Category Archives: Canada
Meal replacement company Soylent has imports blocked in Canada
Soylent, the meal replacement drink that’s been called both “the future of food” in breathless headlines and “the end of food” by the New Yorker, can no longer be sold in...
Oct 25, 2017
Lawyers for Quebec City mosque shooting suspect oppose release of warrants
QUEBEC - Lawyers for a man accused of killing six men at a mosque in Quebec City last January are appealing a lower court decision to have certain confidential documents made accessible to the media. ...
Oct 25, 2017
'We deserve to know why:' Questions remain as man sentenced for killing wife
REGINA - A Saskatchewan man who has never explained why he shot and killed his wife was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance at parole for 17 years. John Strang was originally charged ...
Oct 25, 2017
'Very risky': Low-flying helicopter pilot didn't see cables before deadly crash
A caffeine-fuelled helicopter pilot who flew low along the treetops of a picturesque New Brunswick river likely never saw unmarked power lines before a 2016 crash that killed a prominent Quebec singer...
Oct 25, 2017
Bill Morneau to talk to ethics watchdog about his personal fortune
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he will go out of his way to reassure Canadians his personal fortune will not get in the way of his job, but his political rivals are not about to let thing...
Oct 25, 2017
Bill shelved by Nova Scotia legislature is no attempt to hide assets:official
HALIFAX - A church official says there was nothing “nefarious” about a proposed bill to reorganize the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth that was shelved by a committee of the...
Oct 25, 2017
Regulator criticizes Halifax doctor for advertising 'fat melting' treatment
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia doctor has been criticized by the province’s medical regulator for describing his treatments as capable of melting fat. Dr. Christian Hackshaw is also cited in the Sept. ...
Oct 25, 2017
Bank of Canada holds rate, suggests more hikes likely at more cautious pace
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday following two straight hikes but suggested future increases are still likely, albeit at a more gradual pace. In its sch...
Oct 25, 2017
Carleton University can reclaim $500k in pension paid to dead prof: court
Carleton University has won the right to reclaim roughly $500,000 in pension payments made to a former professor who was missing for years before his remains were found in the woods near his Quebec ho...
Oct 25, 2017
Census: Home ownership rates take historic dip as more Canadians opt to rent
OTTAWA - Not everyone wants to own a home these days, Evan Siddall concedes - not even his own millennial-age son. For the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., that’s really saying som...
Oct 25, 2017
