Category Archives: Canada
New Brunswick premier announces engagement: 'A very happy partnership'
FREDERICTON - They met on a blind date, and he popped the question at one of the iconic landmarks of the Acadian people. Canada’s youngest premier - New Brunswick’s telegenic Brian Gallant...
Mar 13, 2017
James Bay First Nations attending workshop on dealing with polar bears
Environmental stewards from First Nations on the coast of James Bay will be gathering in northern Ontario this week to learn how to best deal with polar bears that are straying into their communities....
Mar 13, 2017
Foreign buyer tax alone won't fix Toronto housing crisis: report
TORONTO - A new report suggests a foreign buyer tax alone can’t solve Toronto’s soaring housing prices. The report, titled “In High Demand” and released Monday by Ryerson Unive...
Mar 13, 2017
Canadian defence spending among lowest in NATO despite small increase last year
OTTAWA - The Liberal government sought to deflect criticism about Canada’s overall defence spending Monday by pointing to new NATO figures showing a mysterious boost in investments for military ...
Mar 13, 2017
Conservation award honours slain philanthropist Glen Davis 10 years after death
TORONTO - A new $10,000 conservation award named after the slain philanthropist Glen Davis aims to honour his contribution to Canada on the 10th anniversary of his death. The World Wildlife Fund’...
Mar 13, 2017
Vista Equity Partners to buy Toronto-based DH Corp., merge it with U.K. company
TORONTO - A Texas-based investment firm is offering to buy DH Corp. in a friendly cash deal worth more than C$2.7 billion, with plans to combine it with a U.K. company that has a complementary financi...
Mar 13, 2017
Storm sends flying canoe into woman's bedroom: 'It came through everything'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman says she’s lucky to be alive after a canoe came through the side of her house during the weekend windstorm that battered much of the province and le...
Mar 13, 2017
Eight stories in the news today, March 13
Eight stories in the news for Monday, March 13: --- CRA’S ONLINE TAX FILING SERVICES RESTORED Canadians can once again file their tax returns online. The Canada Revenue Agency took the service d...
Mar 13, 2017
Syrian refugee says his family proves how Canadian openness pays dividends
HALIFAX - A Syrian refugee says his family’s thriving chocolate business should serve as an example of the value of Canadian “openness” in a world that has increasingly closed off it...
Mar 13, 2017
Slow fashion: Tired of ill-fitting clothes, woman makes 'head to toe' wardrobe
HALIFAX - Erica Penton’s goal is to never buy clothes again - not even her bras. The self-taught seamstress is on a quest to fill her closet entirely with clothes she made herself. Penton starte...
Mar 13, 2017