Category Archives: Canada
Double-double of Canadiana? Man drives Zamboni to take-out window at Tim Hortons
STONY PLAIN, Alta. - Some are calling it the most Canadian coffee run ever. Earlier this week, an Alberta man drove his Zamboni to the take-out window at a Tim Hortons in Stony Plain, west of Edmonton...
Dec 22, 2016
Police identify man, 4 children killed in fire on Ontario First Nation
ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police have identified five people who died in a fire that destroyed their home and ripped apart a First Nation community south of London, Ont. P...
Dec 22, 2016
Excavator uses bucket to stop alleged drunk driver on Prince Edward Island
BRACKLEY, P.E.I. - An alleged drunk driver messed with the wrong excavator operator on Prince Edward Island. RCMP in Brackley say the motorist confronted the operator with a concern about his work at ...
Dec 22, 2016
Man who tied lawn chair to 120 balloons, flew over Stampede, facing hefty fine
CALGARY - A Calgary man is facing a hefty fine for strapping 120 helium balloons to a lawn chair and soaring high into the air above the Stampede grounds in 2015. Daniel Boria admitted to dangerous op...
Dec 22, 2016
A by-the-numbers look at the new child benefit's impact on local poverty rates
OTTAWA - In June, the federal government released estimates about local impacts on child poverty rates in some of Canada’s biggest cities. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Acce...
Dec 22, 2016
Necropsy on endangered killer whale shows animal suffered blunt-force trauma
VANCOUVER - A necrospy on an endangered killer whale found floating off the coast of British Columbia showed the animal had blunt-force trauma to its head and neck, officials say. The male orca, found...
Dec 22, 2016
N.B. health deal weakens provincial bargaining position, hardens federal resolve
OTTAWA - New Brunswick’s decision Thursday to strike a separate health funding deal with the Trudeau government has weakened the premiers’ bargaining position and hardened Ottawa’s r...
Dec 22, 2016
Documents raise questions about child benefit's impact on poverty rates
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are sticking by their claims of the ability of the Canada Child Benefit to lift children out of poverty as newly released documents raise questions about whether its effe...
Dec 22, 2016
Serial animal killer may be on the loose in London, Ont.: humane society
A number of gruesome discoveries involving mutilated animals have prompted a southwestern Ontario humane society to warn pet owners about a possible serial animal killer on the loose. Last week, polic...
Dec 22, 2016
'I'll see you:' Human trafficker charged anew after alleged courtroom threat
HALIFAX - A convicted human trafficker is facing new charges after allegedly threatening his “vulnerable, traumatized” teenage victim in full view of a Halifax courtroom. Owen Gibson-Skeir...
Dec 22, 2016