Category Archives: Canada
Second delay in peace bond for Nova Scotia's 'Internet black widow'
HALIFAX - An 81-year-old woman who killed and poisoned her intimate partners has once again been given a few more days to show the Crown some evidence on why she needs changes to a two-year peace bond...
Nov 15, 2016
Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales hit record last month
OTTAWA - The number of homes sold throughout the country last month hit a record for October, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Tuesday. There were 42,473 residential properties sold last mont...
Nov 15, 2016
Liberals move to repeal anal sex provision, appoint adviser on LGBTQ2 issues
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is moving to repeal a law that courts and critics have long said unfairly criminalizes the sexual activities of gay and bisexual men - part of broader efforts to turn t...
Nov 15, 2016
Royal Bank of Canada to increase fixed mortgage rates amid bond market sell-off
TORONTO - Royal Bank (TSX:RY) is hiking mortgage rates amid a combination of higher bond yields and recent federal mortgage rule changes that have made it pricier for banks to get access to cash. RBC ...
Nov 15, 2016
Man tells trial of teenage stripping game, sex at Hawkes' N.S. home in 1970s
KENTVILLE, N.S. - A man sobbed into his hands in a Kentville, N.S., courtroom Tuesday as he testified that well-known Toronto pastor Brent Hawkes encouraged him and other teenage males to strip at a d...
Nov 15, 2016
Fort McMurray wildfire recovery to spur $5.3 billion in spending, report says
CALGARY - The massive efforts to respond to and rebuild after the wildfire of Fort McMurray, Alta., will spur economic growth in the coming years but leave insurance companies and governments with a t...
Nov 15, 2016
Lack of government help drives more to food banks: report
OTTAWA - More Canadians are relying on food banks to feed themselves, a report released Tuesday suggests. The report by Food Banks Canada says last March some 863,492 people turned to a food bank, a 1...
Nov 15, 2016
Researchers call for more science be put into environmental assessments
OTTAWA - A group of young scientific researchers has drafted an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressing concern that current environmental assessments and regulatory reviews lack ̶...
Nov 15, 2016
Trudeau begins trade trip today with stop in Cuba
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Trudeau arrives in Cuba today, the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister in almost two decades. It is the first step in the Liberal government’s week-long bid...
Nov 15, 2016
Four stories in the news Tuesday, Nov. 15
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 15 --- TRUDEAU HEADS TO CUBA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Cuba today for the first official visit by a Canadian prime minister to the country in ...
Nov 15, 2016