Category Archives: Canada
Ontario to tackle ticket scalper bots, home warranties, real estate rules
TORONTO - Ontario is seeking to strengthen consumer protection rules around home warranties, ticket sales, real estate practices, and travel services in an omnibus bill introduced Thursday. Changes to...
Oct 05, 2017
Technology companies clash on cross-border flow of digital data under NAFTA
OTTAWA - Some Canadian information technology companies are pushing back at warnings that the personal information of Canadians is being compromised in the renegotiation of the North American Free Tra...
Oct 05, 2017
Canadian shot in head at Vegas concert begins long trip home
LAS VEGAS - Braden Matejka, a Canadian who was shot in the head in the weekend attack on a country music festival, left Las Vegas Wednesday on a 22-hour road trip back home. Matejka, a heavy duty mech...
Oct 05, 2017
Calgary opens up drive-thru voting booth for its municipal election
CALGARY - That’ll be one mayor and two aldermen, but sorry, no fries with that. Less than two weeks before Calgary’s municipal election, the city has opened up a drive-thru voting booth at...
Oct 04, 2017
Heartfelt: watching hockey could affect fans with cardiovascular disease: study
TORONTO - With hockey season now underway, here’s something for fans to take to heart: a new study suggests the excitement of watching one’s favourite team, either live or on TV, can have ...
Oct 04, 2017
Oilers honour victims of Edmonton truck attack before home opener against Flames
EDMONTON - An Edmonton police officer attacked last weekend was honoured by the Oilers ahead of their home opener against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Constable Michael Chernyk received a st...
Oct 04, 2017
Toronto city council votes against renaming stadium after late mayor Rob Ford
Toronto city council has voted against naming a stadium after former mayor Rob Ford. Council voted 24-11 against renaming the stadium at Centennial Park after Ford, who died in March 2016 at the age o...
Oct 04, 2017
Female prisoners escape prison, recaptured in downtown escape room
EDMONTON - Looking for escaped convicts? Try an escape room. That was the scenario earlier this week when two female prisoners jumped a fence and went on the lam from the Edmonton Institution for Wome...
Oct 04, 2017
RCMP national security unit seeks public video, pictures of Edmonton attack
EDMONTON - The RCMP unit that investigates threats to national security is asking citizens to share any video or pictures they have of the attacks on Saturday in Edmonton that injured a police officer...
Oct 04, 2017
Sears Canada assessing revised bid, receives creditor protection extension
TORONTO - Sears Canada has just over a week to assess another revised bid from a buyer group led by its executive chairman as its lenders press for liquidation of the embattled retailer that could sta...
Oct 04, 2017
