Category Archives: Canada
Security concerns sink plans for Calgary nudist swim at public pool
CALGARY - An escalating debate over a nudist swim at a public swimming pool has prompted the City of Calgary to cancel the event over concerns about security. “We’ve had a review completed...
Jan 11, 2018
Soulpepper Theatre Company set to stage its next show after Schultz allegations
TORONTO - The show will go on at the Toronto-based Soulpepper Theatre Company. On Saturday, just over a week after four actresses filed separate lawsuits against the company and its founding artistic ...
Jan 11, 2018
Member of Ontario crime family stalked by multiple people before murder: police
Hamilton police say multiple people using four different vehicles were involved in stalking a member of a notorious Ontario crime family in the days before his murder last year. Homicide detectives sa...
Jan 11, 2018
Team Canada may be missing NHLers but will be long on character in Pyeongchang
A year ago, Canadian forward Wojtek Wolski was in a hospital bed recovering from surgery on a broken neck. Today, he is an Olympian. “I look at the picture of me in the hospital and can’t ...
Jan 11, 2018
Nova Scotia says it will boost role of Acadian, black voters: 'Definitely a win'
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it will introduce a new law to make it easier for Acadian and black candidates to get elected in certain ridings. Government house leader Geoff MacLellan said...
Jan 11, 2018
Government workers angry, frustrated, as they try to report Phoenix overpayments
OTTAWA - Federal government workers who’ve been overpaid through the troubled Phoenix pay system are voicing frustration with a plan to report the overpayments in order to avoid costly tax impli...
Jan 11, 2018
Quebec woman who had arms and legs amputated after crash undergoes more surgery
MONTREAL - A young Quebec woman whose arms and legs were amputated following a car crash on Christmas Day underwent further surgery this week to remove more of her right leg, her sister said Thursday....
Jan 11, 2018
Anonymous donor gives Centre for Addiction and Mental Health $100M for research
TORONTO - Canada’s largest mental health hospital has been given $100 million from an anonymous donor, with the goal of developing cures for psychiatric conditions that affect almost seven milli...
Jan 11, 2018
A seven-step guide to what does, doesn't happen if Trump starts NAFTA pullout
WASHINGTON - As NAFTA talks enter their most sensitive phase, a fever of speculation has broken out about whether Donald Trump might soon announce his intention to withdraw from NAFTA - and it’s...
Jan 11, 2018
Lin-Manuel Miranda praises 'utterly talented' 'Come From Away' creators
Lin-Manuel Miranda of the Broadway smash “Hamilton” has shared effusive praise for the “utterly talented” creators of the Tony Award-winning Canadian show “Come From Away...
Jan 11, 2018
