Category Archives: Canada
Stronger economy won't knock Ottawa from its deficit path: Morneau
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau suggests he has no plans to provide a timetable for returning Ottawa’s books to balance - even with a scorching economy. Morneau credited the stron...
Sep 12, 2017
Coyote in her grille: Animal gets stuck in front of car that hit it on highway
AIRDRIE, Alta. - An Alberta woman says she was shocked when she found a coyote she thought she'd struck and killed on the highway stuck in the grille of her car. Georgie Knox was driving to work in Ca...
Sep 12, 2017
Fraud trial of ex-deputy Quebec premier Normandeau likely to begin in early 2018
QUEBEC - The fraud-related trial of ex-deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau and five co-accused will likely be held in early 2018 and last at least four months, the Crown said Tuesday. Prosecutor...
Sep 12, 2017
Referendum on ditching time change would cost Alberta millions: committee
EDMONTON - As Albertans ardently debate whether to keep changing their clocks, the government estimates that a referendum on a bill about ending the twice-yearly time change would cost millions. NDP l...
Sep 12, 2017
News and entertainment website Canoe.ca says data for one million users hacked
MONTREAL - News and entertainment website Canoe.ca says some of its databases containing the personal information of about one million users from 1996 to 2008 has been hacked. The company says the dat...
Sep 12, 2017
Baby raccoon badly burned last month dies, police searching for suspects
A baby raccoon that was allegedly lit on fire and left in an Ontario park last month has died. The months-old animal, dubbed Phoenix Rose, died unexpectedly last Thursday after a near-miraculous recov...
Sep 12, 2017
Australian cattle dog enters race for mayor's office in St. John's, N.L.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A celebrity candidate has entered the mayoral race in St. John’s, N.L. - one with fur and four legs. Finn, a five-year-old Australian cattle dog, is featured in a tongue...
Sep 12, 2017
Blind goat stolen from central Alberta animal sanctuary; reward offered
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - An animal sanctuary south of Edmonton is offering a $10,000 no-questions-asked reward for the return of a blind goat named Daisy. Melissa Foley, founder of the Farm Animal Rescue a...
Sep 12, 2017
Film documents tiny coastal N.S. village's relentless battle with Ottawa
HALIFAX - They feared being swallowed by ocean, but the 78 residents of Gabarus, N.S., never waved a white flag before the federal government. For decades, a seawall made of timber and rock protected ...
Sep 12, 2017
Canadian gets jail time for biting girl at Green Day concert
PORTLAND, Ore. - A Canadian man who bit a 14-year-old girl on her right breast during a Green Day concert in Portland, Oregon, last month has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Joel Dauncey of Vancouv...
Sep 12, 2017
