Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa signals plan to stay clear as provinces role out marijuana regulations
OTTAWA - The federal government appears ready to take a hands-off approach as provinces begin rolling out how they plan to police the sale and use of marijuana once it becomes legal. Ontario last week...
Sep 10, 2017
George Clooney on hurricane Harvey legacy: 'Houston is Syria'
TORONTO - George Clooney says the storm devastation wrought in Houston is akin to the damage suffered in war-torn Syria. The movie star made the analogy at a press conference to promote his latest dir...
Sep 10, 2017
Donald Sutherland on his Oscar honour: 'It's everything'
TORONTO - Donald Sutherland hit the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival still beaming from news of his Oscar honour, joking about how he’ll prepare for his first Academy Awards...
Sep 10, 2017
Quebec flood victims feeling abandoned after government aid slow to come
MONTREAL - Four months after spring flooding sent more than two metres of water rushing into her home, Katy Deschenes says she still has no idea of whether she’ll be able to rebuild the home whe...
Sep 10, 2017
Syrian chocolatier celebrates factory opening with Nova Scotia town
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - A Syrian refugee said he and his family are giving back to the Nova Scotia town that helped turn them into a world-recognized success story by employing locals and treating the comm...
Sep 10, 2017
Hamilton church to move hundreds of graves to make room for condo complex
TORONTO - A Hamilton church says it’s hoping to move hundreds of centuries-old graves in order to make way for modern-day condo dwellers. Christ’s Church Cathedral, more commonly known as ...
Sep 10, 2017
Adjournment expected as trial starts for aides to Ontario ex-premier McGuinty
TORONTO - A trial of two former top political aides in the Ontario premier’s office is slated to begin in Toronto today. David Livingston and Laura Miller are charged with breach of trust, misch...
Sep 10, 2017
Ontario legislature resumes amid two Liberal trials; focus on labour and pot
TORONTO - Major labour law changes, including a $15 minimum wage, and marijuana will be on the front burner as Ontario’s legislature returns from its summer break on Monday. But the business of ...
Sep 10, 2017
'I'm not dying today:' Teen who lost mom to grizzly has run-in with bear herself
CANMORE, Alta. - The daughter of an Alberta woman who died in a grizzly bear attack in 2005 says she now has a better sense of how her mom felt in the moments before she died thanks to her own run-in ...
Sep 10, 2017
Securities commissions defend name-and-shame lists despite long list of unpaid penalties
CALGARY - It turns out that publicly shaming violators of provincial securities laws is an exceptionally poor way of collecting unpaid penalties but some Canadian regulators say they will continue to ...
Sep 10, 2017
