Category Archives: Canada
Festivities galore mark Montreal's 375th birthday
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Montreal’s founders and highlighted the city’s cultural diversity on Wednesday as he joined the festivities in honour of the city&#...
May 17, 2017
Liberals release platform with $1.08 billion in spending, tax cuts
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s Liberals released an election platform Wednesday that included a total of $1.08 billion in spending commitments and tax cuts over four years, along with promises to do mo...
May 17, 2017
"Small" fire breaks out in inpatient unit at hospital in St. John's, N.L.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A health authority in Newfoundland says no one was hurt when a fire broke out in one of its units and forced the relocation of patients. Eastern Health says the “small f...
May 17, 2017
Toronto police to offer $50K reward in 2016 fatal shooting of pregnant woman
TORONTO - A year after shots fired at a car killed a 33-year-old pregnant woman, Toronto police are offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. C...
May 17, 2017
Six stories in the news today, May 17
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 17 --- PM TRUDEAU TO PROMOTE CANADIAN TECH AT MICROSOFT MEETING Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to pitch major companies on investing in CanadaR...
May 17, 2017
Trudeau promotes Canadian tech, lures foreign investment at Microsoft summit
REDMOND, Wash. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Washington state Wednesday to promote Canada’s growing technology industry to major multinational companies, joining top business leaders i...
May 17, 2017
'Forever etched in my memory:' La Loche school shooting victims address hearing
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - An assistant principal shot at a school in northern Saskatchewan says the teenage gunman must be sentenced as an adult because he alone chose to pull the trigger. The teen committ...
May 17, 2017
Deaths of dad and daughter still being probed; parents had custody dispute
RED DEER, Alta. - Court documents suggest a father who was found dead on the weekend alongside his six-year-old daughter was embroiled in a contentious custody dispute with the girl’s mother. CT...
May 16, 2017
Almost 2 million Ontarians given opioids, despite calls to rein in prescribing: report
TORONTO - Almost two million Ontarians - or 14 per cent of the province’s population - filled prescriptions for opioids in fiscal year 2015-2016, says a new report, suggesting that patients cont...
May 16, 2017
Dog cull being planned on northern reserve where woman fatally mauled
LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man. - As leaders on a northern Manitoba First Nation plan a cull of stray dogs, some rescue groups and veterinarians in the province say there should be more spay and neuter clin...
May 16, 2017