Category Archives: Canada
2018 home sales in B.C. expected to decline, but prices climb, economists say
VANCOUVER - An upward trend in housing prices isn’t expected to significantly change in British Columbia despite an anticipated slowdown in sales this year, economists say. The B.C. Real Estate ...
Jan 03, 2018
Toronto looking into opening armoury to help deal with homeless seeking shelter
Toronto is revisiting a shelved proposal to use a federal armoury to cope with unprecedented demand on its homeless shelter system, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. John Tory and members of coun...
Jan 03, 2018
Case against Joshua Boyle, former Afghan captive, adjourned until Monday
OTTAWA - Joshua Boyle, the former Afghanistan hostage who now finds himself behind bars in Canada facing a battery of serious criminal charges, will have to wait at least a few more days to find out i...
Jan 03, 2018
Indigenous urban business initiatives growing as demographics shift
CALGARY - Bulldozers and excavators are cutting a broad swath through the reserve land of the Tsuut’ina in southwest Calgary as part of a transformative project gets underway. The push to finish...
Jan 03, 2018
Snowmobilers rescue moose buried neck-deep in snow in western Newfoundland
DEER LAKE, N.L. - A group of snowmobilers pulled out their shovels to free a stuck moose after spotting its head poking out of freshly fallen snow in western Newfoundland. Jonathan Anstey, who owns a ...
Jan 03, 2018
Nova Scotia premier says middle-class tax cut largest in province's history
HALIFAX - More than half of Nova Scotians are getting a tax break as what Premier Stephen McNeil calls the largest tax cut in the province's history takes effect this week. The tax cut took effect Mon...
Jan 03, 2018
Crews rescue boy suffering signs of appendicitis on cruise
MIAMI - The United States Coast Guard rescued a 12-year-old Canadian boy who was suffering from symptoms of appendicitis while on a cruise ship. Coast Guard officials said in a news release that a MH-...
Jan 03, 2018
A chronology of Joshua Boyle and his family
Canadian Joshua Boyle, his American wife Caitlan Coleman and their three young children were released from captivity last October, five years after the couple disappeared in Afghanistan. Here is a tim...
Jan 03, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 3
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 3 --- EX-HOSTAGE JOSHUA BOYLE FACING 15 CHARGES A Canadian man recently freed with his wife and young children after years of being held hostage in Afghanis...
Jan 03, 2018
Hockey royalty shows up in force to pay tribute to legendary Leaf Johnny Bower
TORONTO - Fans and a Who’s Who of hockey remembered Johnny Bower as a great goaltender and a better man Wednesday. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Hall of Famers Yvan Cournoyer, Red Kelly, Fra...
Jan 03, 2018
