Category Archives: Canada
Rapper fires back at lawyers' association in N.L. rape sentence controversy
HALIFAX - A popular Canadian rapper says he can’t understand why a prominent lawyers’ group is condemning his angry response to a controversial sexual-assault sentencing. Classified - whos...
Oct 13, 2016
Rise of the roundabout: 'Don't be alarmed. It's just another piece of road'
They evoke some of the world’s most impressive crossroads – the Place de l’Etoile in Paris, Manhattan’s Columbus Circle – and have a remarkable capacity to calm traffic a...
Oct 13, 2016
Public safety and justice ministers discuss pot legalization, aboriginal inquiry
HALIFAX - The inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and the way forward on legalizing marijuana are on the agenda for justice and public ministers meeting with their federal counterparts ...
Oct 13, 2016
Vancouver home prices may have seen 'final hurrah,' Royal LePage says
TORONTO - Royal LePage CEO Phil Soper says house prices in Greater Vancouver grew 30.6 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter of the year, marking what may have been the real estate market’...
Oct 13, 2016
German court rejects complaint to suspend Canada-EU trade deal
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected calls from opponents of a Canada-European Union trade deal for an injunction that had the potential to spell an end to the pact. The Federal constit...
Oct 13, 2016

Visiting French PM endorses Clinton in U.S. vote, says world 'rejected' Trump
OTTAWA - France’s visiting prime minister plunged head-first Thursday into next month’s U.S. presidential election, saying he supports Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, while host Justin ...
Oct 13, 2016
German court rejects complaint to suspend Canada-EU trade deal
BERLIN - Germany’s highest court has rejected calls from opponents of a Canada-European Union trade deal for an injunction that had the potential to spell an end to the pact. The Federal constit...
Oct 13, 2016
Eight stories in the news today, Oct. 13
Eight stories in the news for Thursday, Oct. 13 --- NORTEL SETTLES FIGHT TO DIVVY UP $7.3 BILLION FROM LIQUIDATION A settlement has been reached to end years of court battles over how to divvy up US$7...
Oct 13, 2016
Snow way! Researchers say flurries could be used to cool Canadian buildings
Researchers say Canada’s winter bounty of snow could provide an environmentally friendly way of easing hot, muggy summer days. Engineers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan have been ...
Oct 13, 2016

Samsung Canada says returns of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones begin today
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Samsung says Canadians with Galaxy Note 7 smartphones can start returning the devices today as part of a global safety recall following reports of overheating batteries that pose a...
Oct 13, 2016