Category Archives: Canada
Box of old movies recovered from Eaton's store in 1940s contains
'lost' film
TORONTO - As a kid in Winnipeg, Richard Scott used to huddle in the basement with his family and watch 1920s-era silent films projected onto a bedsheet hung up with clothespins. His dad, who worked at...
Apr 05, 2017
Accused hired hitman to kill rival at Toronto cafe, Crown tells trial
TORONTO - Three men involved in cross-border cocaine trafficking hired a costumed hitman to carry out a brazen daylight shooting at a Toronto cafe in order to eliminate an acquaintance also involved i...
Apr 05, 2017
January ice storm in New Brunswick most costly restoration in utility's history
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick’s power utility says this January’s ice storm was the largest, most expensive restoration effort in the utility’s history. The Crown-owned NB Power says i...
Apr 05, 2017
No 'silver bullet' on housing, finance minister says as prices soar
TORONTO - Soaring house prices in Toronto have local and provincial governments scrambling to come up with solutions, but Ontario’s finance minister cautioned Wednesday that there’s no ...
Apr 05, 2017
Passenger's medical distress prompts emergency landing in Calgary
CALGARY - A woman was taken to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition Tuesday night after she was taken off an Air Canada flight following an emergency landing in Calgary. Passengers aboard ...
Apr 05, 2017
Mulroney on his role helping Trudeau, despite rivalry with dad: 'That was then'
WASHINGTON - In six simple words, Brian Mulroney sweeps aside the glaring irony of his new political mission: assisting a Trudeau government, an assignment that will even see him participate in a cabi...
Apr 05, 2017
Daughter of man shot dead by Newfoundland police sues officer, force, province
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The daughter of a man shot and killed on Easter Sunday two years ago in his rural Newfoundland home is now suing the police officer who opened fire. “The death of Donald...
Apr 05, 2017
Baloney Meter: which government has 'invested' the most in transit?
OTTAWA - “No government in the history of Canada has invested as much in public transit as we have.” - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — Pushed on Friday about why his government did a...
Apr 05, 2017
Toronto home prices soar 33.2% in March to kick off spring homebuying season
TORONTO - For the past six months, Harold Chizick and his wife have been trying to buy a bigger home in Toronto to accommodate their family of six, but none of the offers they have put in have succeed...
Apr 05, 2017
Six stories in the news today, April 5
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, April 5 --- PM TRUDEAU EXPECTED TO VISIT JUNO BEACH AFTER VIMY RIDGE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to follow this weekend’s commemorations of t...
Apr 05, 2017