Category Archives: Canada
Wolverine fans hoping for a Marvel-ous tourism attraction for Fort McMurray
A raging wildfire known as “The Beast” forced all of Fort McMurray’s 80,000 residents to flee in 2016 and now comic-book fans are lobbying for a statue of another beast to be built a...
Dec 24, 2017
Brent Hawkes, pastor who officiated Canada's first legal gay marriages, retires
TORONTO - The well-known Toronto pastor who officiated Canada’s first legally recognized same-sex marriages is delivering his final sermon today. Rev. Brent Hawkes, who is also known for officia...
Dec 24, 2017
CannabisWise program to ease consumer concerns ahead of legalization
VANCOUVER - Marijuana consumers are likely to have a flood of options when pot becomes legal next summer and now a not-for-profit group is stepping in to help determine which products to trust. The Na...
Dec 24, 2017
Ontario ticket takes Saturday night's $17 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - The $17 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw went to a ticket holder in Ontario. There were also five guaranteed prizes of $1 million each up for grabs. Two were claimed ...
Dec 24, 2017
CN worker dies after being injured in rail yard in Saskatchewan
MELVILLE, Sask. - A Canadian National Railway employee has died after being injured in a railway yard in Saskatchewan. CN (TSX:CNR) spokesman Patrick Waldron says in an email that the employee was fat...
Dec 23, 2017
Ontario police investigating after Christmas decorations are stolen from homes
DELHI, Ont. - Police are warning residents of a community in southwestern Ontario that a group of Grinches has been stealing Christmas decorations from people’s homes. Ontario Provincial Police ...
Dec 23, 2017
Homeless man returns mistakenly donated diamond ring to B.C. woman
NANAIMO, B.C. - A cherished diamond ring has been returned to a woman in British Columbia, thanks to the dogged work of a homeless man on Vancouver Island. Trinda Gajek was visiting Nanaimo last week ...
Dec 23, 2017
Halifax police end search for runaway pig after hamming it up on social media
HALIFAX - Police say they believe a wayward pig has made it home after roaming around Dartmouth, N.S. Halifax Regional Police tweeted on Saturday that the force is ending its search for the owners of ...
Dec 23, 2017
Crystal Castles songwriter being investigated by police sex crimes unit
Toronto police say musician Ethan Kath, the producer and songwriter for the band Crystal Castles, is being investigated by the Sex Crimes Unit. Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook says she can’t share a...
Dec 23, 2017
Atlantic Canada to be hit by back-to-back storms over the holidays:meteorologist
HALIFAX - A meteorologist with Environment Canada says the East Coast is in for back-to-back winter storms over the holidays. Jean-Marc Couturier said vast swaths of Atlantic Canada are expected to se...
Dec 23, 2017
