Category Archives: Canada
CCPA report calls for expansion of pension regulations
OTTAWA - A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends that payments to shareholders such as dividends and share buybacks by companies should be limited if their pension plans are...
Nov 21, 2017
'The piano has a story': Musical relic with scars from Halifax Explosion on sale
HALIFAX - A musical relic that survived one of Halifax’s darkest days with only minor scars is going up for sale. Lois Miller says her grandfather bought a Stohlman New York piano from Phinney&#...
Nov 21, 2017
Halifax man strangled off-duty cop, disposed of body with compost bin, jury told
HALIFAX - A Halifax man accused of killing an off-duty police officer “heard her last breaths” as he strangled her and later dumped her body using a green compost bin, a Crown attorney tol...
Nov 21, 2017
In the news today, Nov. 21
Seven stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 20 --- FEDS ON ALERT AFTER U.S. DECISION ON HAITIANS A decision to end a temporary residency permits for almost 60,000 Haitians in the United States has the ...
Nov 21, 2017
Montreal's Grevin wax museum unveils sculpture of Justin Trudeau
MONTREAL - Instead of having to elbow through a crowd of fawning denizens to get a snapshot of Justin Trudeau, fans of the 23rd prime minister can now take their time for a selfie with their favourite...
Nov 21, 2017
Quebec finance minister announces personal income tax cuts
Quebec’s finance minister announced personal income tax cuts and increased funds for health and education on Tuesday and immediately denied the moves had anything to do with next year’s pr...
Nov 21, 2017
Word-flipping Victoria boy gets William Shatner's support for invented word
VANCOUVER - When six-year-old Levi Budd saw the word stop on a sign, he created the word pots. Before long, he was imagining words backwards and coming up with rats from star and pets from step. The i...
Nov 21, 2017
Police: Body of Quebec man missing in northern California found
ARCATA, Calif. - The body of a young man from Sherbrooke, Que., who had been missing for two weeks in northern California, has been found. According to police in Arcata, the body of 25-year-old Felix ...
Nov 20, 2017
Michael Redhill wins $100K Giller Prize for 'Bellevue Square'
TORONTO - For more than a decade now, Toronto author Michael Redhill has been publishing mystery novels under the pseudonym Inger Ash Wolfe, but on Monday it was a piece of literary fiction bearing hi...
Nov 20, 2017
Calgary decides to stay in the game for possible 2026 Olympic Games bid
Calgary is continuing down the road of bidding for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at least until the next off-ramp. City council voted Monday to spend up to $2 million more on work towards a p...
Nov 20, 2017
