Dead woman’s mother seeks justice The mother of a woman killed by a police informer will lay a complaint against the man’s lawyer, after he allowed his client to give a false name in court to...

Veitch broke ex-lover’s back TELEVISION presenter Tony Veitch’s assault on his former partner was so vicious that he broke her back in four places. Veitch took leave from his Radio Sport...

Breast cancer in the UAE strikes girls as young as 17 ABU DHABI Women are being diagnosed with breast cancer in their teens and 20s, in one case as young as 17, highlighting a need for greater awareness of the...

$6.5M for a life derailed ‘bittersweet,’ Truscott says Steven Truscott, who spent 10 years in jail after being wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, said a $6.5-million compensation payment from the...

WEIGHING RISK WITH THE YIELD WITH interest rates at decade highs, income-oriented investors are taking the opportunity to put together portfolios that generate income returns that would...

Apple iPhone price sours and NZPA THE first bite of the Apple iPhone has left some Kiwis with a sour taste over the price tag Vodafone has put on the device. Vodafone indicated on...

Why as a doctor I’d prefer my kids to ride without a helmet than not at all JUST back from a week in France I was struck by the number of people on bikes. Not only do there appear to be far more cyclists in Paris than in London, but...

Canadians face triple lock on the long-awaited Apple iPhone More than one year after the Apple iPhone hit store shelves in the United States, the hugely popular device makes its Canadian debut on Friday. The arrival of...

New cellphone text fees provoke a backlash OTTAWA — Cellphone users are about to be hit with new fees as two of Canada’s telecommunications giants plan to bring in a levy on incoming text...

My last interview with the great Ackles Bob Ackles’ voice is still on my digital recorder. I spoke to Ackles, the B.C. Lions CEO/president, about one of his favourite subjects, the CFL, one day...

Bertuzzi bound for Cowtown Darryl Sutter scoffs at the notion that Todd Bertuzzi is not welcome in Calgary. One isolated incident — his sucker-punch of Steve Moore in March 2004 —...

A-Rod’s marriage over NEW YORK — The wife of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez filed for divorce, telling a Florida court that the all-star infielder has “emotionally...

Nicole Kidman gives birth LOS ANGELES — Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman gave birth on Monday to her first biological child, a daughter named Sunday fathered by her husband and country music...

Aniston takes control of BF’s stage She’s the boss: Actress Jennifer Aniston had one of her boyfriend’s (singer John Mayer) ex-girlfriends kicked out of the backstage area of a concert Mayer...

Motorists running on fumes How far can the needle drop? As gas prices climb, more motorists are playing chicken with their fuel gauges to see how long they can wait before filling their...

The conservative case for a carbon tax When the federal Liberals lose the next election and Stéphane Dion is forced to resign, the words “Green Shift” will no doubt appear prominently in the first...

A bridge too far from John McCain U.S. President George W. Bush is attending his last G8 summit. In six months, he’ll be gone from the White House, which explains why leaders of other countries...

If you want to beat fuel prices just get walking THE TORIES’ new proposals for a “swing” duty on fuel leave me feeling a little sceptical. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne says that under a Conservative...