Category Archives: Canada
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...
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 ...
Sep 15, 2017
New Brunswick creates Crown corporation to oversee marijuana sales
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government has created a new Crown corporation to oversee the sale of recreational marijuana, and signed deals with two suppliers. Finance Minister Cathy Rogers said Fr...
Sep 15, 2017
Federal politicians get taste of N.L. hospitality after ending up in wrong house
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Some federal politicians got a taste of Newfoundland’s storied hospitality when they wandered into the wrong home and were invited to stay for refreshments. Liberal MP S...
Sep 15, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, Sept. 15
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 15 --- AMBER ALERT ISSUED FOR QUEBEC BOY Quebec provincial police say the discovery of a woman’s body in a home in Saint-Eustache, Que., may be conne...
Sep 15, 2017
Calgary city council suspends public art program after controversies
Calgary city council has voted unanimously to put the public art program on hold pending a review. The controversial program has been a lightning rod for public outrage in recent years. The policy req...
Sep 14, 2017
Quebec provincial police issue Amber Alert for missing six-year-old boy
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Quebec provincial police confirmed early Friday that a woman found dead in a home in Saint-Eustache, Que., is the mother of a six-year-old boy who remains the subject of an Ambe...
Sep 14, 2017
Dashcam video captures 2 Saskatoon police officers capturing large snake roadside
SASKATOON - It was a call two Saskatoon police will likely remember for a long time. The two were dispatched on the weekend to reports of a large, red-tailed boa constrictor on a road. The video poste...
Sep 14, 2017
Woman at centre of Wab Kinew domestic assault allegations says she was thrown
WINNIPEG - The woman at the centre of 14-year-old allegations of domestic violence against Manitoba NDP leadership candidate Wab Kinew says she was thrown across a room and left with rug burn on her l...
Sep 14, 2017
Orkin Canada fined over Calgary flour mill pesticide fumigation charges
EDMONTON - A national pest control company has been fined $150,000 for breaking Alberta and federal laws for how it fumigated a Calgary flour mill for insects with a toxic pesticide. The Alberta gover...
Sep 14, 2017
