Category Archives: Canada
Ontario housing measures expected to have short-lived impact, experts say
Toronto’s runaway real estate market could take a breather due to Ontario’s new housing measures, but much like what transpired in Vancouver, the impact of the changes is expected to be sh...
Apr 20, 2017
Canada softwood industry seeks China sales, as Trump widens trade attack
OTTAWA - As Donald Trump added softwood lumber to his anti-Canada trade rhetoric Thursday, Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne was on his way to China with an entourage of industry representati...
Apr 20, 2017
No more Mr. Nice Trump: president fires warning shot on Cdn wood, dairy, lumber
WASHINGTON - Ever since Donald Trump’s election last fall, the Canadian government has clung to a strategy of low-drama, under-the-radar conversations about trade to keep investors calm in the c...
Apr 20, 2017
Russia flying over, photographing Canadian military bases this week
OTTAWA - Russia is using a post-Cold War agreement to conduct an aerial surveillance mission over Canadian military facilities this week, even as relations between the two countries remain frosty. The...
Apr 20, 2017
Nova Scotia received 67 requests for assisted deaths; 31 granted so far
HALIFAX - Of the 67 people in Nova Scotia who have sought a medically assisted death since federal legislation was passed last June, more than half did not get what they wanted. The Nova Scotia Health...
Apr 20, 2017
Trudeau says there are pressures on real estate that need to be alleviated
TORONTO - There are pressures on the real estate market that need to be alleviated, but Ottawa must exercise caution because any measures it implements have a national effect, Prime Minister Justin Tr...
Apr 20, 2017
Murder victim's DNA found on gun, bullet at med student's apartment: Crown
HALIFAX - Police detected DNA matching the genetic profile of Taylor Samson on a gun and a bullet found in the Halifax apartment rented by the medical student accused of killing him in the midst of a ...
Apr 20, 2017
U.S. border patrol arrests two Canadians in human smuggling investigation
REGINA - Authorities in the United States say two Canadian citizens and one person from Nigeria have been apprehended as part of an investigation into human smuggling. The United States Border Patrol ...
Apr 20, 2017
Toronto police officers who die by suicide now eligible for memorial wall
Toronto police officers who die by suicide will now be allowed to have their names included on the force’s memorial wall honouring officers who died in the line of duty, if certain conditions ar...
Apr 20, 2017
Accused N.L. thief offers police an iron-clad alibi: He was in jail at the time
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An alleged purse thief had the perfect alibi: He was securely locked up in the local jail. Now, a St. John’s, N.L., woman is facing mischief charges for accusing the man...
Apr 20, 2017
