Category Archives: Canada
Privatizing Ontario electricity companies would help lower rates: report
TORONTO - One of the largest chambers of commerce in Canada is calling for wider privatization of electricity distribution companies to increase competitiveness in an attempt to drive down costly Onta...
Nov 28, 2017
Trudeau makes apologies his dad wouldn't for historic injustices
OTTAWA - When it comes to politics, Justin Trudeau has demonstrated repeatedly that he’s not his father’s son - and he’ll do it again today when he offers an official apology for mem...
Nov 28, 2017
'A role for humour in reconciliation:' Walking Eagle satire news site taking off
WINNIPEG - The name, perhaps, is the place to start. “It’s a very corny old joke,” said Tim Fontaine, the man behind a new and increasingly popular Indigenous online news satire site...
Nov 28, 2017
Canadian man accused in Yahoo hack pleads guilty in American court
A Canadian man pleaded guilty in an American court Tuesday to nine charges stemming from a massive breach at Yahoo that authorities said was directed by Russian intelligence agents and affected about ...
Nov 28, 2017
Argos celebrate improbable CFL championship win at rally in Toronto
TORONTO - Cheering fans and jubilant members of the Argonauts packed Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square on Tuesday as the team celebrated its CFL-record 17th Grey Cup win. Veteran quarterback Rick...
Nov 28, 2017
Cops recorded mocking woman with Down syndrome plead guilty to misconduct
TORONTO - Two Toronto police constables who were recorded mocking a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome last year have learned a “valuable yet shameful lesson,” a police prosecutor told a...
Nov 28, 2017
Highway 401 crash in eastern Ontario leaves 2 dead, 4 in hospital
PRESCOTT, Ont. - Two people were killed and four others injured late Monday in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario. The OPP says according to its preliminary investigation, two tra...
Nov 27, 2017
Michelle Obama and Joe Biden in Toronto for separate speaking engagements
TORONTO - Two prominent figures in U.S. politics were north of the border in Toronto on Tuesday for separate speaking engagements that were both closed to the media. Former first lady Michelle Obama s...
Nov 27, 2017
Green party celebrates 'absolutely astounding' win in Prince Edward Island
CHARLOTTETOWN - The Green party has pulled off an unprecedented electoral victory in P.E.I., doubling its standings in the legislature and potentially signalling a surprising shift in the political la...
Nov 27, 2017
Alberta man accused of killing friend's family says friend did it, not him
RED DEER, Alta. - One of two men charged with shooting three people, then burning their house down, continues to maintain he had nothing to do with it. Joshua Frank and Jason Klaus are charged with fi...
Nov 27, 2017
