Category Archives: Canada
N.L. man calls in priest to deal with persistent ravens pecking at his home
HARBOUR BRETON, N.L. - For Johnaton Poulain, it’s like living in the middle of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. The rattled Newfoundlander has endured weeks of torment by a pair of ravens that have be...
Jun 06, 2017
Cane fight breaks out between two elderly women in Ontario parking lot
VAUGHAN, Ont. - A cane fight that broke out between two elderly women in a parking lot north of Toronto resulted in police being called to break up the scuffle. York regional police say they were call...
Jun 06, 2017
Alberta school bus driver charged with drunk driving after bus hits tree
RED DEER, Alta. - A school bus driver is facing drunk driving charges after a bus hit a tree in Red Deer, Alta. RCMP say it happened Monday afternoon in the Vanier Woods neighbourhood. A witness told ...
Jun 06, 2017
Morneau says new infrastructure bank to shield taxpayers from project risks
OTTAWA - The federal finance minister came to the defence Tuesday of the Liberals’ promised, $35-billion infrastructure bank, insisting it would create less risk for taxpayers than if the govern...
Jun 06, 2017
New safe injection site prepares for opening in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - Drug users will start injecting their own heroin or other illicit substances at a new supervised injection site opening this week in Surrey, B.C., in an effort to curb a crisis in overd...
Jun 06, 2017
Wood Buffalo National Park at risk of losing international heritage designation
OTTAWA - Canada has eight months to put forward a detailed plan to improve the health of its largest national park or risk having the United Nations add it to a list of world heritage sites considered...
Jun 06, 2017
New Vancity report reveals home buyers can't count on cheaper suburbs
VANCOUVER - A new report from a Vancouver credit union says home buyers on British Columbia’s southern coast can no longer turn to the suburbs to find more affordable housing. Vancity tracked th...
Jun 06, 2017
Former homeless man donates $10K to Ontario shelter that supported him
An Ontario man who was homeless for years has donated $10,000 to a shelter that supported him after receiving compensation from a residential school settlement. The act of kindness has triggered a sle...
Jun 06, 2017
Dispute over GRABHER licence plate headed to court for hearing on Feb. 1
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man who made international headlines when the provincial government decided his personalized licence plate was offensive to women will have his day in court early next year. Th...
Jun 06, 2017
Almost 2,500 Canadians died from opioid-related overdoses last year: data
OTTAWA - New data suggests almost 2,500 Canadians died from opioid-related overdoses in 2016 - deaths that federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says were preventable. The data released Tuesday by the...
Jun 06, 2017
