Category Archives: Canada
Inflammatory bowel disease in kids under 5 on rise in Canada: study
TORONTO - Canada has one of the highest rates of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in the world, and the number of young children being diagnosed with the lifelong disease has risen dramatically, a...
Apr 18, 2017
Former Nova Scotia teacher wins delay in sentencing on sex charges
HALIFAX - A former Halifax-area junior high teacher has won a delay in her sentencing on a sex charge, as she undergoes a sexual deviancy assessment and awaits the outcome of another teacher’s a...
Apr 18, 2017
Early signs that Vancouver housing market correction may be over: Royal LePage
TORONTO - Royal LePage says early evidence suggests that the recent correction in Vancouver’s housing market may be short-lived. The realtor released a report Tuesday saying Canada’s two l...
Apr 18, 2017
Countdown is on for tow of massive Hebron oil platform to field off Newfoundland
BULL ARM, N.L. - It was made with more concrete than the Empire State Building - and it moves. Dignitaries cut ceremonial mooring chains on the massive Hebron oil platform Tuesday, marking the wind-up...
Apr 18, 2017
Halifax court jammed by prospective jurors for medical student's murder trial
HALIFAX - The Halifax Law Courts were jammed Tuesday as hundreds of prospective jurors were called for the high-profile murder trial of a Dalhousie University medical student. About 315 people packed ...
Apr 18, 2017
Five stories in the news today, April 18
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, April 18 --- MEETING OF THE MINDS TODAY ON TORONTO HOUSING The federal finance minister is set to meet today with his Ontario counterpart and Toronto’s mayo...
Apr 18, 2017
No measures that could boost demand for housing in Toronto: Morneau
TORONTO - Three levels of government facing a red-hot housing market in the Greater Toronto Area have agreed Tuesday not to introduce any measures that would further boost demand and drive prices even...
Apr 18, 2017
Future of Site C megaproject fuels debate in British Columbia election campaign
The divisive $8.8-billion Site C dam is fuelling debate in British Columbia’s election campaign, pitting Liberal promises of jobs and clean energy against the NDP’s cautious approach of ca...
Apr 18, 2017
Former missing Olympian facing fraud charges to appears in Victoria court
VICTORIA - An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly 18 months made a brief appearance in a Victoria court Tuesday and had his case adjourned to May 2. Harold Backer, w...
Apr 18, 2017
Calgary wildlife centre cures porcupine of snoring by trimming his teeth
CALGARY - A Calgary wildlife centre has cured a porcupine with a snoring problem. The Kyne family has shared their backyard with the rodent they named Billy Jo for the past several years. They recorde...
Apr 17, 2017