Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba wants to know about your marijuana use as it prepares for legalization
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government plans to poll residents about their marijuana consumption and what kind of rules they would like to see when recreational pot is legalized next year. The provincial ...
Jul 12, 2017
Banks, companies step up with cash to assist B.C. wildfire victims
TORONTO - Canada’s big banks and other companies are donating sizeable sums to the Canadian Red Cross to help the victims of the wildfires in British Columbia. About 14,000 people have been disp...
Jul 12, 2017
'The tide begins to turn,' as central bank hikes rate for first time in 7 years
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada hiked its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time in nearly seven years in what may be the beginning of the end of the era of cheap borrowing that has fuelled ...
Jul 12, 2017
Toronto firefighters called to rescue man stuck between two buildings
TORONTO - A man who got stuck in a narrow gap between two buildings in downtown Toronto spent nearly eight hours in the confined space before he was freed by firefighters who broke through part of a w...
Jul 11, 2017
Second person this month mistakenly bitten by police dog in Regina
REGINA - Police in Regina say they are reviewing another incident where a police dog mistakenly bit someone. Linus Kaysaywaysemat says he was outside smoking a cigarette last Thursday when he was bitt...
Jul 11, 2017
Some of the numbers for Tuesday in B.C.'s wildfire situation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A look at some of the numbers Tuesday in British Columbia’s wildfire situation: 219: Fires burning in the province. 35: Number of new fires that started Monday. $53.5 million: A...
Jul 11, 2017
PM Trudeau to hold formal bilateral meeting with U.S. VP Mike Pence
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold a bilateral meeting with U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence later this week while they’re both visiting a conference of U.S. state governors. The...
Jul 11, 2017
Calgary gets more thinking time on 2026 bid from International Olympic Committee
Calgary has extra time to mull a possible bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics because the International Olympic Committee has shifted its timelines. The IOC announced Tuesday in Lausanne,...
Jul 11, 2017
What's red and black and eats aphids? Regina using ladybugs to control pests
REGINA - The city of Regina is about to release a red-and-black aerial arsenal to help control some common pests. Officials plan to unleash an army of ladybugs 300,000 strong to wage an environmentall...
Jul 11, 2017
It's official: Trump campaign wanted campaign help from Putin government
WASHINGTON - It’s not an anti-Trump conspiracy and it’s not fake news. It’s a basic fact no longer in dispute: Donald Trump’s campaign tried getting help from Vladimir Putin...
Jul 11, 2017
