Category Archives: Canada
Pot use on rise, as is driving under drug's influence, Ontario survey finds
TORONTO - With Ottawa poised to legalize recreational marijuana next year, researchers are keeping a close eye on use of the drug, which has been steadily trending upward over the last couple of decad...
Dec 07, 2016
Solar power lights school at off-the-grid Vancouver Island alternative bastion
LASQUETI ISLAND, B.C. - The solar-power energy system that lights up False Bay School on Lasqueti Island passed a major test this fall when the tiny two-classroom building suddenly went dark. That was...
Dec 07, 2016
New Brunswick government to roll watchdog duties into Integrity Commissioner
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will table legislation today to create the new position of integrity commissioner - compressing a number of legislative watchdog roles into one. The new posi...
Dec 07, 2016
Bank of Canada keeps key rate at 0.5% amid stronger yet uncertain global economy
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is holding its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 per cent as it sees the stronger world economy continuing to face “undiminished” uncertainty. In making the schedu...
Dec 07, 2016
Consumer debt and delinquency rates climb in third quarter: Equifax
TORONTO - A new Equifax Canada report says low interest rates and falling oil prices drove up consumer debt and delinquency rates in the third quarter. The credit reporting agency found that average d...
Dec 07, 2016
Submissions in B.C. child-bride case wrap up, judge to rule Feb. 3
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The fates of three people accused of removing girls from Canada so that they could be married to older men are now in the hands of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Pearlman, who is to...
Dec 07, 2016
Project Forseti trial hears from informant about paranoid Hells Angel
SASKATOON - A police informant in the Project Forseti raids says a Saskatoon Hells Angel was becoming increasingly paranoid while the two were planning to move cocaine from Ontario to Saskatoon. Noel ...
Dec 06, 2016
Green River Killer victim may have spent time in Canada
SEATTLE - Authorities hope a facial reconstruction of a girl who was slain by a Seattle-area serial killer will help identify the victim, who tests show may have spent time in several Canadian provinc...
Dec 06, 2016
Snow storm forces schedule changes at 2016 Viessmann Luge World Cup
WHISTLER, B.C. - Nasty weather has forced the upcoming 2016 Viessmann Luge World Cup event being held in Whistler, B.C., to change its schedule. A heavy snowstorm rolling through the Canadian prairies...
Dec 06, 2016
Some 14 Conservative leadership hopefuls crowd stage for debate in Moncton
MONCTON, N.B. - No fewer than 14 candidates crowded the stage in Moncton for the second official debate of the federal Conservative leadership race where they discussed a broad menu of issues ranging ...
Dec 06, 2016