Category Archives: Canada

Calgary says it will pay a third of $555-million arena for Flames
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames and their city are taking their negotiations public on a new NHL arena projected to cost $555 million. The city proposed paying a one-third share of $185 million, with Cal...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

Toronto-Montreal in 39 minutes? Hyperloop judges say this route is a winner
The Toronto-Montreal corridor has taken the prize as one of the strongest candidates in the world for a hyperloop system that could cut travel time between the cities from five hours to just 39 minute...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Disclosure dispute sorted: Ontario gas plants trial now slated for Sept. 22
TORONTO - The long-awaited gas plants trial of two top aides to Ontario’s former premier will start hearing evidence next Friday. Defence and prosecution told court they had hammered out their d...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

Missing Quebec boy found alive in Ontario
MONTREAL - A six-year-old boy who had gone missing along with his father after the child’s mother was found dead in Quebec has been found safe in Ontario, police said Friday. The man and his son...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
The Franklin story has always been at the centre of a historical tug of war
GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - Full fathom five John Franklin’s ship lies and of its bones are stories made. With apologies to William Shakespeare, few shipwreck tales have seen as much sea-change as th...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Freeland to walk a fine line on Suu Kyi in address to pro-Rohingya rally
OTTAWA - Canada has been reluctant to overtly blame Aung San Suu Kyi for the violence against her country’s Muslim minority because it believes Myanmar’s military is using it to undermine ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Team probes death of man who fell from overpass after police arrived on scene
SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 27-year-old man who fell from a highway overpass after officers arrived on scene to deal with a possible dispute. A S...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Home sales expected to drop in 2018 to lowest level in three years, says CREA
MONTREAL - Canadian home sales are expected to drop to their lowest level in three years in 2018, driven largely by a decline in Ontario, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday. The associat...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Evacuees start heading home to Pelican Narrows in northern Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - Residents of Pelican Narrows in northern Saskatchewan have begun returning to their homes after being forced out of the community by wildfires at the end of August. Buses loaded up residen...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017
Household debt-to-disposable income ratio climbs to record in second quarter
OTTAWA - The amount Canadians owe compared with their disposable income hit a record high in the second quarter as per capita household net worth inched lower. Statistics Canada said Friday household ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 15, 2017

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