Category Archives: Canada
Here are five things to know about Finance Minister Bill Morneau's wealth
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s credibility has come under attack for his decision not to put his substantial assets in a blind trust after he was named to cabinet in November 2015. The...
Oct 18, 2017
Raise age to buy cigarettes in Ontario to 21, tax them higher, report recommends
TORONTO - Ontario should raise taxes on cigarettes, ban anyone under 21 from buying them and impose a levy on tobacco companies, a government-commissioned report is recommending. The report suggests w...
Oct 18, 2017
QuickQuotes on Quebec's religious neurality law
MONTREAL - The Quebec national assembly passed a religious neutrality bill Wednesday that will oblige citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state services. Some quotes on the law:...
Oct 18, 2017
Bobcaygeon honours late Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie with candlelight vigil
BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - When Dave Bailey first heard last year that Gord Downie had terminal brain cancer, he knew he needed to head to Bobcaygeon, Ont., after the Tragically Hip frontman died. The Pickeri...
Oct 18, 2017
What you need to know about the use of ammonia at Canadian arenas
The suspected ammonia leak that killed three people in Fernie, B.C., has shone a spotlight on the chemical so often used as a cooling agent in Canadian arenas. Accidents involving the chemical are not...
Oct 18, 2017
Quebec father-son duo hope to rise to the occasion in international bake-off
MONTREAL - Laurent Agliata jokes he has flour, not blood, running through his veins. And beginning Sunday, the third-generation baker from Montreal will get a chance to prove it as he and his 22-year-...
Oct 18, 2017
Alberta says Health Canada approves safe injection sites in Edmonton, Lethbridge
Edmonton and Lethbridge are the first cities in Alberta to get Health Canada approval to offer safe injection sites for opioid drugs. Alberta Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne said the decision w...
Oct 18, 2017
'It's over for us:' Retrial in Candace Derksen's death ends in acquittal
WINNIPEG - The killing of a Winnipeg teenager 33 years ago that gripped the Manitoba capital is once again an open legal question. Mark Edward Grant, a man with a long criminal history originally conv...
Oct 18, 2017
Suicidal motorist who badly injured woman given jail break on appeal
TORONTO - A man who badly injured a woman when he tried to kill himself by driving his car into a hydro pole has had his jail sentence effectively cut in half. In finding the sentencing judge had gone...
Oct 18, 2017
Tragically Hip fans bask in celebration and sadness at Gord Downie memorials
KINGSTON, Ont. - What began as a subdued memorial for Gord Downie organized by city officials in his Kingston, Ont. hometown erupted into an improvised candlelight vigil on Wednesday night with reside...
Oct 18, 2017
