Category Archives: Canada
Suspects sought after several guns stolen from Alberta Mountie's home
KILLAM, Alta. - More than a dozen guns, including what police call a tactical rifle, have been stolen from the home of an Alberta RCMP officer. Mounties say the firearms were inside a gun safe when th...
Jan 05, 2017
Family of Montreal woman killed by dog suing canine's owner
MONTREAL - The family of a woman who died after being attacked by a dog says it plans to sue the canine’s owner. Lise Vadnais, whose sister Christiane died in her backyard last June, says the fa...
Jan 05, 2017
Living close to high-traffic roadway raises dementia risk, study suggests
TORONTO - People who live in close proximity to high-traffic roadways appear to have a higher risk of dementia than those who live farther away, say researchers, suggesting that air pollution from veh...
Jan 05, 2017
Woman hears from Irish man who found bottle message sent by dad before he died
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A message in a bottle flung from a vessel off Labrador 12 years ago has been found on the shores of Ireland, five years after the death of its Canadian sender. The bottle, thr...
Jan 05, 2017
Case of Sunwing pilot accused of being impaired in cockpit put over
CALGARY - The case of a Sunwing Airlines pilot charged with being impaired in the cockpit has been put over until Jan. 25. Miroslav Gronych, a 37-year-old Slovakian national, is accused of having care...
Jan 05, 2017
Four stories in the news today, Jan. 5
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 5 --- TORONTO TO RELEASE DECEMBER HOME SALES FIGURES The Toronto Real Estate Board will release home sales figures for the month of December today, wrapping...
Jan 05, 2017
Toronto-area home sales hit record high in 2016, average selling price soars
TORONTO - Annual home sales in the country’s largest real estate market hit a record high last year, according to the latest data from the Toronto Real Estate Board, as activity in the closely w...
Jan 05, 2017
Manitoba finance minister says law on public-sector wages will go ahead
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s union leaders have failed to convince Finance Minister Cameron Friesen to back off a planned law aimed at controlling public-sector wages. Union leaders representing civil ...
Jan 05, 2017
Airlines asked to confirm fitness-to-fly measures after pilot allegedly drunk
OTTAWA - Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is seeking assurances from passenger airlines that they have up-to-date measures to confirm pilots’ fitness to fly and are rigorously enforcing t...
Jan 04, 2017
Coroner investigating death of Quebec officer charged after native abuse probe
MONTREAL - The coroner’s office in Quebec confirmed Wednesday it is investigating the death of a retired officer recently charged with sexual assault in connection with an investigation into cla...
Jan 04, 2017