Category Archives: Canada

Canadian retailer Roots files for IPO, plans international expansion
TORONTO - Another Canadian clothing retailer, Roots Corp., wants to take its company public as it plans a massive North American and international expansion over the next several years. For the herita...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Cuba mystery grows: New details on what befell US diplomats
WASHINGTON - The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was silence. He climbed back into bed. Inexplicably, the agoni...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Downie's 'best case scenario,' secret Bee Gees love: Moments from new Hip doc
TORONTO - A frank discussion about the “best case scenario” for Gord Downie after his brain cancer diagnosis and the singer’s struggle to live up to expectations as the Tragically Hi...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Sept. 14
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 14 --- JUSTICE MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FEDERAL POT PLAN Marijuana legalization will be at the top of the agenda when Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould me...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Tired of waiting, Aboriginal Legal Services launches charter challenge
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is taking so long to unveil its promised sentencing reforms that a Toronto legal agency has decided it would be irresponsible to delay a charter challenge for a young w...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Japanese nuclear disaster didn't affect fish or human health: B.C. oceanographer
VANCOUVER - Radioactive contamination following a nuclear power-plant disaster in Japan never reached unsafe levels in the north Pacific Ocean for either marine life or human health, says a British Co...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Justice ministers push feds for answers on support for pot legalization
VANCOUVER - Canada’s justice ministers are asking for clarity and support as they scramble to organize and police an entirely new marijuana industry in fewer than 10 months. British Columbia Sol...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Badly injured Calgary police dog returns to active duty after stabbing
CALGARY - The Calgary Police Service has welcomed one of its four-legged members back to active duty after the dog recovered from numerous stab wounds to his head suffered during a break-and-enter inv...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2017
Entomologist says Asian lady beetles have more bite than traditional ladybugs
WINNIPEG - Ladybugs are usually thought of as one of the cuter insects, but there’s a new type emerging in Canada that has a bit more of a bite. Health Canada says Asian lady beetles were brough...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2017
Blind goat missing from Alberta animal sanctuary found safe and sound
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - Volunteers with an animal sanctuary south of Edmonton are celebrating the safe return of a blind goat named Daisy who they believed had been abducted from their property earlier th...
Kayla Derkach Sep 13, 2017

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