Category Archives: Canada
Minister pledges aboriginal housing improvements after fatal Ontario fire
OTTAWA - The federal government is determined to improve aboriginal housing, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said Friday after an Ontario chief blasted Ottawa for a lack of action followin...
Dec 16, 2016
Tories, NDP try to damage the Liberals as they eagerly await new leaders in 2017
OTTAWA - Count the federal Conservatives and the NDP among those looking forward to a better year in 2017 - a year the two opposition parties are also counting on as a significant challenge for one Ju...
Dec 16, 2016
More Canadian women join top one per cent while gap with poor grows: report
MONTREAL - More women are joining the one-per-cent club but still accounted for less than one-quarter of the country’s top earners in 2014, according to Statistics Canada. Women made up 22 per c...
Dec 16, 2016
Man in brutal sex attacks a 'poster child' for child welfare failures: defence
WINNIPEG - A man who brutally beat and sexually assaulted a Winnipeg woman and a teenage girl in random, separate attacks deserves a prison sentence, but not a life sentence, his lawyer told court Fri...
Dec 16, 2016
Mothers of two Alberta children accused of leaving youngsters in extreme cold
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Two mothers have been charged with failing to provide the necessities of life after police found two children shivering in a car in frigid temperatures in southern Alberta. Lethbri...
Dec 16, 2016
Winter storm shuts East Coast schools, roads, hockey: 'It's a corker'
HALIFAX - Atlantic Canadians like Paul MacNeill were hunkering down at home on Friday as a storm shut large parts of the region down. “It’s a corker. We’re just buckling down and wai...
Dec 16, 2016
Priced out of the market? Three housing alternatives for hot markets
TORONTO - With the sluggish economy and tightened lending rules, being priced out of the real estate market is a reality for many, particularly those in Toronto and Vancouver. But whether your finance...
Dec 16, 2016
Canadian ski resorts bank optimism based on early snowfall and cheap currency
CALGARY - Early, deep snow and a cheap currency are boosting hopes for a blizzard of profits at ski destinations across Canada this year. Matt Mosteller, senior vice-president for Resorts of the Canad...
Dec 16, 2016
As home prices soar, some first-time buyers reconsider home ownership dreams
TORONTO - Earlier this year, Meghan Morrison and her fiance made the difficult decision to add two hours of commuting onto their day in order to pursue their dream of owning a house. The couple could ...
Dec 16, 2016
Some baloney to Clark's claim B.C. will pay twice as much for carbon as Ontario
OTTAWA - “You can't have a national carbon tax where the westerners who produce the energy are paying double what the people in central Canada are paying to use the energy, in terms of an additi...
Dec 16, 2016