Category Archives: Canada
Loblaw expects higher minimum wage rules will increase its labour costs by $190M
TORONTO - Canada’s largest grocery and drug store operator warned Wednesday that minimum wage increases in Ontario and Alberta threaten to harm its bottom line and it will have to find ways to c...
Jul 26, 2017
Toronto housing market downturn to be short-lived, federal housing agency says
TORONTO - The recent downturn in Toronto’s real estate market, brought on after Ontario introduced measures this spring including a foreign buyers’ tax, is expected to be brief, the federa...
Jul 26, 2017
Man convicted in Via Rail terror plot seeks to appeal sentence
TORONTO - A man found guilty of plotting to derail a passenger train between Canada and the U.S. is seeking to appeal his sentence as well as his conviction, saying mental illness previously kept him ...
Jul 26, 2017
Calgary Pride: Police can participate in parade, but not in uniform
CALGARY - Uniformed police officers will not be marching in Calgary’s annual Pride parade in September. Calgary Pride said Wednesday that it encourages police to take part, as long as it’s...
Jul 26, 2017
Extension-cord mess cited in fire that killed N.B. mother, three sons
ST. GEORGE, N.B. - Fire investigators say a mess of extension cords and power bars, as well as the failure of an electrical component, were likely to blame for a fire that killed a New Brunswick woman...
Jul 26, 2017
Preliminary inquiry in suspected Montreal compassion killing to resume in October
MONTREAL - A preliminary hearing for a Montreal man charged with murdering his wife in a suspected compassion killing has been put off until October. Michel Cadotte, 56, was charged in February with s...
Jul 26, 2017
Great white shark detected in N.S. Minas Basin to feast on abundance of seals
CHEVERIE, N.S. - A 300-kilogram great white shark affectionately known as Pumpkin has been cruising Nova Scotia’s Minas Basin to feast on an abundance of seals, captivating locals and possibly s...
Jul 26, 2017
'Why Can't He Be Our President?' Justin Trudeau on the cover of Rolling Stone
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau graces the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine accompanied by a provocative headline: “Why Can’t He Be Our President?” Trudeau...
Jul 26, 2017
Wildfire forces evacuations, threatens structures near Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A rapidly-moving wildfire has forced people to flee dozens of properties east of Kamloops, B.C. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District issued an evacuation order for 39 properties in M...
Jul 26, 2017
Nova Scotia town bids farewell to derelict environmental ship with cake, coffee
SHELBURNE, N.S. - Residents of a small Nova Scotia town gathered on the local wharf on Wednesday to eat cake, sip coffee and bid a celebratory farewell to MV Farley Mowat, the one-time flagship of an ...
Jul 26, 2017
