Category Archives: Canada

Montreal's mayor announces new rules for horse-drawn carriage rides
Montreal will table new regulations to protect the welfare of horses working in the city’s controversial horse-drawn carriage industry, Mayor Denis Coderre announced Wednesday. Coderre said the ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017
OECD latest international body to call out Canada on housing markets
TORONTO - The OECD is calling on Canada to do more to address risks associated with high-priced housing markets in cities such as Toronto and Vancouver, the latest international body to draw attention...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017
Parking enforcement officer 'powerless' as 3 cops had sex with her, trial hears
TORONTO - It was supposed to be a night of boozing, partying and team building for about a dozen Toronto police officers, but sometime between 12:20 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. three of them forced themselves ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017

Defence policy review expected to advocate for more military spending
OTTAWA - On the heels of the foreign affairs minister’s call for “hard power,” Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will announce the government’s defence policy review today. Sajjan...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017
Airbnb launches global platform to help connect hosts to refugees
TORONTO - Airbnb has launched a platform to assist hosts who want to provide free housing to displaced people in need in an effort to help the global refugee crisis. Anyone who lives in the nearly 200...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017
Snowbirds aerobatic squadron resumes airshow schedule after hiatus
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Canda’s Snowbirds aerobatic squad is resuming their airshow season after it was put on hold last month to allow their pilots to get more practice. The flying team's normal tra...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017
Gay former navy officer loses appeal of court decision in human rights case
HALIFAX - A former navy officer who alleges the military discriminated against him because he is gay has lost an appeal in his case. Paul Ritchie was appealing a Federal Court decision made last year ...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017

Police gathering evidence near path where 18-year-old woman found dying
HALIFAX - Police in Halifax say the death of a young woman found dying on a park path has been ruled a homicide. They said in a release Wednesday night that based on an autopsy, the medical examiner h...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017

Five stories in the news for today, June 7
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 7 --- SAJJAN TO ANNOUNCE DEFENCE POLICY REVIEW Minister Harjit Sajjan will announce the government’s defence policy review today, which is expected t...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017

'Only the killer would know:' Crown says triple-murder suspect provided details
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A macabre picture began to emerge Wednesday at a triple-murder trial with the Crown telling a jury the suspect confessed to police that he killed all three victims: a father and da...
Kayla Derkach Jun 07, 2017

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