Category Archives: Canada
Passenger rights group suing transport watchdog, airline over tarmac delay case
OTTAWA - An airline passenger rights advocate is suing the Canadian Transportation Agency and Air Transat over an incident last summer in which hundreds of people were left stranded in planes on the t...
Jan 04, 2018
Soulpepper allegations spur boycott talk among actors, patrons
Toronto’s renowned Soulpepper Theatre Company underwent a shakeup Thursday with several resignations and calls for a boycott in the wake of sexual assault and harassment allegations against foun...
Jan 04, 2018
Toronto realtors close 2017 with weak sales, small price increase in December
TORONTO - The Greater Toronto Area real estate market closed out 2017 with a big drop in December home sales, which were down 7.1 per cent from the previous year and down nearly 33 per cent from Novem...
Jan 04, 2018
'Very intense' storm shuts schools, offices across Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - A massive and powerful storm pummelled Atlantic Canada on Thursday, shutting down everything from schools to bridges as wind, rain and snow thrashed the region. “This is a very large, ...
Jan 04, 2018
Sixty years later, O'Ree marks anniversary of breaking NHL's colour barrier
FREDERICTON - When Willie O’Ree donned a Boston Bruins jersey and jumped onto the ice at the Montreal Forum on Jan. 18, 1958, he had no idea he was making history. Just a decade after Jackie Rob...
Jan 04, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 4
Eight stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 4 --- FATHER CHARGED IN DEATHS OF B.C. SISTERS The father of two girls who were found dead in a Victoria-area home on Christmas Day has been charged with t...
Jan 04, 2018
Quebecers still have vivid memories of 1998 ice storm
MONTREAL - The freezing drizzle had already been falling for four days when Normand Chaput left his home in St-Hyacinthe, Que., on Jan. 9, 1998. Throughout the inclement weather, the Hydro-Quebec line...
Jan 04, 2018
What consumers should know about the romaine lettuce-linked E. coli outbreak
TORONTO - Since mid-November, dozens of people have become ill and two people have died in Canada and the U.S. due to infection with E. coli 0157:H7, which has been linked in this country to contamina...
Jan 04, 2018
New rules for wood-burning appliances in Montreal, two decades after ice storm
Montreal’s strict, new rules regarding wood-burning appliances are set to kick in this year, two decades after the heating systems regained popularity in the aftermath of the crippling 1998 ice ...
Jan 04, 2018
'Knees together' judge should be able to practise law again: written submission
CALGARY - The lawyer for a former judge who asked why a rape complainant didn’t resist by keeping her knees together is arguing that a “lack of sensitivity” at the time is no reason ...
Jan 04, 2018
