Category Archives: Canada
Councillor to be reprimanded for calling constituent 'sexy gramma'
The mayor of Cambridge, Ont., will publicly reprimand a city councillor who admitted to making lewd comments to one of his constituents. The city’s integrity commissioner ruled earlier this mont...
Feb 18, 2017

Hundreds attend funeral Saturday for the man behind "Sharkwater" documentary
Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart, who died while scuba diving off the coast of Florida, was remembered Saturday as a lovable scamp who channelled his passion for the environment into a global movement. H...
Feb 18, 2017
Canadian resort for vacationers with disabilities saved
MADISON LAKE, Minn. - Residents of a small Minnesota community have rescued a Canadian resort that’s equipped to handle disabled vacationers. The Free Press of Mankato (http://bit.ly/2lMaS7V ) r...
Feb 18, 2017
Gov. Scott emphasizes Vermont-Quebec co-operation
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott is emphasizing the importance of Vermont-Quebec relations after his first visit to Quebec City as governor to meet Canadian leaders. Scott said at ...
Feb 18, 2017
How Second Cup's promotional Piaggios narrowly avoided the scrap heap
OTTAWA - They are the marketing darlings of the Second Cup franchise, and bureaucracy nearly killed them. The tale of the two Piaggio three-wheeled vehicles that were given life in Italy, overhauled i...
Feb 18, 2017

B.C. transplant specialist says drug overdose organ donors on the rise
VANCOUVER - There has been a spike in the proportion of organs coming from donors who have died of drug overdoses in British Columbia, says a leading transplant specialists. Dr. David Landsberg, head ...
Feb 18, 2017
Single ticket claims Friday night's $26 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $26 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Feb. 24 will ...
Feb 18, 2017
Homes in flood-hit neighbourhood sold at auction in High River, Alta.
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - More than two dozen homes in High River, Alta., have been auctioned off as the provincial government looked to unload some of the property it purchased as part of flood mitigation ...
Feb 17, 2017
Settlement reached in sexual harassment lawsuit against former RCMP spokesman
VANCOUVER - A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged a former spokesman for the RCMP sexually harassed a colleague. A former civilian employee filed the lawsuit in 2014, alleging in cou...
Feb 17, 2017

Rest in peace: The politics of remembering the personal failings of the dead
TORONTO - Tradition dictates that when we bury the dead, we also bury their faults, failings and any transgressions. “Don’t speak ill of the dead” is an enduring mantra for many who ...
Feb 17, 2017