Category Archives: Canada
First Oilers playoff game in 11 years scores record 50-50 jackpot for couple
EDMONTON - There was an added bonus for one couple who came to watch the Edmonton Oilers in their first NHL playoff game in 11 years on Wednesday night. The enthusiastic sell-out crowd snapped up so m...
Apr 13, 2017
Alberta spending more on program to help protect communities from wildfires
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Alberta says it will spend $45 million over the next three years to help protect communities in forested areas from being damaged by wildfires. Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier s...
Apr 13, 2017
B.C. NDP says Liberals' LNG 'fantasy fund' would eliminate tolls on two bridges
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia’s New Democrats have unveiled their election platform, forecasting three years of balanced budgets coupled with big spending promises for affordable childcare ...
Apr 13, 2017
Ontario to table first balanced budget since the recession on April 27
TORONTO - Ontario’s first balanced budget since the recession is set to be delivered April 27 and will include increased health funding, innovation investments, a new tax credit for seniors and ...
Apr 13, 2017
Family of pregnant Canadian stuck in Gaza implores Ottawa to help with exit docs
MONTREAL - A Canadian woman who is eight months pregnant and stuck in Gaza as she tries to get an exit visa says she’s just trying to stay positive. “Since I’ve known I was pregnant,...
Apr 13, 2017
A list of Atlantic Canadian newspapers included in the Transcontinental deal
HALIFAX - Canada’s oldest independent newspaper has bought the newspaper assets of Transcontinental Media in Atlantic Canada. The Halifax Chronicle Herald said Thursday that a new company, SaltW...
Apr 13, 2017
Some of the highlights from Thursday's suite of Liberal pot-legalization bills
OTTAWA - Some of the highlights from the suite of bills introduced Thursday by the federal Liberal government to legalize recreational marijuana: - Sales to be restricted to people age 18 and older, a...
Apr 13, 2017
Victims of house fire in New Brunswick died of smoke inhalation: fire marshal
ST. GEORGE, N.B. - The four family members who died in a house fire this week in St. George, N.B., were all killed by smoke inhalation, fire officials confirmed Thursday. The provincial fire marshal&#...
Apr 13, 2017
Canadian accused in Yahoo hack plans to appeal after being denied bail: lawyer
HAMILTON - A lawyer for a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails say he plans to appeal a decision that denied his client bail. Deepak Paradkar, one of the lawyers representing Karim B...
Apr 13, 2017
Finance minister to hold meeting in Toronto next week on GTA housing
TORONTO - The federal finance minister is set to meet with his Ontario counterpart and the mayor of Toronto next week to discuss the hot housing market in the Greater Toronto Area. Finance Minister Bi...
Apr 13, 2017