Category Archives: Canada
In the news today, Dec. 12
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 12 --- LIBERALS CAPTURE THREE OF FOUR BYELECTIONS Justin Trudeau’s Liberals scored another byelection upset Monday, taking the B.C. riding of South Surr...
Dec 12, 2017
Jury begins deliberation in murder trial for presumed death of Laura Babcock
TORONTO - The case against two men accused of killing a young Toronto woman whose body has not been found was put to the jury on Tuesday with the judge reminding jurors to rely on the circumstantial e...
Dec 12, 2017
'I don't remember getting into a bed,' man charged with sex assault testifies
BARRIE, Ont. - A man accused of sexually assaulting an Ontario woman while she slept last year suggested his genitals may have accidentally come in contact with hers that night after he mistakenly cli...
Dec 12, 2017
Summer tanager migrates the wrong way, delighting Vancouver bird watchers
VANCOUVER - Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia’s Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend. Saturday&...
Dec 12, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at child care costs in some of Canada's biggest cities
OTTAWA - How much does it cost to send a child to daycare in your city? A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looks at the fees parents pay for daycare. Some of the findings: M...
Dec 11, 2017
Liberals child care spending faces uphill slog to tackle high fees, report shows
OTTAWA - A new report shows child care costs are rising faster than inflation, straining pocketbooks and raising questions about whether billions in new federal spending will make daycare more afforda...
Dec 11, 2017
Toronto library board revising room-booking policy after controversial memorial
TORONTO - The Toronto Public Library board voted Monday evening in favour of changing its rental policy following a controversial memorial at a west-end branch this summer. The memorial was held in Ju...
Dec 11, 2017
A chronology of events in the Site C dam project in British Columbia
VICTORIA - A chronology of events in British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric dam project: Late 1950s: The location for a third dam on the Peace River is first looked at after the locations of WA...
Dec 11, 2017
Alberta boy, 6, honoured for quick action after diabetic mother collapses
EDMONTON - A six-year-old boy has been commended for his quick response when his diabetic mother collapsed in their Edmonton home earlier this year. Ronan Male squirted a juice box into his mom’...
Dec 11, 2017
Crown to appeal stay against man accused in 'Surrey Six' murder case
VICTORIA - The Crown is appealing a judge’s decision to stay a murder charge against a man at a trial stemming from the murders of six people in Surrey, B.C. Jamie Bacon was charged with one cou...
Dec 11, 2017
