Gallery's dirty laundry receives private airing
Federal Court seals file on application for judicial review of case involving dispute between top administrators at National Gallery
By CAROLINE ALPHONSO AND JAMES BRADSHAW
TORONTO, OTTAWA -- The National Gallery of Canada hangs its art on the walls but keeps its administrative intrigues strictly private. Now, the gallery has even managed to make its court proceedings secret. FULL STORY
Support for RCMP in airport tasering draws outcry
E-mails show head of Mounties and B.C. Premier backed police after Polish man died, despite investigations
By DANIEL LEBLANC
OTTAWA -- The commissioner of the RCMP and the Premier of British Columbia went too far last year with their support for the Mounties involved in the death of a Polish citizen after he was tasered at the Vancouver airport, opposition MPs said yesterday. FULL STORY
Town puts the pedal to the metal
Hopeful of economic revival, Quebec homeowners are hauling off their houses to make room for largest open-pit gold mine in Canada
By INGRID PERITZ
MALARTIC, QUE. -- Like homeowners everywhere, Rejeanne and Ernest Rivest were delighted to be told they were sitting on a gold mine.Their problem was that it was real gold and a real mine. And it belonged to someone else. FULL STORY
Sir Paul to 'Quebeckians': Smoke 'the pipes of peace'
By RHÉAL SÉGUIN
QUEBEC -- ''Quebeckians'' should smoke ''the pipes of peace,'' Sir Paul McCartney proclaimed yesterday, after nationalists criticized the decision to invite the former Beatle to celebrate Quebec City's 400th anniversary.Sir Paul said he was coming to Canada to party, have fun and not get embroiled in a row over language sensitivities. As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend the free concert on Sunday on the Plains of Abraham. FULL STORY
Premiers gird for rough seas, bank predicts smooth sailing
Leaders raise alarm on energy costs, while Bank of Canada asserts growth will pick up
By BRIAN LAGHI AND KAREN HOWLETT AND HEATHER SCOFFIELD
QUEBEC and OTTAWA -- Canada's premiers are raising fears that soaring energy prices will lead to cancelled vacations, delayed home renovations and fewer car purchases, even as the central bank issued reassurances yesterday that the economy is fundamentally sound. FULL STORY
Not so fast on cap-and-trade, energy-rich provinces say
By KAREN HOWLETT
QUEBEC -- Premiers of the two provinces widely assailed as laggards on combatting climate change said yesterday the U.S. presidential hopefuls are in no position to make pledges about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. FULL STORY
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