Category Archives: Canada

McDavid disappointed at NHL decision to not participate in 2018 Olympic Games
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid said he’s disappointed that the NHL won’t be sending players to the Winter Olympic in South Korea next year. McDavid told reporters at a ch...
Jul 26, 2017
B.C. vigilante group ordered to remove photos, details from website
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Surrey-based vigilante group to stop posting personal information about two men the group alleges are linked to ...
Jul 26, 2017
Defence officials struggling with details of Liberal tax-break promise
OTTAWA - National Defence has been struggling to make good on one of the Trudeau government’s recent promises: giving tax breaks to military personnel and police officers deployed on certain ove...
Jul 26, 2017
Crown and defence agree on prison term for neglecting and abusing toddler
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba woman who admitted her repeated abuse and neglect killed her 21-month-old daughter is facing a possible sentence of life in prison without parole for at least 14 years. That̵...
Jul 26, 2017
Inquiry ordered into allegations against Calgary police officers in 2008 arrest
CALGARY - Alberta’s justice minister has ordered an inquiry into how authorities responded to perjury and assault allegations stemming from an arrest involving two Calgary police officers, inclu...
Jul 26, 2017

Loblaw expects higher minimum wage rules will increase its labour costs by $190M
TORONTO - Canada’s largest grocery and drug store operator warned Wednesday that minimum wage increases in Ontario and Alberta threaten to harm its bottom line and it will have to find ways to c...
Jul 26, 2017
Toronto housing market downturn to be short-lived, federal housing agency says
TORONTO - The recent downturn in Toronto’s real estate market, brought on after Ontario introduced measures this spring including a foreign buyers’ tax, is expected to be brief, the federa...
Jul 26, 2017

Man convicted in Via Rail terror plot seeks to appeal sentence
TORONTO - A man found guilty of plotting to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. is seeking to appeal his sentence as well as his conviction, saying mental illness previously kept him ...
Jul 26, 2017

Calgary Pride: Police can participate in parade, but not in uniform
CALGARY - Uniformed police officers will not be marching in Calgary’s annual Pride parade in September. Calgary Pride said Wednesday that it encourages police to take part, as long as it’s...
Jul 26, 2017

Extension-cord mess cited in fire that killed N.B. mother, three sons
ST. GEORGE, N.B. - Fire investigators say a mess of extension cords and power bars, as well as the failure of an electrical component, were likely to blame for a fire that killed a New Brunswick woman...
Jul 26, 2017