Category Archives: Canada
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
Canadian charged with bringing cocaine into Australia pleads guilty
SYDNEY, Australia - A published report says a Canadian woman pleaded guilty Friday to her involvement in allegedly importing cocaine into Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald says 28-year-old Isabelle...
Dec 16, 2016
Poll: Alberta bucks trend of lower holiday spending
TORONTO - A survey conducted for CIBC suggests many Canadians plan to spend an average of nearly $600 on this year’s holiday shopping. That’s eight per cent less than last year, yet the re...
Dec 16, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Dec. 16
Five stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 16 --- FATHER, FOUR CHILDREN BELIEVED DEAD IN ONTARIO HOUSE FIRE Efforts will continue today to recover and identify the victims of a house fire on a First Na...
Dec 16, 2016
Employers replace beep-beep-beep with 'psssht-psssht' back-up alarm: WorkSafeBC
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia’s worker-safety agency says more employers are replacing the beep-beep-beep back-up alarm on vehicles with white noise for safety’s sake. WorkSafeBC says ...
Dec 16, 2016
Man targeted by Creep Catchers sentenced to prison for child luring
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia man targeted by the vigilante group Creep Catchers has been sentenced to prison. Sixty-seven-year-old Don Putt was sentenced to six months, but with credit for ti...
Dec 15, 2016
Body found in southern Ontario home where fire killed four family members
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - Emergency crews investigating a deadly house fire that killed a mother, her two children and her grandmother in southern Ontario have found a body in the charred rubble. Niagara ...
Dec 15, 2016
Canadian officials meet pastor sentenced to life in prison in North Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s state media says Canadian officials have met with a detained Ontario pastor who has been sentenced to life in prison in the country. Hyeon Soo Lim, a pa...
Dec 15, 2016
A look at Canada's 140-year history with asbestos, to be banned in 2018
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will ban all products containing asbestos by 2018. Here’s a timeline of the history of asbestos in Canada. 1876: Large deposits of asbestos are discovered...
Dec 15, 2016