Category Archives: Canada
Canadian home sales gain ground in September, but down from year ago mark
OTTAWA - The number of homes sold in September climbed for the second month in a row after a slowdown earlier this year that was led by a cooling in the Toronto market. Canadian Real Estate Associatio...
Oct 13, 2017
Sickboy podcast tackles illness, disease with humour: 'I'm not going to stop'
HALIFAX - Jeremie Saunders doesn’t balk at what he describes as his “expiry date.” The 29-year-old lives with cystic fibrosis, and has made a point of talking - and laughing - about ...
Oct 13, 2017
Freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle demands his kidnappers be brought to justice
TORONTO - Former Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle has demanded that his kidnappers be brought to justice for the “murder” of his infant daughter and the rape of his wife while they were in ca...
Oct 13, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, Oct. 13
Five stories in the news for Friday, Oct. 13 --- PM TRUDEAU TO WRAP UP MEXICAN VISIT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concludes his first official visit to Mexico today with a speech to the country’...
Oct 13, 2017
Trudeau tells Mexico's Senate that gender equality is a key to prosperity
MEXICO CITY - Justin Trudeau issued a progressive call to arms Friday, urging lawmakers in Mexico’s most populous city to embrace and promote the rights of workers and women as an antidote to th...
Oct 13, 2017
Small cities and their malls brace for pending Sears store closures
VANCOUVER - At Heritage Place Mall in Owen Sound, Ont., an empty Sears department store would leave a mammoth void. The insolvent retailer is one of the mall’s largest occupants. More than 60 pe...
Oct 13, 2017
Alberta boosts funding to Calgary veterinarian program, cuts ties with WCVM
CALGARY - The Alberta government is bumping up funding for more spaces at the University of Calgary’s veterinary medicine program. Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt says the province wi...
Oct 12, 2017
No injuries in Quebec train derailment
LAVAL, Que. - Four empty cars from a derailed freight train plunged into a river Thursday night in Laval, Que. The derailment happened at about 9 p.m. near the entrance to the Sophie-Masson bridge, wh...
Oct 12, 2017
Saskatchewan NDP reviewing sex assault allegation against former candidate
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democrats are investigating an allegation from a young party member who says she was harassed and sexually assaulted by a party insider. Interim NDP leader Nicole Sarauer say...
Oct 12, 2017
Ex-Mulroney spokesman back on Quebec TV after joke about hunting separatists
MONTREAL - The former spokesman for Brian Mulroney who was suspended from a TV show after joking on air about hunting Quebec separatists returned to his job Thursday. Luc Lavoie rejoined the other pun...
Oct 12, 2017
