Category Archives: Canada
Neighbour noticed fire on farm at centre of Calgary triple-murder case
CALGARY - A neighbour says he noticed a large fire on the property of a man charged in the deaths of a couple and their grandson the morning after the three disappeared. Brian Kalmbach says it was the...
Jan 26, 2017
Nova Scotia committed to classroom change with latest offer to teachers: premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says teachers can trust his government to improve classroom conditions as they consider how to vote on the latest tentative agreement in the long-simmering...
Jan 26, 2017

Strong evidence of problematic conditions persists in real estate market: CMHC
TORONTO - Strong evidence of problematic conditions continues to exist in the national housing market, as accelerating prices spill out from Canada’s two most expensive cities to surrounding are...
Jan 26, 2017

New 'point-in-time' count brings homelessness in Canada into sharper focus
OTTAWA - Chad Bouthillier is no stranger to couch surfing, homeless shelters, transitional housing and addiction issues - but until now, the rest of the country has been largely in the dark about the ...
Jan 26, 2017
Toronto cops face formal complaint for arrest incident caught on video
TORONTO - A man who took cellphone video of an incident in which police were making an arrest has filed a formal complaint, alleging the officers threatened to confiscate his phone if he didn’t ...
Jan 26, 2017
Personal signs, bumper stickers exempt from election ad law: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a British Columbia law that forces people to register before sponsoring political advertising during a provincial election, even when little or no money...
Jan 26, 2017

$400M fund, tax changes, local news service urged to help restore Canada's media
OTTAWA - Taxing Google and Facebook, reining in the CBC and spending $100 million in taxpayer dollars to foster healthy journalism would help a struggling media sector ferret out “fake news̶...
Jan 26, 2017
Watchdog's report slams military for treatment of ill, injured cadets
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces ombudsman is taking the military to task for its treatment of ill and injured cadets, saying little has changed since a deadly grenade explosion at a cadet camp in 1974. I...
Jan 26, 2017
Baloney Meter: Is Michigan a threat to economic investment in Ontario?
OTTAWA - “We’re completely uncompetitive. The incremental dollar from any investor globally will not come to Ontario for a new plant. It’ll go to Michigan, where they’ll have 3...
Jan 26, 2017

Ice storm overwhelms swath of New Brunswick: 'People are definitely anxious'
FREDERICTON - New Brunswickers have been warned it will be days before life returns to normal in parts of the province after a messy ice storm that snapped power poles, strained trees, and has left te...
Jan 26, 2017