Category Archives: Canada
IMF expects Canadian economic growth to pick up from pace set in 2016
TORONTO - Canada is headed for stronger economic growth in 2017 and 2018 than last year, but it’s too soon to predict how the Donald Trump administration will affect the global economy, accordin...
Jan 16, 2017
St. Catharines, Ont., family finds Advil pills in ice cream
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Niagara regional police are advising residents to be alert after discovering Advil capsules in a container of ice cream. Police say they got wind of the issue on Saturday after ...
Jan 16, 2017
Ontario girl subject of Amber Alert found safe, in good health
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Police say a 15-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been found safe. The Amber Alert, which was issued early Monday morning, said witnesses had reported seeing ...
Jan 16, 2017
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario police issue Amber alert in relation to child abduction
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Police have issued an Amber Alert for a teenage girl they say was abducted Sunday afternoon in Mississauga, Ont. The victim is identified as Alyssa Langille, 15. Peel Regional poli...
Jan 16, 2017
Police need training, new technology, not just 911 regulations: advocates
OTTAWA - It’s going to take a lot more than new regulations to allow all Canadians to send urgent, life-and-death text and video messages to emergency call centres, say advocates of so-called ne...
Jan 16, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 16
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 16 --- TRIAL BEGINS TODAY FOR MAN CHARGED IN DEATHS OF THREE PEOPLE: A man facing first degree murder charges in the disappearance of an Alberta couple and th...
Jan 16, 2017
Support unit for ill, injured military personnel short dozens of staff
OTTAWA - Dozens of positions at the military’s oft-criticized support unit for ill and injured service members, including those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and other psychologi...
Jan 16, 2017
Trudeau speaks of common political mission with Trump of supporting middle class
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminded a large town hall audience in Nova Scotia that he and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump rode to power through committing to help the middle class, thou...
Jan 16, 2017
Researcher identifies overlooked P.E.I. artist in 'feminist victory'
CHARLOTTETOWN - For decades, her creations have been wrongly attributed to men - but after a two-year investigation of her work, the daughter of a former Prince Edward Island lieutenant governor is fi...
Jan 16, 2017
'Pools of blood:' Calgary triple-murder trial hears from dead boy's mother
CALGARY - The mother of a five-year-old boy testified Monday that she found blood everywhere - but no bodies - when she arrived at her parents’ home to pick up her son after a sleepover. “...
Jan 16, 2017