Category Archives: Canada
Conservative MP Lisa Raitt sets sights on leadership rivals O'Leary, Leitch
OTTAWA - Gambling that Canadian Conservatives will reject Donald Trump-style politics, Tory leadership candidate Lisa Raitt launched an assault Wednesday on two prominent rivals she fears could destro...
Jan 04, 2017
Man believed to be teaching English overseas killed fighting ISIL in Syria
An Ontario family has learned that their 24-year-old son, who they thought was teaching English overseas, has been killed in Syria while fighting against Islamic State militants. Nazzareno Tassone was...
Jan 04, 2017
Police investigating possible cyber threat against Hydro One: company
TORONTO - Ontario’s Hydro One says it is assisting Canadian law enforcement agencies in an ongoing investigation into a possible cyber threat against the electricity distributor. The companyR...
Jan 04, 2017
Calgary Bishop Fred Henry says he's resigning early for health reasons
CALGARY - The man who has led Calgary’s Catholic community for two decades says he’s leaving his job two years early for health reasons. Bishop Fred Henry says in his resignation letter to...
Jan 04, 2017
Catholic bishop resigns after nearly two decades of service in Calgary
CALGARY - The Calgary bishop known for his hardline stances on protections for LGBTQ youth and the HPV vaccine says he is leaving the role he has held for almost two decades due to ailing health. In h...
Jan 04, 2017
Federal trade tribunal says barriers must remain on dumped U.S. drywall imports
CALGARY - Higher construction costs across Western Canada, including in fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Alta., stand to continue under a ruling by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal released Wednes...
Jan 04, 2017
Troubled Nova Scotia veteran, family found dead: 'There is a huge sense of loss'
UPPER BIG TRACADIE, N.S. - Aaliyah Desmond celebrated her 10th birthday three days after Christmas. She had just begun horseback riding, and announced to her family on New Year’s Eve she wanted ...
Jan 04, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 4
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 4 --- RCMP: FOUR BODIES FOUND IN NOVA SCOTIA HOME RCMP have said very little so far about four bodies that were found inside a home in northeastern Nova Scot...
Jan 04, 2017
Vancouver home sales drop 5.6 per cent in 2016, after tumultuous year for market
Vancouver’s real estate market had a roller-coaster year in 2016, peaking with record sales in the spring but wrapping with a 5.6 per cent drop from 2015, the area’s real estate board said...
Jan 04, 2017
NewLeaf president says flights cancelled after competitor copied plan
WINNIPEG - Discount air carrier NewLeaf Travel says it is cancelling plans to offer flights between Alberta and the Phoenix-Mesa airport in Arizona this year because another airline copied the idea. J...
Jan 03, 2017