Category Archives: Canada
Finally deported but Jamaican seeks damages for 5-year immigration detention
TORONTO - A mentally ill man finally deported to Jamaica on Wednesday deserves compensation because his five years in immigration detention was inhumane, illegal and violated his rights, his lawyer to...
Sep 07, 2016
Montreal academics push for release of professor jailed in Iran
MONTREAL - The colleagues of a Canadian-Iranian university professor jailed in Iran are urging governments to apply pressure as her detention enters a third month with no end in sight. Homa Hoodfar, w...
Sep 07, 2016
Regulator questions whether consumers are getting value from new TV offerings
GATINEAU, Que. - The big four TV service providers are defending how they rolled out new, trimmed-down TV packages earlier this year, denying in hearings Wednesday that they were being “paternal...
Sep 07, 2016
Former NHLer recalls fishermen lost off Newfoundland:'They just loved the water'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former NHLer Terry Ryan laughed through tears Wednesday, recalling how playing ball hockey with fishermen now lost off Newfoundland made him feel like the superstar he might h...
Sep 07, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Sept. 7
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CANADIANS FINDINGS IT HARD TO SAVE: SURVEY A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financ...
Sep 07, 2016
Half of working Canadians living paycheque to paycheque, says survey
TORONTO - A new poll suggests that about half of working Canadians would be hard-pressed to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed for a week. The survey released Wednesday by...
Sep 07, 2016
Toronto area's home sales, average prices hit record highs in August
TORONTO - Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area hit a record last month as fewer homeowners put their properties up for sale, the city’s real estate board said Wednesday. The Toronto Real Estat...
Sep 07, 2016
Bank of Canada raises concerns about economy, holds interest rate at 0.5%
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada struck a note of caution Wednesday as it held its key interest rate target steady at 0.5 per cent and raised concerns after the export sector disappointed earlier this year...
Sep 07, 2016
Ottawa to invest $93.7 million in ocean research centre headquartered in Halifax
HALIFAX - Ocean research on Canada’s East Coast received a major boost Tuesday when the federal government announced nearly $94 million in funding over seven years for a new institute based at D...
Sep 06, 2016
Saskatchewan miners briefly stuck underground after small earthquake
ROCANVILLE, Sask. - Some people were shaken awake and some miners stuck underground in southeast Saskatchewan when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit early Monday morning. Earthquakes Canada said it happe...
Sep 06, 2016