Category Archives: Canada
Half of those considering divorce have change of heart a year later: study
EDMONTON - A new study suggests many people contemplating divorce have a change of heart a year later. Researchers at the University of Alberta and Brigham Young University in Utah conducted an online...
Aug 01, 2017
Dry ground pulls power boxes from homes in Regina, causes six fires
REGINA - There was a popping sound like fireworks, yellow sparks and a plume of black smoke as a power meter caught fire at a home in Regina. Provincial utility company SaskPower says the fire Monday ...
Aug 01, 2017
Halifax court muses about pets' rights, needs in custody battle over dog
HALIFAX - A Halifax adjudicator is lamenting that the law treats pets as chattels, musing aloud about a more perfect world in which they could be recognized as living, feeling creatures with rights an...
Aug 01, 2017
County officials upset after man trademarks name of county itself
Officials in an Ontario community say they’re exploring all options to overturn a local man’s trademark of their county’s name. Michael Stinson caused a stir among government officia...
Aug 01, 2017
New WestJet discount airline service not expected until next summer
CALGARY - WestJet (TSX:WJA) says the launch of its new no-frills, low-cost airline won’t be until next summer after initially announcing plans it would start offering flights later this year. Th...
Aug 01, 2017
N.S. court approves opioid lawsuit deal, as some claimants say it falls short
HALIFAX - Jayne Turner couldn’t change an out-of-court deal in a lawsuit against the manufacturer of OxyContin on Tuesday, but she had her say before a Nova Scotia judge on how the prescription ...
Aug 01, 2017
Indigenous advocate wants Trudeau to write Rolling Stone to express 'regret'
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he “regrets” comments he made about Sen. Patrick Brazeau in Rolling Stone, but an Indigenous advocate wants him to express his remorse in a l...
Aug 01, 2017
Bernier still raised more than Scheer in final sprint of Conservative race
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier lost the Conservative leadership race, but he remained the top fundraiser right to the end. Newly released figures from Elections Canada show the Quebec MP raised $426,329 in t...
Aug 01, 2017
The day 546 soldiers were plucked from a floundering ship off Halifax
HALIFAX - The SS Letitia was cutting through thick fog, its crew preparing to unload hundreds of wounded Canadian soldiers in Halifax’s busy harbour, when the captain stepped onto the deck and s...
Aug 01, 2017
Vancouver braces for heat wave, poor air quality from wildfire smoke
VANCOUVER - Southern British Columbia is bracing for a troubling combination of a heat wave and poor air quality from wildfire smoke, prompting officials to take a number of extraordinary measures to ...
Aug 01, 2017