Category Archives: Canada
Boy shot, dies after kids play with gun on remote Manitoba First Nation: RCMP
GARDEN HILL FIRST NATION, Man. - RCMP say an 11-year-old boy from a remote First Nation in northern Manitoba was killed when several kids were playing with a gun they found. Officers in Garden Hill Fi...
Apr 20, 2017
Leafs Nation draining dollars, fans from Raptors, Jays
Toronto Raptors fan Victor Anjos didn’t think it’d be hard to find takers for his extra NBA playoff tickets. But he also wasn’t counting on the Toronto Maple Leafs making their own p...
Apr 20, 2017
Police say two dead, three hurt in train derailment on Vancouver Island
WOSS, B.C. - Police say a train derailment in the tiny community of Woss on northern Vancouver Island killed two people and injured three others on Thursday. Dave Rushton, the community’s region...
Apr 20, 2017
In his own words: Text of Trump's latest complaints about Canadian trade
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump took several shots at Canada again Thursday, complaining about its trade practices in several areas. He made the remarks during a ceremony in the Oval Office w...
Apr 20, 2017
The Canadian Press explains how Ontario's new foreign homebuyer tax would work
TORONTO - A 15-per-cent non-resident speculation tax proposed by the Ontario government Thursday forms a key plank in the province’s plan to cool the hot housing market in its southern cities. T...
Apr 20, 2017
Ontario housing measures expected to have short-lived impact, experts say
Toronto’s runaway real estate market could take a breather due to Ontario’s new housing measures, but much like what transpired in Vancouver, the impact of the changes is expected to be sh...
Apr 20, 2017
Canada softwood industry seeks China sales, as Trump widens trade attack
OTTAWA - As Donald Trump added softwood lumber to his anti-Canada trade rhetoric Thursday, Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne was on his way to China with an entourage of industry representati...
Apr 20, 2017
No more Mr. Nice Trump: president fires warning shot on Cdn wood, dairy, lumber
WASHINGTON - Ever since Donald Trump’s election last fall, the Canadian government has clung to a strategy of low-drama, under-the-radar conversations about trade to keep investors calm in the c...
Apr 20, 2017
Russia flying over, photographing Canadian military bases this week
OTTAWA - Russia is using a post-Cold War agreement to conduct an aerial surveillance mission over Canadian military facilities this week, even as relations between the two countries remain frosty. The...
Apr 20, 2017
Nova Scotia received 67 requests for assisted deaths; 31 granted so far
HALIFAX - Of the 67 people in Nova Scotia who have sought a medically assisted death since federal legislation was passed last June, more than half did not get what they wanted. The Nova Scotia Health...
Apr 20, 2017