granted-bail-208882561.html EDMONTON - An Edmonton judge has granted bail to an accused drunk driver whose SUV plowed into a restaurant patio, killing a toddler. Two-year-old Geo (GEE'-oh) Mounsef (MOON'-sehf) was pinned to a wall and later died in hospital. The boy's mother stormed out of the courtroom while the judge... Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:10 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/dna-evidence-leads-to-charges-in-1991-sex-assault-of-girl-9-toronto-police-say-208877991.html TORONTO - Twenty-two years after a nine-year-old girl was lured from her apartment building lobby and sexually assaulted, a suspect has been arrested, police announced Friday. Investigators said that after being stalled for more than two decades, the break in the case came by using forensic DNA Fri, 24 May 2013 16:17:03 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/full-text-of-toronto-mayor-rob-fords-statement-denying-crack-cocaine-use-208875771.html TORONTO - Here is the full text of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's statement Friday afternoon in which he denied he uses crack cocaine. Ford also addressed the players of the football team at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, where he was dropped Thursday as coach. Well, good afternoon everyone. I'd Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:11 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/ethics-investigations-can-only-go-so-far-commissioner-reminds-canadians-208873301.html OTTAWA - As the federal ethics commissioner readies for a look at Stephen Harper's former right-hand man, Mary Dawson is reminding Canadians her office can only look so far. The commissioner is examining whether Harper's chief of staff Nigel Wright violated the Conflict of Interest Act when he Fri, 24 May 2013 16:14:19 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/iqaluit-apartment-complex-fire-that-killed-two-people-was-arson-rcmp--208871801.html IQALUIT, Nunavut - An investigation into a fatal fire at an apartment complex in the Nunavut capital has concluded the blaze was deliberately set. Iqaluit RCMP say the arsonist was one of two people who died. More than 80 people were forced into a frigid -50 C night when flames tore through the Fri, 24 May 2013 15:42:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/seal-hunt-off-newfoundland-called-best-in-years-as-protesters-push-for-its-end-208853981.html ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - This year's commercial seal hunt off Newfoundland is being called a success despite relatively low yields, ongoing protest by animal welfare groups and international product bans. Frank Pinhorn, executive director of the Canadian Sealers Association, says about 91,000 harp Fri, 24 May 2013 15:24:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/saskatchewan-premier-no-longer-believes-senate-can-be-reformed-208867531.html SASKATOON - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, once a staunch supporter of a reformed federal Senate, has given up the fight. Wall says he now believes it would be easier to scrap Parliament's chamber of sober second thought than try to change it. "I think it is time to abolish the Senate. I think Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:04 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/retired-vancouver-police-officer-dead-in-mexico-recalled-as-friend-animal-lover-208864791.html A retired Vancouver police officer slain in Mexico is being remembered as a generous and loving woman who volunteered to help animals. News reports in Mexico say Lynn Earle, who was 60, was found stabbed to death in her home in Playa del Carmen earlier this week. Friend Lisa Edwards says Earle Fri, 24 May 2013 14:55:04 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/ontario-judge-declines-to-certify-class-action-for-g20-detainees-208863131.html TORONTO - An Ontario judge has ruled that hundreds of people detained during the G20 summit three years ago can't sue as a group. The $45-million proposed class action lawsuit was spearheaded by Sherry Good, a 51-year-old office administrator who says she was corralled by cops for four hours Fri, 24 May 2013 14:40:10 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/act-of-god-allows-cutoff-of-compensation-for-residents-impacted-by-landslide-208858741.html NELSON, B.C. - A so-called act of God is allowing the province of B.C. to cut off compensation for residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the Johnsons Landing landslide. An avalanche of mud and debris rolled over the tiny community in southeast B.C. last July, killing four Fri, 24 May 2013 14:07:03 CDT