Category Archives: Canada

Montreal's real estate market sizzled in 2017 with sales hitting 10-year high
Montreal was one of Canada’s hottest real estate markets last year as low unemployment and economic growth translated into the area’s best sales growth in a decade. Total sales in the Grea...
Kayla Derkach Jan 08, 2018

In the news today, Jan. 8
Five stories in the news for Monday, Jan. 8 --- AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN AMONG FOUR DEAD IN NOVA SCOTIA HOUSE FIRE The close knit fishing village of Pubnico Head, Nova Scotia has been shaken to its core ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 08, 2018

Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle due back in court next Monday
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle made a brief video appearance in an Ottawa court Monday on a string of assault charges. Clad in orange coveralls, Boyle said little during the short he...
Kayla Derkach Jan 08, 2018

Harding not perfect but reasonable: lawyer for one of Lac-Megantic accused
SHERBROOKE, Que. - The engineer of the train that derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic didn’t act perfectly the night of the tragedy, but he acted reasonably, his lawyer said ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 08, 2018

Stigma a major issue for Canadians living with dementia, says Alzheimer Society
TORONTO - When Roger Marple was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease just over two years ago at age 57 - and after the initial shock had worn off - he made up his mind to live the best...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2018
Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend extradited to Canada to face murder charge
Police say a Canadian man arrested in the U.S. and charged in the death of his ex-girlfriend last spring has been escorted back to southwestern Ontario. Ager Hasan, 24, is accused of second-degree mur...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2018

'Genius,' 'Not crazy': Trump allies line up to declare president mentally sound
WASHINGTON - Allies of Donald Trump have lined up to defend his mental stability in the face of a tell-all-style book that says his entire entourage views the U.S. president as unwell, compares him to...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2018

Male MPs must work to combat sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill: Cullen
OTTAWA - Male MPs must help to usher in a culture change on Parliament Hill and combat sexual misconduct, says veteran NDP MP Nathan Cullen, who is looking to work with colleagues of all stripes to ad...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2018

Asylum contingency plan could be put to test as Salvadorans learn fate in U.S.
OTTAWA - The federal government’s contingency plans for a new surge of asylum seekers at the border this winter could be put to the test with the pending U.S. decision on the fate of as many as ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2018

Blizzard leaves people in Iqaluit without city services, including water delivery
IQALUIT, Nunavut - City officials in Iqaluit suspended all municipal services this weekend until further notice due to extreme weather conditions. The services, which include water that’s trucke...
Kayla Derkach Jan 07, 2018

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