Category Archives: Canada
Former Quebec cabinet minister Jacques Daoust suffers stroke
MONTREAL - The son of former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister Jacques Daoust says his father is in stable condition after suffering a stroke. Sebastien Daoust says his father is in hospital in the Mont...
Jul 26, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, July 26 --- COURT QUASHES SEISMIC TESTING AT CLYDE RIVER: The Inuit Hamlet of Clyde River won a nearly six-year battle Wednesday to stop seismic testing in...
Jul 26, 2017
Still no arrest in decade-old disappearance, slaying of Cedrika Provencher
MONTREAL - It has been a decade since his granddaughter’s disappearance and eventual slaying, but the wounds are still fresh for Henri Provencher. Cedrika Provencher, a nine-year-old freckle-fac...
Jul 26, 2017
Liberals can afford to spend $8 billion a year on daycare program, IMF says
OTTAWA - International Monetary Fund researchers say the federal government can afford to spend $8 billion annually to reduce the cost of child care spaces nationwide because the program would pay for...
Jul 26, 2017
'Vaulter' bandit, accused in bank robberies, sentenced to 15 years in prison
TORONTO - A notorious bank robber who was dubbed the “Vaulter” for his technique of jumping over bank counters has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. York regional police say Jeffrey Ja...
Jul 26, 2017
Gap in softwood lumber dispute appears to be narrowing, says Tembec CEO
MONTREAL - Concluding a Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement in the coming weeks remains uncertain but there is headway on the thorny trade dispute, the head of lumber producer Tembec suggested Wedne...
Jul 26, 2017
B.C.'s LNG outlook dims after $36B Pacific NorthWest LNG project killed
VANCOUVER - The dream of a booming liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia appears to be fading, at least for the foreseeable future, after Petronas and its partners scrapped a $36-billion ...
Jul 26, 2017
Iconic Sam the Record Man sign to shine over downtown Toronto square this fall
TORONTO - A restoration project is underway on a giant neon sign that once drew visitors to Toronto’s landmark Sam the Record Man store in the city’s downtown, with plans to have the flash...
Jul 26, 2017
RCMP arrest man in death of northern Manitoba girl whose body was found on trail
GODS LAKE NARROWS, Man. - RCMP say they have arrested a man in the 2013 death of a girl who was brutally slain and left on a snowy trail in Gods Lake Narrows, Man. Earlier this month Mounties issued a...
Jul 26, 2017
Flock of sheep move through streets of Montreal to carry on lawnmowing duties
MONTREAL - With only a few bleats of protest, a flock of woolly, four-legged lawnmowers took a rare stroll through the streets of Montreal on Wednesday to take up their duties in a new city park. The ...
Jul 26, 2017