Category Archives: Canada

Inexpensive N.S. mansion that captivated Internet is sold - over asking
NEWPORT LANDING, N.S. - An historic manor in rural Nova Scotia that captivated social media users with its ornate finishes and rustic charm has sold over asking - and it may have coattails for other w...
Mar 06, 2017

Success rates: Why some refugee claimants may have better odds in Canada
WINNIPEG - Bundled against bone-chilling cold, asylum-seekers hoping to gain refugee status in Canada have been trudging through ditches and fields along the border with the United States. Many have a...
Mar 06, 2017

Jungles, camps and detention: the long journey for many asylum-seekers
Many African asylum-seekers who end up in Canada face an arduous, months-long journey through thousands of kilometres of jungle, along back roads and over water in small wooden boats. Stays in migrant...
Mar 06, 2017
'It was like 'The Perfect Storm,' but with a better ending:' rescued fisherman
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - One of five fishermen plucked from churning, windswept seas said he felt like they had become trapped in a scene straight out of The Perfect Storm as winds and waves lashed th...
Mar 06, 2017
Royal LePage study says $1 million can buy a mansion or a fixer-upper
A million-dollar mansion in Canada may be anything but that, according to a report released today by a Canadian real estate company. Royal LePage says that while $1 million can score a renovated four-...
Mar 06, 2017
Five stories in the news today, March 6
Five stories in the news for Monday, March 6: --- REFUGEES HAVE BETTER ODDS FINDING HOME IN CANADA Some immigration lawyers say asylum seekers have been braving the cold to illegally cross the America...
Mar 06, 2017
Canadian Hearing Society workers launch strike action
TORONTO - Employees with the Canadian Hearing Society have launched strike action. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says management rejected all of the union’s proposals and the 227 employ...
Mar 06, 2017
Police nab suspended driver who comes to the aid of suspended driver
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Trying to do a friend a kindness didn’t quite go as planned for a Woodstock, Ont., man. Early Sunday morning local police pulled over a 35-year-old man at a traffic stop and en...
Mar 05, 2017
Another malicious email sent to students and staff at University of Moncton
MONCTON, N.B. - The University of Moncton says a 10th malicious email was sent to the school community from the same source that has been targeting a female student for more than a week. The school sa...
Mar 05, 2017
Clean-up underway after 1,000 litres of bio diesel spills at B.C. fish farm
PORT HARDY, B.C. - The leader of a First Nation off the north coast of Vancouver Island says he’s worried about the impact a fuel spill at a nearby fish farm will have on his community’s f...
Mar 05, 2017