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These are the three Ukrainian women reportedly kidnapped while trying to cross into #Crimea today. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/nnvAZTogDz
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 9, 2014

Crisis simmers: Pro-Ukraine activists beaten up in Crimea [video]

Violence has erupted at a pro-Ukrainian rally in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. About 100 pro-Russians with clubs attacked people who were guarding the rally being held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of poet Taras Shevchenko, attended by some 200 people. ~ BBC

Novoozerne: Blockaded by sunken Russian ships,
Ukraine navy stays defiant [video]

Russia has deliberately sunk three of its own ships to block Ukrainian navy vessels entering a lake off the Black Sea, highlighting Moscow's determination to wear down the morale of Kiev's forces in Crimea. The Ochakov -- a Soviet-era warship decommissioned in 2011 and set to be sold for scrap -- was towed to the entrance to Lake Donuzlav on Crimea's western coast from the Russian base at Sevastopol on Thursday and blown up. "It is blocked so we cannot get out," said Captain Viktor Shmyganovsky, second-in-command at the base in Novoozerne, one of the four biggest in Crimea. "If it wasn't blocked, we could have taken our ships to Odessa and it would stop them being seized by Russian forces. We would be more powerful in alliance with ships in Odessa." ~ AFP

Crimea: Russians again block international OSCE observers, rough up
media, as truck convoys complete full occupation of Crimea [BBC video]

[top] OSCE observers from Canada, U.S. and Europe were again turned away by armed Russians hiding their uniform insignia, in breach of international law. [bottom] The Russian trucks, their license plates covered, keep rolling into Crimea from amphibious landing craft. ~ BBC

Crimea: Cold War (for now) between Russia and Ukraine
as forces face off across 25 km buffer; Russians embed land mines

[top] Note Russian flag deep inside Ukraine. Everyone here is armed. Some combatants are wearing Ukrainian police uniforms, the same uniform that Berkut riot police officers wore during clashes in Kiev. Others are dressed in pixel camouflage uniform, that is said to be available only for Russian army. The location is north of the Crimean border close to Sivash on the Yalta-Kharkiv roadway. [middle] The Ukrainian army is hunkered down near Chonhar about 25km north of the Russians. [bottom] Both sides appear ready for the worst. Here is the Ukrainian checkpoint. They have weapons but they are not loaded, to avoid any pretext for escalation. ~ Evgeny Feldman Mashable

Crimea: Major Russian amphibious assault under way; 200 vehicles ashore

Kuala Lumpur: Vietnam Navy says Malaysian plane crashed into the sea

NY Times: Oil slick sighting between Malaysia and Vietnam
first sign Malaysia Airlines plane may have crashed

The last recorded position of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was 150 km, or 93 miles, northeast of Kuala Terengganu, a port on the northeast coast of peninsular Malaysia, according to Fredrik Lindahl, the chief executive of Flightradar24, an online aircraft tracking service. ~ NY Times

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Airliner with 239 aboard still missing;
intensive search underway, terrorism raised as possibility;
no distress signal, indications of rough weather, or other signs of trouble

NY Times: Kremlin explicit, it intends to annex Crimea

Sevastopol: Showdown ends, Russians withdraw; 2 journalists beaten

State Border Service: Up to 30,000 Russian soldiers deployed in Crimea

TIME: Russian troops in Crimea storm Ukrainian base; assault began
soon after dark on Friday, ramming gates with a truck & rushing inside

Crimea: Is current attack at Ukrainian base to set up
pretext for a full-scale Putin invasion?

Crimea: Russian soldiers stormed Ukrainian military unit
A2355, reports Interfax-Ukraine [translated]

Crimea: Ukrainian base at Sevastopol reportedly under attack from Russian paratroopers; one report says have retreated to safety of a base bunker

Ukraine Foreign Ministry: OSCE observers still can't enter Crimea;
international military observers there to confirm/deny Russian allegations

Russian obstructionism: Again international OSCE observers blocked

#osce observers refused entry at the Crimea crossing point pic.twitter.com/kc4lhpe7Xb
— cstreib (@cstreib) March 7, 2014

Simferopol: Putin rebuffs Obama again as Ukraine crisis escalates;
Ukraine's border guards say Russian troops pour into Crimea

Northwest Territories: Fireball explodes over Yellowknife

The fireball exploded over Yellowknife at around 2 a.m. MT Thursday. It was so bright it turned the dark
night sky blue. ~ Yuichi Takasaka CBC

Ukraine Govt: Crimean parliament and Russian authorities colluded

Henry Kissinger: How the Ukraine crisis ends

Ottawa: NEB approves Line 9B Project with conditions - decision text

Between 1975 and 1999 Line 9B was approved for sending oil from Montreal to refineries at
Sarnia. It was reversed in 1999, and now, 15 years later, Line 9B has been approved to revert
to its original directional usage. ~ NEB

Ottawa: Enbridge given NEB approval to reverse Sarnia-Montreal
Line 9B pipeline back to original West-East flow direction

Ottawa: "Canada will not recognize a referendum held
in a region currently under illegal military occupation"

Ukraine: West targets Russia with sanctions, threats over Crimea

A Ukrainian serviceman peers over a wall at uniformed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, standing
guard at a Ukrainian military base in the village of Perevalnoye, outside the Crimean capital,
Simferopol, on March 6. ~ Reuters

Ukraine: Canada, U.S. and Europe reject March 16th
Crimean referendum to join Russia

Ukraine: 'Illegal' Crimean referendum condemned

Simferopol: Crimea votes to join Russia, accelerating Ukraine crisis;
Parliament vote to be followed by referendum in 10 days

HUVr hoax: Chris Lloyd apologizes for lying about HUVr board [video]

HUVr board: Back to Future? Hoax everyone wanted to believe [video]

Will Ferrell's comedy website 'Funny or Die' is behind the viral marketing video for the HUVr board first seen in 1989
movie 'Back to the Future II' in which a hover board was used by actor Michael J. Fox in the year 2015.

Brussels: EU offers Ukraine $15B (€11B) of financial aid via loans &
grants from EU budget & EU-based financial institutions: Barroso

Ukraine: Putin ultimatum: 'Ukraine can be united, or be a
country free from Russian influence—but it can’t be both'

Paris: U.S. and Russia set for talks on Ukraine

Niagara Falls: The almost solid pinch-point between two Great Lakes

Niagara Falls comes to a frozen halt AGAIN as subfreezing temperatures freeze the water http://t.co/pQpfMxz1DC pic.twitter.com/3uPTbGxNFU
— Climate Realists (@ClimateRealists) March 4, 2014

Black Sea showdown? Super-carrier USS George H.W. Bush plus 17-ship
battle group and 3 subs said to have passed through Aegean Sea today

The George H.W. Bush is carrying 90 aircraft including helicopters of various types, and several squadrons of F-22 Raptors, the most advanced combat aircraft in the world. The submarines each have 24 missile silos, with each silo housing a missile armed with 8 separate nuclear warheads which operate as MIRV's (Multiple Independent Re-Entry Vehicles) that can be independently targeted. The George H.W. Bush is the first and only aircraft carrier in the world that has successfully sea-launched and landed an unmanned X-47b Stealth Drone which can be used for long-term surveillance or for offensive attacks. The number of ships accompanying the George H.W. Bush in this strike group is significant: 17 ships and 3 submarines. Aircraft carrier Strike Groups are assembled as-needed so there is no particular number of accompanying vessels. However, the graphic above gives readers a sense of the types of vessels that accompany a U.S. Carrier which is being sent into battle.

Putin's folly: Russian invasion has already cost more than Sochi Olympics;
Kerry visits Maidan, promises respect for sovereignty & more assistance

Bravery: Unarmed Ukrainian soldiers face heavily armed Russian troops

The incredible moment unarmed Ukrainian troops marched towards heavily armed Russian
forces, who fired warning shots.

Ottawa: Ukrainian flag flies on Parliament Hill
as protesters gather at Russian embassy

The Ukrainian flag is flying on Parliament Hill between East and Centre blocks of Parliament Buildings.

Ukraine Liveblog Day 14: Could a Cold War turn hot today?

Ukraine: Why Putin is playing with fire

The Northrop Grumman B2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American strategic bomber, featuring low observable stealth technology designed for penetrating dense anti-aircraft defenses. The bomber can drop up to 80 500-lb (230 kg)-class JDAM GPS-guided bombs. The B2 is the only aircraft that can carry large air-to-surface standoff weapons in a stealth configuration. It was designed to evade Russian air defenses. The U.S. has 20 of these and they can fly return sorties from Missouri day and night. It's estimated the Russian fleet could be sunk in less than a day. Then there's cruise missiles and B52 bombers...

Washington Post editorial: Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy

Crisis deepens: Russia demands surrender of Ukraine's Crimea forces;
Black Sea Fleet chief sets deadline and threatens attack "across Crimea"

History: Will Russia fight and lose another Crimean War in last gasp
of old USSR empire whose loss ex-KGBer Putin so laments?

Ukraine: Does China really back Putin? What if Cold War turns hot?
How will Russian 'adventurism' be resolved?

Ukraine has substantial military resources, and backed by the West's military might,
Putin has good reason to blink—and withdraw, if it comes to that. Sky News

Statement by the G7 Nations: "...condemn the Russian Federation’s
clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine..."

Kiev: Ukraine mobilizes for war after Russia military moves

Ukrainian Maria, 23, right, and Vanui, 22, hold posters against Russia's military intervention in Crimea,
in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday. The poster in the right side reads in Ukrainian: "I am from Russia, please
protect me and remove the weapons and soldiers from Ukraine." ~ Emilio Morenatti Associated Press

Perevalne: Hundreds of Russian gunmen surround Ukraine
military base in Crimea, blocking soldiers from leaving

Ukrainian soldiers show their faces, unlike the Russians, and stand at the gate, backed by a tank. They are blocked in their Perevalne base by hundreds of armed Russians who arrived in 13 troop vehicles each containing 30 soldiers, and backed by four armoured vehicles with mounted machine-guns. The vehicles — which have Russian license plates — must withdraw, according to the Ukraine government and the international community.

Kiev: Ukraine pleads for 1994 Budapest Memorandum signatories Britain
and U.S. to come to its rescue as Russia accused of 'invasion'

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, left, American President Bill Clinton, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma,
and British Prime Minister John Major, extreme right, sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
—The Budapest Memorandum— during the CSCE summit in Budapest, Hungary in 1994.

New York: Ukraine's Yuriy Sergeyev speaks at UN, Saturday night [video]

Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, on situation in Ukraine.

Ukraine: UN holds open meeting on Russian invasion

A man holds the Russian flag in front of a statue of Lenin in Simferopol, Crimea. Russian President Putin
wrested control of the Ukrainian Black Sea region of Crimea from Kiev on Saturday, citing a threat to
Russian citizens and servicemen of the Russian Black Sea fleet based there. Adolf Hitler used the same
pretext to invade Germany's neighbours in the 1930s. If Crimeans want to live in Russia, leave now;
lots of room there, it's the largest country in the world. ~ David Mdzinarishvili Reuters

Ottawa: Canadians say 'Russian troops get out of Ukraine'

Scene outside the Russian embassy in Ottawa. #Ukraine #Euromaidan #OttawaMaidan pic.twitter.com/QUwLVNhJG7
— Yaroslav Baran (@YaroslavB) March 1, 2014

Kiev: Putin asks Russian Parliament to use military in Ukraine

Obama to Russia: There will be 'costs' for Ukraine invasion; Putin ignores

Mikheil Saakashvili: Lessons from the Putin Wars;
"Russia will try to Balkanize Ukraine"

Sevastopol: Crimean PM hijacks control of military, police;
in separatist move, asks Putin for help

Kiev: Invasion: Russia admits its troops are moving in Crimea

Ukraine's State Border Guard says coast guard base surrounded by about 30 Russian marines.

Kiev: Ukraine accuses Russia of 'military invasion'

Ottawa: Federal Govt posts $1.1B surplus in December 2013;
improvement of $1.832B over December 2012

Ottawa: Canadian economy shakes off impact of December ice storm,
picks up steam; grows at 2.9% in final quarter of 2013

Spectator: Vladimir Putin's new plan for world domination

Vlad the Putin starring as Dr. Evil

Geneva: Switzerland blocks Yanukovych assets, launch laundering probe

Kiev: Ukraine says Russian forces control Crimea airport

Kiev: Ukraine prosecutors to seek Yanukovych extradition from Russia

Kiev: Canadian Foreign Minister Baird meets with Yulia Tymoshenko

Cdn FM John Baird meets with Yulia Tymoshenko in Kyiv Today . #ukraine pic.twitter.com/SWSyCT2XiR
— Taras Zalusky (@tarasUCC) February 28, 2014

Kiev: 50 armed, unidentified men seize
airport of Crimea's capital Simferopol

Kiev: Ukraine looks to IMF bailout; Russia tells U.S. their military
exercises on border have nothing to do with political upheaval there

Kiev: Fears of a divided Ukraine rise as pro-Russia
demonstrators storm Crimean Parliament

Moscow: Kleptocrat Yanukovych emerges from hiding
as new Ukraine leaders warn Russia over Crimea

Churchill: Manitoba polar bears pose for Google's Street View

Ready for his close-up - Polar Bear approaches Google buggy in Churchill, Manitoba.

Moscow: Fugitive Ukraine President Yanukovych in Russia?

NY Times: Simferopol: Russian gunmen seize govt buildings in Crimea;
barricade themselves inside and raise Russian flag; invasion coming?

Rival protesters clashed in Simferopol, Crimea’s regional capital. ~ Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Kiev: U.S. warns Putin as 150,000 Russian troops on Ukraine border

Kiev: Russia says urgent military exercises test readiness of border forces

Washington Post: In Ukraine, objections from Maidan
slow naming of new cabinet as mourning continues

Mourners and demonstrators remain in Independence Square. Ukrainians honour with flowers the protesters who were killed last week, and opposition leaders have urged thousands of demonstrators still in Independence Square in Kiev to remain for now to guarantee that changes won’t be reversed.

Ottawa: Canada sending delegation to Ukraine on February 28th

Crimea: Russia threatens to intervene as Ukraine’s fugitive
ex-President said to be holed up near Soviet-era submarine base

Kiev: Interim President Turchynov warns of 'separatism' risk

Independence Square has been filled with tributes to those gunned down just days ago.

Kiev: Warrant issued for fugitive ex-President
Yanukovych for "mass murder of peaceful citizens"

Protesters say they will not leave the Maidan (Independence Square) until elections are held in May.

Garth Manning: Human cost of Ontario's Green Energy Act; no cost-benefit analysis or impact study on property values, tourism, health

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Toronto: NDP MP Olivia Chow resigning Wednesday to kick off mayor campaign Thursday; served as a Toronto Councillor for 14 years, federal MP since 2006

Seoul: Free-trade deal with South Korea may give Harper political boost [video]

Liberal letdown: Ontario's creeping two-tier healthcare is having a huge cost; Ontario Health Coalition says taking such things as diagnostic services, physiotherapy and operations such as cataract surgeries out of hospitals is contrary to Canada Health Act

Missing OHL junior player: Saginaw Spirit forward Terry Trafford found dead

Toronto: Mayoral candidates question MP Olivia Chow's federally taxpayer-funded mailouts ahead of her expected entry into local race

Quebec election 2014: Security at airport levels for PQ events after assassination attempt at 2012 victory party; knives were confiscated at recent meeting but weren't considered a menace and were returned after event

Windsor: Local small business owners being crippled by surging power costs

Quebec election 2014: Quebec's net debt much higher than most think, think-tank says; Quebec's $175.5B debt could actually be about double that amount

Canada-Korea trade a big deal: For Canadian farmers, South Korea deal a chance to catch up

Ottawa: Some mayors concerned over separatist ownership of English community newspapers

Ford hypocrisy: Harper hits back at Ford Canada's position on free-trade deal; "Ford supported the Korea-U.S free trade agreement, thereby Ford got access to the United States and has access through the United States to the Korean market. What we are doing here is allowing other Canadian companies and other Canadian sectors to have the same access that Ford already has. So it is, I don’t think, realistic for a company to think it will have one set of rules for it and another set of rules for the entire rest of the Canadian economy."

Toronto Sun editorial: More trade deals good for Canada

Quebec election 2014: Pauline Marois says independent Quebec would have no borders or tolls; Canadians 'could continue to come visit us,' Parti Québécois leader says

Quebec election 2014: For the PQ, the two-edged sword that is Pierre Karl Péladeau; media mogul not someone used to taking orders, or following someone else's playbook

Nirmala Menon: Canada’s free-trade agreement with South Korea a boon for agriculture sector and a win for Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his push to diversify trade into fast-growing markets

Sen. Hugh Segal: We must deploy NATO forces in Eastern Europe

Barrie McKenna: Pact with Seoul helps level the playing field

Crux of the matter: Alberta’s Education Minister Johnson defends the indefensible re math curriculum

Andrew Coyne: Rogue Quebec billionaire not so much going into politics as launching a takeover bid; this is oligarch politics of a kind more usually identified with Russia or Italy, a concentration of power that is not just unwise, but dangerous

Ottawa: Ex-Harper aide Bruce Carson allegedly illegally lobbied for energy group also tied to Trudeau advisor: RCMP

NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets-Dallas Stars game suspended in first period after 31 yr old Rich Peverley has heart attack on Dallas bench

Quebec election 2014: Pierre Karl Peladeau's jump to PQ spurs calls for Videotron boycott

Manitoba: Canadian province stands in solidarity with Ukraine: "Ukrainian immigrants have shaped our culture and economy, and will forever be a part of the Manitoban identity"

Australia: Hand-knit penguin sweaters overwhelm wildlife charity

Quebec election 2014: Media mogul and PQ candidate Pierre Karl Péladeau says he won't sell Quebecor holdings if he wins

Bloomberg: Harper in South Korea hoping to clinch trade deal [video]

London: Blood test that can detect dementia with 90% accuracy could lead to Alzheimer’s cure

Toronto: Rogers unveils broadcasting ‘dream team’ [video]

Hockey nights in Canada: Rogers re-jig of Canadian hockey experience moves veteran Ron MacLean to host new Sunday night community broadcasts while George Stroumboulopoulos will anchor Saturday and other nights of Hockey Night in Canada; Don Cherry will continue with Coach's Corner with MacLean

Birmingham: The brain is wired by stereotypes, not sex

Crux of the Matter: How would a public inquiry stop violence against Aboriginal women?

Ottawa: Revoke the Canadian broadcast licenses of Russian state television channels in Canada – a petition by Canadians For Russian Democracy

Quebec election 2014: Quebecor’s Vice Chairman Pierre Karl Peladeau resigns to run for PQ; declares he is a separatist; Quebec Federation of Labour attacks his candidacy immediately, posing problem for PQ from traditional ally

Ottawa: Canada-Korea free trade agreement negotiations

Ottawa: Canada's Free Trade Agreements

Syria: Canadian news photographer Ali Moustafa killed in Aleppo [video]

Ottawa: PM Stephen Harper heading to South Korea with Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and James Moore, Minister of Industry; "working to increase trade, investment and cooperation"

Korea Times: Canadian PM to visit for summit Tuesday

Calgary: Man and woman from group of snowshoers killed in avalanche near Lake Louise

Vancouver: Container truckers union vote to reject Port Metro Vancouver deal

Napanee: 4 Mohawk protesters arrested in Ontario rail blockade; Via Rail trains between Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal delayed by First Nations protest

Ottawa: Conservatives to insert a "for-greater-certainty clause" in Fair Elections Act to correct the misconceived claim that the Chief Electoral Officer is being muzzled, part of the over-the-top politics being played by the Opposition parties; "He can speak, write op-eds, issue press releases, write reports, testify before committee – none of that is going to be affected"

People power: BP cancels $300M wind farm project in Cape Vincent, New York at east end of Lake Ontario

Toronto: Liberals boot chairs of Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation and replace with Pupatello and Lord

Parker Gallant: Wind turbines: Divisive and useless or welcome easy money?

Edmonton: Team Canada women's goalie Shannon Szabados signs contract with men's pro team in Columbus, Georgia

Ontario: MTO admits not as many plows on Hwy 401 this year as last year, despite much more snow

Ottawa: Full report text - The Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women

Ottawa: They can't help it -- opposition parties turn special committee into political football instead of keeping focus on facts and issues

Bird chopper: Amherst Island group files lawsuit to stop incomplete application for deadly industrial wind turbine farm to proceed

Ottawa: Federal Government orders railways to move minimum volume of grain each week

Quebec election 2014: Campaign Day 2: Marois on referendum -- maybe... but, maybe not

Elections Canada report: "Widespread and serious procedural errors in Etobicoke Centre and the national audit signal unmistakably that an overhaul is urgently required"; in 2011 election "averaged across 308 ridings, election officers made over 500 serious administrative errors per electoral district on Election Day"

International survey: Toronto to get lots more rich people

Ottawa: Canadian labour productivity rises 1.0% in fourth quarter

Canada: February cold costs 7,000 jobs, jobless rate stable

Vancouver: Container truck drivers reach tentative deal at Port Metro Vancouver

Ottawa: Russian soldiers training in Canada given 24 hours to leave country

Nova Scotia: Pictou newspaper makes insensitive non-apology for cartoon showing Nazi swastika flag flying over Parliament Buildings

Nova Scotia: Statement on Cartoon in the Pictou Advocate: "The tasteless and inappropriate use of the swastika to make a political point only trivializes the horrific crimes of the Nazis. Such a cartoon is offensive to the Jewish community, to all who suffered during WWII, and to Canadian veterans who sacrificed so much to liberate Europe from Nazi rule. "

Quebec election 2014: Premier Pauline Marois says she won't take part in an English-language leaders debate

Calgary: Public rallies behind fired school bus driver who used own vehicle to transport students on cold morning when school bus wouldn't start

Ottawa: Allan Rock finally speaks out against 'repugnant' behaviour at University of Ottawa, which he heads; Chancellor Michaelle Jean, a former Governor General, are the tip of an iceberg when it comes to society as a whole; so the university showed leadership, or blames everybody?

Nicholas Lewis and Marcel Crok: How the IPCC hid the good news on global warming

Toronto: Canada's Ivey purchasing index rises in February

Gary Dimmock: Police probing McGuinty email deletions seized at least a dozen hard drives

Neurology: Death rate from Alzheimer's vastly underreported

Parker Gallant: Biomass is carbon neutral, and the world is flat!

Canada: Q & A: Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird on Russia's 'provocative' actions in Ukraine

Windsor Star editorial: Blame the province for high energy costs

Toronto Sun editorial: Pan-Am spend-a-thon: the Ontario Liberals always insist everything is hunky-dory up to the moment the billions of dollars they’ve wasted are revealed and taxpayers are left holding the bag, again

Ontario: Prices soar in cold weather; current cold snap pushing Ontario electricity prices into record territory

Chantal Hébert: Quebec election not a foregone conclusion

Ontario: Pan-Am Games security cost doubles, may go up more; government won't explain why the price jump

Ontario: Amherst Island wind farm will be a multi-level disaster says study; financially, bird-killing, unreliable power production

Ontario: AMPCO survey shows how Liberals have made Ontario power market most expensive, rates much lower for neighbours

Soaring rates: Ontario energy policy multiple negatives; consumer gas prices jump as gas supplies depleted to generate electricity

Green disaster: Ontario's big industries plead for lower hydro rates; province’s industries pay highest electricity rates in North America: survey

Politico: Snow job: It's time to blow the whistle on Edward Snowden

No shame: Liberals hustle cash from Baby Trudeau well-wishers

Montreal Gazette: Marois confirms election call for April 7, seeks majority

Ontario: Courts say Minister Chiarelli wrong, govt can cancel outrageous FIT contracts "in public interest"; so "question now is, why not cancel these contracts for power we don’t need and can’t afford? Does he answer to Ontarians, or the wind power lobby?"

Pearl Harbor: Family members, contractors who were passengers on RCN's fire-hit HMCS Protecteur arrive in Hawaii courtesy of U.S. Navy

Quebec Election 2014: New poll suggests tight race ahead

Journal of Physical Activity & Health: Sitting too much bad for health in many ways

Saskatchewan: Provincial government sending $60,000 in humanitarian aid to Ukraine; may send more plus supplies

Windsor: Chrysler withdraws request for $700M in government funding

Quebec: Marois expected to call April 7 election after Wednesday cabinet meeting

February: Chrysler Canada sales up 10%; Ford Canada down slightly; GM Canada off by 7.2%

1,660-km line from Alberta to Wisconsin: Enbridge wins support for $7B pipeline replacement project

Quebec: Provincial language police back down over Facebook complaint

Another Bitcoin bank bites the dust: Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down after $600,000 theft

Ontario: Distracted driving caused more 2013 deaths than impaired driving

HMCS Protecteur: Crippled ship limping towards Pearl Harbor at end of tow line; 400 slow kilometres to go

Chicago: Alzheimer's buddy program pairs patients, students

Andrew Coyne: Russia enabled by West’s foreign policies of vacillation, uncertainty; opportunism preys on weakness

John Ivison: Stephen Harper a key player in G7’s hard line against Russia over Crimea

Ukraine fall-out: Russian markets shudder under threat of sanctions; its currency hit a record low and stock market plunged

Quebec: Body of former Quebec Liberal politician found near highway 400km NE of Quebec City

Christina Blizzard: Brave Madi Vanstone's plea falls on Premier's deaf ears; $$ billions for Ontario Liberal waste and cronyism, none to save life of 12-year-old girl

Ukraine: Foreign Minister John Baird tells TV interviewer what Canada is doing with allies to support crisis resolution [video]

Ottawa: Canada mulls Crimea observer mission to debunk Russia, Ukrainian envoy says

Ukraine: Canadian Prime Minister Harper calls for Russia to immediately withdraw from Ukraine; pledges ongoing support to people of Ukraine [video]

Ontario: What do subways, the Oakville gas plant, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation have in common? And why is Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa attending a Liberal fundraiser at home of lawyer who some say fleeced the Ontario taxpayer?

Lubomyr Luciuk: Ukraine gave up its nukes – and got broken promises in return

Shannonville: Mohawk radicals block road with teepee east of Belleville; Chief doesn't support protest

Foreign Minister Baird: Putin's justification for invading Ukraine make him look 'ridiculous'; Russia's ambassador to Canada, has been reamed him out "in the strongest terms"; Baird did not rule out further sanctions, including freezing Russian assets, trade and investment penalties and a ban on visas; NDP Leader Mulcair, briefed by Harper Saturday, threw full support behind Canada's response to the crisis

Winnipeg: Ukrainian-Canadians have their hearts in Kiev and Crimea as they live the horror of the Maidan Massacre and Putin invasion from afar

Traders avoid risky assets: Gold helps send TSX slightly higher amid rising Russia-Ukraine tensions

Canada: 'Synthetic' identity fraud costs country $1B a year; fake names you wouldn't believe, but are believed

Brrrrrrrr... Latest Arctic blast pushing Great Lakes to 100% ice cover for first time on record; even Lake Ontario about to get full cover; will people walk from Rochester to Toronto?

Canada: Violent crime cost tops $12.7B in one year (2009); consequences of assault, criminal harassment, homicide, robbery, sexual assault tallied in Justice Canada report

Mississauga: Deleted gas plant e-mails could send people to jail

West Lincoln: Enforce the law: Hudak to Energy Minister; calls for industrial wind turbine moratorium

Ottawa: Canada considers expelling Russian ambassador as Ukraine crisis continues [video]

John Baird, Canada's Foreign Minister: 'Standing with the people of Ukraine' - originally published in Ukrainian-language Dzerkalo Nedeli (Weekly Mirror) on February 28, 2014

London: Subsidy common sense re-think puts wind farm plans in tatters

Los Angeles: Jimmy Kimmel in livery as limo driver, picks up Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at LAX

Ottawa: Ukrainian Canadian Congress condemns Russian military intervention

Cathal Kelly: Canada needs to boycott Paralympic Games in Sochi

Toronto: Ukrainian-Canadian protesters rally outside Russian consulate, protesting Ukraine invasion [video]

Ukraine: Harper urges Russia to withdraw forces

Ukraine: Canada recalling Ambassador from Moscow for consultations, suspends preparations for G8 Summit planned for Sochi

Manitoba, dam it: The $17-billion question

Rex Murphy: A coalition is a surrender trying to strut like a victory

Ottawa: Harper holding special emergency cabinet meeting on developments in Ukraine

China: At least 27 dead and 162 injured after gang of knife-wielding men attack train station

Ottawa: Department of Foreign Affairs says Canadians in Ukraine's Crimea region should leave while still can

Sochi: Paralympic officials monitor Crimea crisis next door as athletes fly in

UCLA study: Tylenol use in pregnancy linked to ADHD in kids

Canada: Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz threatens railroads with regulations or legislation to clear grain-shipping backlog, which he blames partly on increased shipments of crude oil by rail

Edmonton: 2 dead, 4 injured in stabbing rampage at warehouse

How many conflicts of interest can one Govt have? One in a series: "Player in cancelled gas plant fundraises for Ontario Liberal Mitzie Hunter"

Ottawa: Deal reached on Canada Job Grant with all but Quebec

Assumptions and presumptions: When a remote judge can deep-six a decision made by a four-eared environmental review tribunal, Ontario citizens see disregard for the environment and our endangered species; greed vs the Blanding's Turtle

Barbara McDougall: History, not politics, drives Canada’s support of Ukraine

Gas plants: Will Ontario Finance Minister Sousa be among those facing criminal charges?

Christina Blizzard: Wynne, Sousa a couple of bad actors; wasting billions and pointing fingers

Carlos Lozada: 150 journalism cliches — and counting

Ottawa: India, Canada ink Letter of Intent to collaborate on research exchanges

Ontario: Hard drives from government computers seized as part of criminal probe into Liberal gas plants scandal: OPP

Tamworth: Killer and victims identified; heroic volunteer firefighter saved life of woman whose car was rammed on main street and then attacked by killer; village still in shock

Ottawa: Quebec shop owner ordered to use French on her store's Facebook page or face fine

We're #14: Canada ranks above U.S. in the 20 best places to retire in the world... "With its laidback culture and high quality of life, Canada is a great place to live out your golden years and maybe catch a few hockey games"

Ottawa: Aga Khan: 'Canada is a leader in the community of nations'

Like last year: March weather will be colder than 'usual', forecasters say; Long, cold winter means slow transition to Spring

StatsCan: Median net worth of Canadians up 44.5% since 2005

John Ivison: Stephen Harper’s stellar week courtesy of the NDP and Liberals

Kelly McParland: Tories don’t owe the opposition a free flight to Ukraine

Mark Steyn: Trudeau's terrible comedy: Jokes are a powerful tool in politics — but not glib, heartless ones

Ontario: Highway 400 between Barrie and Toronto closed after 96-vehicle pile-up

Chris Vander Doelen: A different kind of protest

Windsor: Non-partisan protesters picket office of NDP MP, urging him to support Conservatives' budget

Leamington: New firm will save 250 local tomato processing jobs; Highbury Canco Corp acquiring Heinz facility and will do some work for them

Ottawa: Aga Khan brings deep ties to Canada in address to Parliament today

Jason Clemens and Niels Veldhuis: Today's Liberals could ruin Canada; false assumptions, bad choices imported from U.S.

updated ~ Tamworth: Single shooter may have shot self after he shot 3 people in multiple locations; 2 dead, 2 in hospital, 6 crime scenes, Ontario police watchdog investigating; post office, fire hall, two homes and a County Road all crime scenes in hamlet of 500 people

Winnipeg: Doctors recommend more freedom for man who beheaded Greyhound passenger

Ottawa: Report raises new allegations against Liberal Sen. Colin Kenny

Toronto: Target posts $941-million Canadian loss, analysts say price wars loom

Lysiane Gagnon: Did the Liberals forget Quebec?

Adam Chapnick: Solving the next Andrew Leslie problem

Forbes: BlackBerry surges on return to classic keyboards, BBM sale potential

Railroad/weather nightmare: Oats stuck in Canada clog the market; monthslong grain-shipping backlog pinches incomes for farmers and sends oat-futures prices soaring in the U.S.

Carol Goar: ‘Basic annual income’ loaded with pitfalls; eventually you run out of other peoples' money

Joe for America: Canadian Prime Minister Harper smacks Obama, leaves a mark

Montreal: PQ using language as a political club one more time

John Ivison: NDP looks irrelevant in spat over Trudeau’s insulting Ukraine comments

Montreal: Broad consensus among corporate leaders on focus to arrest the city's decline

Montreal: Alcoa reaches power agreement to improve competitiveness of Québec aluminum smelters, secure 3,000 jobs

Newstalk 1010: Some Heinz jobs in Leamington may be saved by new supplier contract

Ottawa: How Target’s push into Canada stumbled

Robyn Urback: Justin Trudeau shows his greenness. Again

Toronto: Tim Hortons to add 500 Canadian outlets, 300 in U.S., 220 in Middle East by 2018

Rings and rinks: The fate of past Olympic venues worldwide

Canada: Own The Podium sets sights on 2018, 2022 Olympic medallists; challenges ahead as it seeks to keep up with rival countries; broaden pool or narrow the focus?

Ottawa: 'Ex-Liberal' Senator expenses missing key details; info on spousal travel costs left out of online posting

Barcelona: BlackBerry announces low-cost phone for Asian markets; brings back 'classic' keyboard

Toronto: Police seize $2M in cash, 200 kg of pot; bulk imported from BC via unwitting courier company

Release expense data day after convention: East Coast MPs among Liberals' highest spenders

Ottawa: Canada maintains threat of sanctions on Russia if it interferes in Ukraine

Refused to produce evidence: Michael 'hockey shtick' Mann faces bankruptcy as his courtroom climate capers collapse

Ottawa: Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada calls on Justin Trudeau to apologize to people of Ukraine: "You have to be extremely careful when you talk about 82 people who died fighting ... for their future and everyone's in danger"

Sydney: G20 pledges to add $2T to global economy

Australia: Canada set to outperform 2% economic growth target: Flaherty

Journal article: Copper may play a role in Alzheimer’s Disease

Ottawa: Foreign Minister John Baird: Canada welcomes Presidential transition in Ukraine

Toronto: $40M Buddhist temple project in jeopardy after Ontario government approves noisy wind farm next to it

Peterborough: Sumac Ridge wind farm interferes with flight paths and will affect future plans for local airport; wind turbines a concern for airports across Ontario

Ottawa: Canada's response to the situation in Ukraine; "Canada stands firmly behind" people during transition to new government

Jack Mintz: Liberals under Justin Trudeau eye same current U.S.-style fiscal agenda of deficit spending which has hamstrung Canadians for a generation since its abuse by Pierre Trudeau

National embarassment: Liberal leader Justin Trudeau makes appalling joke about hockey and possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, draws criticism from Tories, NDP

Picton: Prince Edward County Field Naturalists take battle for Blanding’s Turtle to next level, launch appeal for funding help

Jim Merriam: Liberal camp gets new whiff of desperation

Nunavut: Mining for Gold at minus 45 Celsius

Parker Gallant: Ontario’s Ministry of Energy 'Achieving Balance' would be a surprise

Sub-way: John Tory running for Mayor of Toronto: promises to build downtown relief line

USAtoday: An American look at Canada though an Olympics prism

Kiev: Canada threatens sanctions if Russia disrupts peace in Ukraine as U.S. warns sending troops would be ‘grave mistake’

Sochi: Brimming with pride and medals, Russia closes most expensive Olympics ever with spectacular show; Russia celebrated 17 days of sport-driven global unity Sunday with a farewell show that hands off the Winter Games to their next host, Pyeongchang in South Korea

Cam Cole: Canada did ‘exceptionally well’ at the Sochi Games

Decision day: John Tory, Karen Stintz both to run for Toronto mayor; field of contenders becoming more clear eight months ahead of election

John Ivison: Half-baked or visionary? Liberal Party too quick to wave through raft of 'transformative' policies; 'third party' all hat no horse?

Tim Harper: Liberals shrink-wrap Trudeau as policy is debated; Liberal leader had nothing to say Sunday as his party came up with a pricy, big ticket wish list; evaded media at end of convention

Sochi: Sweden’s Backstrom misses Olympic final due to positive drug test

Globe & Mail editorial: How would Justin Trudeau govern? Time for him to start talking

Montreal: Trudeau promotes star recruits, hopes to influence nomination outcomes, gets blowback

Andrew Coyne: If the Liberal Party’s strategy was to reinvent itself, it’s not working

Montreal: Liberal party executive race could face questions over integrity as email suggests backroom deal

John Ivison: Trudeau faithful eat up his bland repast and ignore hints he may be cavalier with public debt

Revolution: Joy, relief, wariness as Toronto's Ukrainians watch eruption of change

Legendary Sarah Burke: Her ashes spread at Sochi Olympics to recognize her powerful presence, foresight and perseverance

Tim Harper: Lt-Gen Leslie fails first media test, awkward and uncomfortable delivering amateur hour lines Liberals wrote for him; question pervades, what is he hiding?

Ottawa: Leaked emails show how retired Lt-Gen Leslie pursued govt job from Conservatives; told reporters he sought to be a candidate with "parties" other than Liberals before hitting taxpayer for $72K for 4-block move

Toronto: Family searching for answers after three sisters hit by three different cars at same Toronto intersection in three years; driver charged each time

Good for another 45 years: Windsor Salt to pour $300M into mine

Ottawa: Illegal downloaders in federal court’s crosshairs; order to release names, addresses of suspected ‘pirates’ could affect millions

Ontario irony: Ontario Power Generation launches program to save endangered Blanding's turtle, while govt appeal overturned environment review tribunal decision to protect same turtle from wind turbine development in Prince Edward County; will OPG contribute to appeal costs? will they support further court action?

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