Category Archives: Canada
Black-clad men were the killers, Halifax medical student tells murder trial
HALIFAX - A Dalhousie medical student told police two men dressed in black spandex morph suits came into his apartment, shot a drug dealer in the head, and then stuffed him into a black bag. William S...
May 03, 2017
Toronto home sales dip in sign that real estate market may be cooling down
Toronto home sales dipped in April compared to a year ago, a sign that Canada’s hottest housing market may be cooling down, though prices continued to climb at a dizzying pace. The Toronto Real ...
May 03, 2017
Focused ultrasound could revolutionize treatment of brain diseases: researchers
TORONTO - Karen Hellerman sits patiently in her hospital gown as Dr. Nir Lipsman gently shaves her head. The neurosurgeon then injects freezing into her newly shorn scalp before fitting her head with ...
May 03, 2017
'Fairly big decisions' are forthcoming for Torstar, new CEO says
TORONTO - The new CEO of Torstar said Wednesday “everything is on the table” in his plans to transform the media giant to overcome ongoing declines in print advertising revenue. Major chan...
May 03, 2017
Nova Scotia election: Tories, NDP target Liberals' health care record
HALIFAX - The Tories and NDP made their pitches Wednesday to Nova Scotians weary of health-care irritants, promising to address doctor shortages and emergency room overcrowding. Progressive Conservati...
May 03, 2017
Several Quebec communities coping with flooding
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area river burst its banks early Wednesday, flooding several homes and streets northwest of the city in Pierrefonds and Ile-Bizard. It appears water from the Rivieres des Prairie...
May 03, 2017
Six stories in the news today, May 3
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, May 3 --- FORT MCMURRAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE ‘THE BEAST’ Fort McMurray residents are marking a year since a ferocious wildfire swept into the norther...
May 03, 2017
In Colorado, pot tourism a lucrative business the state can't promote
DENVER - Inside a neon-lit party bus bumping along a pothole-riddled Denver street, Andre Henriquez packs a glass pipe with pungent local bud. The 31-year-old restaurant manager and his wife Ryann tra...
May 03, 2017
Puff, puff, pray: Inside Colorado's International Church of Cannabis
DENVER - Walk into Denver’s International Church of Cannabis, and even the sober might feel a little bit stoned. Master Spanish pop artist Okuda San Miguel transformed the 113-year-old chapel in...
May 03, 2017
B.C. NDP claim Liberals would bring back HST despite Clark's denials
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s New Democrats are accusing the Liberals of planning to bring back the divisive harmonized sales tax, raising the spectre of a tumultuous time for Christy ClarkR...
May 03, 2017
