Category Archives: Canada
North Bay, Ont., council votes to keep home where Dionne quintuplets were born in the city
City council in North Bay, Ont., voted Tuesday night to adopt a committee’s recommendation and keep the home where the Dionne quintuplets were born and its contents in the city but move them 2.1...
Apr 04, 2017
New Brunswick to provide abortion pill Mifegymiso free of charge
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has become the first province to announce it will offer the abortion pill Mifegymiso to women free of charge, a major shift for a province with a history of restricting abo...
Apr 04, 2017
Fewer listings, strong demand helps Vancouver-area real estate rally
VANCOUVER - Home sales in Metro Vancouver are bouncing back after a dismal February, but the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says transactions are still almost 31 per cent below the March 2016 ...
Apr 04, 2017
More government intervention may be needed to cool Toronto house prices: Scotiabank
TORONTO - Further government intervention will be needed if Toronto house prices continue soaring after the spring homebuying season, the head of Canadian banking at Scotiabank said Tuesday. James O&#...
Apr 04, 2017
Science alone is not enough to stop food fraud, says CFIA officer
QUEBEC - The deputy chief food safety officer for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says collaboration is key to combating food fraud as science is no longer sufficient to stop the problem. Aline Di...
Apr 04, 2017
Andre Drouin, co-author of Herouxville code of conduct, dead at 70
TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - Andre Drouin, a former Quebec municipal politician who co-authored a controversial code of conduct for immigrants wishing to live in his town, has died. Drouin passed away Sunda...
Apr 04, 2017
3 times lucky: Edmonton couple wins $8.1M in lottery; won 2 times before
EDMONTON - Talk about being lucky - an Edmonton couple is celebrating another lottery win. Barbara and Douglas Fink won $8,163,061.10 on the Feb. 22 Lotto 6/49 draw. Barbara checked the winning number...
Apr 04, 2017
MV Highlanders ferry stuck in ice off Cape Breton freed, Marine Atlantic says
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Marine Atlantic ferry that became stuck in thick ice off Cape Breton has been freed. Earlier in the day, the MV Blue Puttees left Port aux Basques, N.L., to try to cut a pat...
Apr 04, 2017
Canadian charged in U.S. over alleged Iran export and money laundering scheme
A Canadian man has been charged in the United States with conspiring to send equipment used to test missile systems to Iran. Court documents show Ghobad Ghasempour, who was born in Iran, was arrested ...
Apr 04, 2017
Younger sister of Tina Fontaine found safe and sound: Manitoba RCMP
WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say the younger sister of Tina Fontaine, an indigenous girl whose body was found in a Winnipeg river three years ago, was found safe and sound Tuesday. Sarah Fontaine, who is ...
Apr 04, 2017
