Category Archives: Canada
Family hires private investigators to probe Barry and Honey Sherman's deaths
TORONTO - The family of a billionaire philanthropist couple found dead earlier this month has hired a team of former homicide detectives to investigate the deaths deemed “suspicious’ by po...
Dec 28, 2017
Chill in Yukon, need for volunteers in B.C., complicate annual bird counts
VANCOUVER - Bird enthusiasts in Yukon are battling the cold to conduct an annual Christmas bird count, while organizers of a yearly eagle tally in British Columbia are searching for new people to help...
Dec 28, 2017
No damage reported after 4.1 magnitude earthquake north of Ottawa
MONTREAL - Natural Resources Canada recorded a 4.1 magnitude earthquake Thursday under the La Verendrye wildlife reserve about 200 kilometres north of Ottawa. It says there were no reports of damage a...
Dec 28, 2017
Ontario's carbon pricing future uncertain between cap and trade and carbon tax
TORONTO - Ontario’s first year of carbon pricing brought in nearly $2 billion, but uncertainty looms over the program’s future as the province faces an election in 2018 that could see its ...
Dec 28, 2017
Arson suspected in fire at Aboriginal fisherman's lobster pound in N.S.
DIGBY, N.S. - The Mounties say a Christmas Day fire at an Aboriginal-owned lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia is considered to be an arson. Const. Jennifer Clarke said the fire marshal’s ...
Dec 28, 2017
Police find owner of Pepsi machine abandoned in New Brunswick potato field
ST. LEONARD, N.B. - Police say they’ve found the owner of a wayward Pepsi machine discovered in a New Brunswick potato field. The vending machine was one of two found abandoned in a field southw...
Dec 28, 2017
Wrapping paper, tape, gift bags lead to more trash produced over holidays
OTTAWA - Canadians will send 100,000 elephants worth of wrapping paper to the dump this year and Christmas presents are a big culprit. Zero Waste Canada, a Vancouver-based advocacy group, estimates ea...
Dec 28, 2017
Emergency call-takers at B.C.'s 911 centre report top-10 list of nuisance calls
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s largest emergency call centre has released its list of nuisance calls for 2017 and while the collection may sound amusing, those answering the phone say it also hi...
Dec 28, 2017
Disabled Canadians forced to hire lawyers by federal benefits tribunal
OTTAWA - Some disabled Canadians fighting for government benefits are being forced by a federal tribunal to hire lawyers, a move that has baffled advocates and appears to fly in the face of Liberal pl...
Dec 28, 2017
One dead, several hurt after vehicle with Manitoba plates crashes in B.C.
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - One person is dead and four others are in hospital after a three-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia. RCMP say the collision happened around noon Wednesday...
Dec 28, 2017
