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Con U to recognize new transgender names - CTV.ca
The person, who did not wish to be identified, pursued the battle to use a new name to correspond with a new gender. According to university advocates, the battle to be respected as a transgender individual is sufficiently difficult without the added ...
Ontario to close sunshine list loophole - CTV.ca
The Liberals will "tighten up the definitions to capture per diem income reported on T4-As," said a government source who requested anonymity. The government is still trying to determine how many workers in the broader public sector -- about 1.3 ...
Activists report calm ahead of UN visit to Homs - CTV.ca
They official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak to the media. The United Nations hopes to have 30 observers in the country next week to monitor the tenuous cease-fire between regime troops and the opposition, ...
Ackman's Pershing reportedly plans $4-billion fund IPO - CTV.ca
Mr. Ackman, a high-profile activist investor busy trying to shake up the running of firms such as Canadian Pacific Railway and Burger King, plans to list the fund next January, with London the most likely venue, the source – who asked not to be named ...
Owner of Ganesh statue left at museum steps forward - CTV.ca
The owner, who asked to remain anonymous, told police that he had shipped the statue to his Mississauga home from India. It arrived damaged and would have been bad luck to display. Police said the man paid to have it disposed of properly and was ...
Pickton inquest lawyer explains why official is on leave - CTV.ca
The newspaper subsequently published another article based on an anonymous source, complaining that executive director John Boddie was too involved in preparing witnesses for testimony. Boddie went on leave Monday and two lawyers are now investigating ...
Ottawa pulls third-party manager from Attawapiskat - CTV.ca
Government officials speaking on background Thursday said the third-party manager was being pulled not because he had done a bad job, but rather because the band itself had done a good job in improving the health and safety conditions that had ...
Budget cuts are the road to growth, Harper government says - CTV.ca
“If you concentrate on savings, you are going to miss out on what this budget is all about; it's about long-term sustainability for jobs, growth and prosperity,” a senior government official said Sunday. The government will lay out five broad themes in ...
Tory view on budget: Don't just look at cuts, it's a growth plan - CTV.ca
“If you concentrate on savings, you are going to miss out on what this budget is all about, it's about long-term sustainability for jobs, growth and prosperity,” a senior government official said Sunday. Canada's employment growth has stalled in the ...
Syria vows to 'cleanse' rebel-held parts of Homs - CTV.ca
The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. The announcement could portend a ground operation was beginning, but it was impossible to reach residents and activists inside to get any information.
BP faces up to $52B in charges for Gulf oil spill - CTV.ca
The federal government, Gulf states, plaintiffs' attorneys, BP PLC, rig owner Transocean Ltd. and cementer Halliburton Energy Services Inc. have been in simultaneous and separate negotiations in New Orleans, according to a person with direct knowledge ...
Driver charged with impaired driving after pedestrian death in DDO - CTV.ca
One neighbour, who asked to remain anonymous, told CTV News that the driver appeared to be out of control. "Next thing you know there's a man just comes out of his car and he was just screaming and yelling—I guess he was in shock," said the neighbour.
Residents still fuming over landfill fire - CTV.ca
Following the comments from the member who refused to be named, the tone of the meeting softened and a common theme of the need for better communication with residents and better environmental monitoring and management of the Tsuu T'ina landfill ...
Greek PM visits Brussels ahead of EU summit - CTV.ca
He was speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks among finance ministry officials were still going on. Such a requirement would be an unprecedented intrusion into a sovereign state's fiscal affairs and could ultimately see Greece force to ...
FBI arrests Moroccan accused of planning Capitol explosion - CTV.ca
He had been under investigation for about a year and had overstayed his visitor visa for years, according to the counterterrorism official and a government official briefed on the matter who spoke on a condition of anonymity because the investigation ...
Concertgoer dies after brawl at Hedley show - CTV.ca
A witness, who asked not to be named, told ctvbc.ca the fight broke out near a concession area of the EnCana Events Centre just before the band began its set at Tuesday night's show. "It was a fairly quick fight," he said in a telephone interview.
Concertgoer dies after brawl at Hedley concert - CTV.ca
A witness, who asked not to be named, told ctvbc.ca the fight broke out near a concession area of the EnCana Events Centre just before the band began its set at Tuesday night's show. "It was a fairly quick fight," he said in a telephone interview.
Ornge taking action to recover $1.2M in loans: report - CTV.ca
The Globe cites an official close to Ornge who said Mazza received a $500000 housing loan in 2010 and two other loans totalling $700000 last year. Mazza and another top official were formally removed of their positions at Ornge on Feb. 2.
Veterans board member says privacy raided - CTV.ca
A veterans affairs official, speaking on background, claimed that staff had been disciplined in relation to the un-authorized release. But neither Gauthier, nor Taylor would confirm that. The Canadian Human Rights Commission became involved in the ...
Chinatown restaurant brawl video goes viral - CTV.ca
A restaurant official who did not wish to be identified said that the establishment suffered about $20000 in damages. "I don't know what they argued for," he said. "All of sudden he just stand up on the chair and start flying all the dishes all the ...
Diners trash Chinatown restaurant - CTV.ca
A restaurant official who did not wish to be identified said that the establishment suffered about $20000 in damages. Diners suddenly went from lifting chopsticks to lifting chairs at this New Year's brawl in Chinatown.
Veterans should access benefits info online: Ombudsman - CTV.ca
Forsyth, and other department officials who spoke on background, said one hiccup was the necessity to translate the system into French. The ombudsman's office has been an incubator for technical ideas to modernize the lumbering veterans bureaucracy. ...
B.C. has polygamy appeal options: government lawyers - CTV.ca
The spokesman, speaking on background, said the province can ask that the case be referred to the BC Court of Appeal for another decision, which, if the province won again, gives the law banning polygamy more legal weight. British Columbia could then ...
Police have DNA of suspected Armstrong, BC killer - CTV.ca
When contacted for comment, the owner of the escort agency declined to give her name but read a prepared statement. She said she didn't own the business in 2005 and current employees know nothing of the incident because the staff has changed. ...
Text messages prove Justin Bieber isn't a father? - CTV.ca
While Mariah's pal -- who asked not to be named when showing TMZ.com the messages -- complied with her request, they still had another incriminating text she hadn't asked them to delete, reading: "Would you please stress to Robbie how important it is ...