Category Archives: Canada
Residents unaccounted for after fire at First Nation near London, Ont.
LONDON, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say the residents of a home engulfed in flames on a southern Ontario First Nation remain unaccounted for. Emergency crews were called to the home on the Oneida...
Dec 14, 2016
B.C. man nets fine for trying to smuggle baby lizards across border
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Border officials say a man from Abbotsford, B.C., has been fined after he tried to smuggle six baby lizards into Canada in his shirt. Canada Border Services Agency says in a release...
Dec 14, 2016
Edmonton councillor concerned about hard-to-spell indigenous street names
EDMONTON - The grand chief of Treaty Six First Nations says he is discouraged that an Edmonton city councillor has concerns about naming streets with indigenous words that some people may find hard to...
Dec 14, 2016
Brian Topp, Notley's chief of staff, announces departure amid other changes
EDMONTON - The chief of staff to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is moving on. Brian Topp has announced he is leaving his post and will return to Ontario. He has accepted a fellowship with the Public Po...
Dec 14, 2016
Statoil sells oilsands assets to Athabasca Oil in deal worth up to $832 million
Calgary-based Athabasca Oil Corp. (TSX:ATH) has struck a deal to buy the northern Alberta oilsands assets of Norwegian oil giant Statoil ASA for up to $832 million. The surprise sale agreement announc...
Dec 14, 2016
Opioid prescribing down, but OD-related hospital visits continue to climb: study
TORONTO - Medically sanctioned opioid use has dropped by almost 14 per cent since national guidelines for prescribing the drugs were introduced in 2010, yet the rate of overdose-related hospital visit...
Dec 14, 2016
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Dec. 14 DOCUMENTS SHOW OTTAWA WATCHED U.S. CAMPAIGN WARILY: Canadian diplomats in Washington warned Ottawa earlier this year that a Donald Trump presidency...
Dec 14, 2016
Tom Green pays tribute to 'legendary' Alan Thicke as 'entertainment icon'
TORONTO - Tom Green remembers watching Alan Thicke’s homegrown talk show as a kid in Pembroke, Ont., in the early 1980s. Green was only about seven but was entranced with Thicke’s baritone...
Dec 14, 2016
Nova Scotia appeal court denies wealthy couple oceanfront swimming pool
HALIFAX - A wealthy Halifax couple who took their quest for an oceanfront swimming pool all the way to Nova Scotia’s highest court have lost. John and Esther Ghosn built a mansion on the Northwe...
Dec 14, 2016
Kevin Chief's resignation a 'big, big loss' for Manitoba NDP: analyst
WINNIPEG - A former cabinet minister and arguably the most popular member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party caucus is quitting politics to spend more time with his family. Kevin Chief said Wednesda...
Dec 14, 2016