Category Archives: Canada
Iconic Sam the Record Man sign to shine over downtown Toronto square this fall
TORONTO - A restoration project is underway on a giant neon sign that once drew visitors to Toronto’s landmark Sam the Record Man store in the city’s downtown, with plans to have the flash...
Jul 26, 2017
RCMP arrest man in death of northern Manitoba girl whose body was found on trail
GODS LAKE NARROWS, Man. - RCMP say they have arrested a man in the 2013 death of a girl who was brutally slain and left on a snowy trail in Gods Lake Narrows, Man. Earlier this month Mounties issued a...
Jul 26, 2017
Flock of sheep move through streets of Montreal to carry on lawnmowing duties
MONTREAL - With only a few bleats of protest, a flock of woolly, four-legged lawnmowers took a rare stroll through the streets of Montreal on Wednesday to take up their duties in a new city park. The ...
Jul 26, 2017
Via Rail seeks to limit scope of wheelchair and mobility aid policy
TORONTO - Via Rail is trying to limit the scope of a policy to make its trains more accessible to travellers using wheelchairs and mobility aids. The national rail provider had revised its policy in M...
Jul 26, 2017
Edmonton police recover stolen historical plaques sold for scrap, badly damaged
EDMONTON - Police have recovered most of the historical memorial plaques stolen from an Edmonton neighbourhood but say they are too badly damaged to be used again. The Griesbach Community League repor...
Jul 26, 2017
McDavid disappointed at NHL decision to not participate in 2018 Olympic Games
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid said he’s disappointed that the NHL won’t be sending players to the Winter Olympic in South Korea next year. McDavid told reporters at a ch...
Jul 26, 2017
B.C. vigilante group ordered to remove photos, details from website
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s information and privacy commissioner has ordered a Surrey-based vigilante group to stop posting personal information about two men the group alleges are linked to ...
Jul 26, 2017
Defence officials struggling with details of Liberal tax-break promise
OTTAWA - National Defence has been struggling to make good on one of the Trudeau government’s recent promises: giving tax breaks to military personnel and police officers deployed on certain ove...
Jul 26, 2017
Crown and defence agree on prison term for neglecting and abusing toddler
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba woman who admitted her repeated abuse and neglect killed her 21-month-old daughter is facing a possible sentence of life in prison without parole for at least 14 years. That̵...
Jul 26, 2017
Inquiry ordered into allegations against Calgary police officers in 2008 arrest
CALGARY - Alberta’s justice minister has ordered an inquiry into how authorities responded to perjury and assault allegations stemming from an arrest involving two Calgary police officers, inclu...
Jul 26, 2017
