OK with new judge’s prior guilty plea on taxes: justice minister – CBC News
Newfoundland and Labrador’s justice minister is defending a newly appointed judge who only three years ago pleaded guilty to evading taxes on imported products. Days before

Kathy’s killer caught? – Norrn News
KIRKLAND LAKE -After 38 years of investigation the OPP have charged a London Ontario man with First Degree Murder and Abduction of a person under the age of 14-years. The arrest

ss dd from Vancouver, Canada writes: – Globe and Mail
Anne D from Canada writes: I can’t believe this. As a woman, I am ashamed. There is nothing wrong with supporting an exwife of many traditional years who is not capable of

Stocks show some relief job losses weren’t higher – Crain’s Chicago Business
(AP) — Investors were showing some relief following a government report that the economy lost fewer jobs in December than feared. But the data showed the economy still remains

US job losses top 2.5m in 2008 – Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The US economy lost 524,000 jobs in December, sending the unemployment rate to 7.2 per cent, according to official data published on Friday. The recession-ravaged economy lost 2.6

Will ‘new’ Tory faces be enough for poll success? – The Chronicle Herald
IT WAS a game of musical chairs for Rodney MacDonald and his Tory friends as the premier attempted to freshen up the look of his cabinet to prepare for a likely spring election

Wall Street falls on job woes and energy – Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell at the open on Friday as sign of further deterioration in the labor market fueled concerns that the recession is deepening. Highlights: * A profit

Manitoba jobless numbers well below national average – Winnipeg Sun
Manitoba’s jobless rate rose slightly to 4.3% in December but remained well below the national average, according to Statistics Canada. The province’s performance, made it the

Casey opponent loses job – The Chronicle Herald
OTTAWA — The Tory staffer who carried the Conservative flag against Bill Casey in the last election returned to Ottawa to find he’d lost his job as a policy analyst. Joel

TheStar.com | Business | Retail sales take big hit – Toronto Star
While U.S. retailers reported what some analysts called the worst holiday sales in four decades, others said they fared better in places such as Canada. But that may not be much