Category Archives: Canada
Fire that destroyed food store on Manitoba reserve set by kids: RCMP
SHAMATTAWA, Man. - A fire that destroyed the only food store on a remote northern Manitoba reserve was set by six children, five of whom are under 12, RCMP said Friday. The community of 1,500 was left...
Sep 23, 2016
Five-year-old boy dies in farming accident in rural Ontario
CHATSWORTH, Ont. - A five-year-old boy has died after a farming accident in rural Ontario. Provincial police say the boy was riding in the bucket of a tractor with several siblings while his 13-year-o...
Sep 23, 2016
Ontario real estate associations oppose taxing foreign buyers in Toronto
TORONTO - Two Ontario real estate associations have voiced opposition to following in Vancouver’s footsteps and implementing a tax on foreign homebuyers, saying that such a “knee-jerk reac...
Sep 23, 2016
Three provinces and lawyers' group to intervene in Oland bail appeal
FREDERICTON - Three provinces and the Criminal Lawyers’ Association of Ontario have been granted intervener status in Dennis Oland’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to get bail. The ...
Sep 23, 2016
School officials in four Canadian provinces respond differently to bomb threats
HALIFAX - School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Universities and schools across Prince Edward...
Sep 23, 2016
Man charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults at Nova Scotia daycare
KINGSTON, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia investigating three sexual assaults at an unlicensed daycare are worried there are more victims, and are urging parents whose children attended the facility to g...
Sep 23, 2016
RCMP re-open investigation into the death of pepper sprayed inmate
FREDERICTON - The RCMP has reopened the investigation of the death of an inmate who was pepper sprayed repeatedly in the face last year at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Last month, police ...
Sep 23, 2016
Steven Blaney sets stage for potential run for Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Steven Blaney says he’s considering a run for the federal Conservative leadership. Blaney is stepping down from his role as the official Opposition’s...
Sep 23, 2016
Road rage incident ends in fiery crash in Mississauga, Ont.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario police are looking for suspects after a road rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and the occupants of a car led to an assault and a fiery crash near Toronto. Pro...
Sep 23, 2016
QuickList: August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - Newfound...
Sep 23, 2016