Category Archives: Canada
Air Miles raises cap on in-store redemptions effective Monday
TORONTO - Air Miles is raising some of the recent daily limits imposed on redeeming miles for in-store purchases from retailers. The customer loyalty program says the new daily limit on Air Miles Cash...
Jun 26, 2017
Woman leads UK Changing of the Guard ceremony
LONDON - A Canadian captain made history Monday by becoming the first female infantry officer to lead the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. Megan Couto led her unit -the S...
Jun 26, 2017
About, pasta, drama: Canuck actors on the words that bring out their accent
TORONTO - When Howie Mandel played a Boston doctor on the 1980s medical drama “St. Elsewhere” it wasn’t the medical jargon he struggled with - it was his Canadian accent. “I ca...
Jun 26, 2017
Icebergs drawing 'unbelievable' number of tourists to N.L. island
FOGO ISLAND, N.L. - People in parts of Newfoundland may be growing weary of ice still clogging their waterways this late in June. But for tourism operators and local businesses the proliferation of ic...
Jun 26, 2017
Man, two children killed in crash in Mississauga, Ont.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - A man and two children have been killed in a head-on crash just west of Toronto. The crash happened late Sunday in Mississauga, Ont. Peel Police Const. Harinder Sohi says a Mazda c...
Jun 26, 2017
Deaths of six right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence still a mystery: officials
MONCTON, N.B. - Experts are preparing for the massive, messy task of removing multiple dead whales from the sea for necropsies as they investigate at least six mysterious whale deaths in the Gulf of S...
Jun 26, 2017
Canada urged direct women's aid to small, grassroots groups
OTTAWA - Faida Mwangilwa is vetting 78 applications for 26 projects that will direct cash to women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where poverty and rape as a weapon of war have created no sh...
Jun 26, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, June 26
Five stories in the news for Monday, June 26 --- SENTENCING HEARING TODAY FOR FORMER ONTARIO NURSE CONVICTED OF MURDER A sentencing hearing is set for today for a former Ontario nurse who murdered eig...
Jun 26, 2017
Relatives of serial killer's victims speak of pain, guilt and anger
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - One after another, family and friends of a serial killer’s victims described overwhelming guilt, anger and profound sadness when they learned their loved ones had been murdered...
Jun 26, 2017
PM Trudeau to take part in Global Citizen festival ahead of G20 in Hamburg
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will champion gender equality and other global issues at a star-studded music festival before continuing the conversation with world leaders at the G20 summit in...
Jun 26, 2017