Category Archives: Canada
Farmers rattled after pigs, chickens stolen from central Nova Scotia farms
COOKS BROOK, N.S. - Someone is stealing the free-range pigs and chickens of central Nova Scotia - even leaving the remains of one pig behind after butchering it. A litter of piglets, six heritage Berk...
Jun 30, 2017
Toronto airport removes ad after activists complain it's 'insulting' to cows
Toronto’s island airport has taken down an advertisement after animal rights activists complained it is disrespectful to cows. The poster at Billy Bishop Airport said, “You’re precio...
Jun 30, 2017
Gulf of St. Lawrence whale deaths a 'mortality disaster,' American expert says
NORWAY, P.E.I. - The deaths of six right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence are a “mortality disaster” on a scale likely not seen since whaling decimated their population in the 19th centu...
Jun 30, 2017
SNC-Lavalin sets up infrastructure partnership with European firm
MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) is shifting a collection of its Canadian infrastructure holdings to a new partnership with a European investment firm through a $208-million deal announced Friday. The...
Jun 30, 2017
Rosy economic data, central bank survey back expectations of interest-rate hike
OTTAWA - Sturdy economic growth and a central bank survey showing renewed business optimism reinforced expectations Friday that Canada’s first interest rate hike since 2010 could be less than tw...
Jun 30, 2017
Canadians around the world prepare to celebrate Canada's 150th
If Rahel Bailie still lived in Vancouver, she would likely poke fun at the Canada 150 festivities or steer clear of them altogether. Now that she’s lived in London for more than three years, how...
Jun 30, 2017
Missing young woman was likely murdered, Newfoundland police believe
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police believe Cortney Lake - the young Newfoundland mother whose disappearance generated an outpouring of concern - was murdered. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Fri...
Jun 30, 2017
Hundreds line the streets in Ontario to meet Prince Charles, Camilla
WELLINGTON, Ont. - Hundreds of royal-watchers lined the streets of a picturesque, eastern Ontario village Friday to try and get a glimpse of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on the second d...
Jun 30, 2017
Police get man to surrender after he allegedly challenges them to shoot him
HALIFAX - Police say they were able to encourage a knife-wielding man to surrender after he allegedly challenged them to shoot him. Officers say they were called at about 12:30 a.m. to Duffus Street i...
Jun 30, 2017
Order of Canada marks 50 years with quintessential Canadian additions
OTTAWA - Peter McAuslan was 21 in 1967 when he took three weeks to hitchhike from Vancouver to Montreal, stopping in local pubs to watch the Stanley Cup final along the way. The trip across the countr...
Jun 30, 2017