Category Archives: Canada
Alberta premier says balancing books quickly would mean laying off thousands
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley defended her NDP government’s spending plans on Friday by saying anyone who claims the province can balance its budget in two or three years is talking a...
Mar 17, 2017
Illicit drug deaths in B.C. dip slightly in February for second straight month
VICTORIA - The number of illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly for the second straight month in February in British Columbia, but the coroner’s service said the numbers are still much hi...
Mar 17, 2017
Federal budget to set aside billions for affordable housing
OTTAWA - Cities desperate for affordable housing money from the federal government are expected to find out in Wednesday’s budget that they will receive approximately half of the $22 billion in ...
Mar 17, 2017
Festival recalls Acadian-Mi'kmaq ties at national historic site in Nova Scotia
GRAND PRE, N.S. - A centuries-old friendship between the Mi’kmaq people and Acadians will be celebrated at a major festival scheduled for the Grand Pre national historic site this summer in Nova...
Mar 17, 2017
One dead and another seriously injured as planes collide near Montreal
SAINT BRUNO, Que. - Two small planes collided over a bustling Quebec shopping mall on Friday, killing one pilot and seriously injuring the other. The injured pilot was taken to hospital as were two wi...
Mar 17, 2017
Ottawa considering steps to provide more detail on seafood labels
HALIFAX - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it is looking at ways to improve labelling for seafood after a report by environmentalists gave current rules a grade of F due to a lack of consumer ...
Mar 17, 2017
B.C. woman acquitted of counselling distraught husband to commit suicide
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A woman accused of counselling her husband to commit suicide has been acquitted by a provincial court judge in Cranbrook, B.C. Terri Reimer wept Thursday as Judge Ron Webb ruled ther...
Mar 17, 2017
Quebec man charged in wife's slaying at care facility to seek bail: lawyer
MONTREAL - The lawyer for a Montreal man charged with killing his wife says society and the courts will have to decide whether the alleged act constituted murder or assisted death. Elfriede-Andree Duc...
Mar 17, 2017
Police allege ex-patient shot and killed Ontario chiropractor in his clinic
BURLINGTON, Ont. - Police say an Ontario chiropractor has died after a former patient allegedly shot him at his clinic. Halton regional police say Ferdinand Mejilla, 50, was gunned down at his clinic ...
Mar 17, 2017
Senators, Canadiens to mark NHL centennial with outdoor game in December
OTTAWA - As the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators battle for supremacy in Atlantic Division standings this weekend, the two NHL teams announced Friday they’re taking their long-standing riv...
Mar 17, 2017