Category Archives: Canada
Travel startup for DIY bookers shuts down in Ont. over regulator concerns
A new website that lets travellers bypass travel agents and pocket commissions has ceased operations in Ontario after the province’s travel regulator claimed the site violates provincial laws. T...
Oct 23, 2017
New chemical cocktails found in Hudson Bay polar bears
New tests have found a wide range of previously undiscovered contaminants in polar bears around Hudson Bay. The new study complicates our understanding of the complex cocktail of chemicals the bears a...
Oct 23, 2017
Missing Ontario woman killed for role in love triangle, court hears
TORONTO - A Toronto woman who vanished five years ago was murdered - and her remains burned - for being the odd woman out in a love triangle, court heard Monday. Crown attorney Jill Cameron laid out t...
Oct 23, 2017
Neighbourhoods north of Edmonton allowed to go home after CN train derails
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Residents from dozens of homes who had to leave their homes on Sunday after a train carrying crude derailed north of Edmonton were quickly allowed to return. CN Rail says 12 rail c...
Oct 22, 2017
Judge praises sex-assault victim, sentences woman's former supervisor
HALIFAX - He was her supervisor and sexually abused her for months - repeatedly groping her and making sexual comments, all under the guise of joking around. Now a 51-year-old Halifax man has been sen...
Oct 22, 2017
Liberals accused of diabetes tax grab with apparent benefit clawback
OTTAWA - Health groups joined forces on Sunday with the Conservative opposition to accuse the Liberal government of trying to raise tax revenue on the backs of vulnerable diabetics. The accusation ope...
Oct 22, 2017
Quebec justice minister promises to clarify rules surrounding face-covering ban
QUEBEC - In light of the escalating debate surrounding Quebec’s religious neutrality bill, the government will publish the rules on how it will be applied, the province’s justice minister ...
Oct 22, 2017
Trudeau tributes slain soldier for Parliament Hill attack's third anniversary
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the third anniversary of the terrorist attack at the National War Memorial by calling on Canadians to pay tribute to the soldier who was killed. Cpl. Nath...
Oct 22, 2017
Mother of Canadian man missing in Peru since September says he may have been abducted
A Canadian woman who is searching for her missing son in Peru says that authorities in the country are considering the possibility that her son was abducted. Alisa Clamen, a Montreal resident, said he...
Oct 22, 2017
Residents forced from homes due to ammonia leak in Fernie, B.C. allowed to return
FERNIE, B.C. - Nearly 100 people forced from their homes by a deadly ammonia leak at an ice rink in Fernie, B.C., have been allowed to return. Fernie fire Chief Ted Ruiter said on Sunday that lab test...
Oct 22, 2017
