Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia boy, 14, charged with sharing child pornography on Facebook
HALIFAX - A 14-year-old Nova Scotia boy has been charged with sharing child pornography on Facebook. Const. Lindsey Donovan said RCMP officers arrested the young teen at home in Kingston, N.S., on Thu...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017

New Nova Scotia mother battling flesh-eating disease, family says
HALIFAX - A young Nova Scotia mother is being treated for a severe case of flesh-eating disease diagnosed days after she gave birth to her first child and was placed in an induced coma to protect her ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Urinating on police cruiser nets charges for man in Ridgetown, Ont.
RIDGETOWN, Ont. - A southwestern Ontario man is facing charges after allegedly relieving himself on a police cruiser. Chatham-Kent police say an officer was sitting in his fully marked cruiser in Ridg...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Nova Scotia's deputy premier decides not to run again after heart attack
HALIFAX - After suffering a heart attack in December, Nova Scotia’s justice minister says it’s time for her to strike a better balance than the rigours of politics can offer. Diana Whalen ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017

Liberal MP's allegedly sexist comment under review, prime minister says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a “process is now properly underway” to look into a Liberal MP’s allegedly sexist comment to a Conservative MP. The Conservatives have bee...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Man jailed in U.S. for viewing child porn moves closer to practising law in Ontario
TORONTO - A Canadian-born man who was jailed in Florida for viewing child pornography has moved one step closer to practising law in Ontario. The tribunal of the Law Society of Upper Canada ruled in a...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017

Advocates say Ottawa, provinces not doing enough to help injured veterans
HALIFAX - Veterans advocates in Nova Scotia are blasting the federal government for its inaction on a promise to re-introduce life-long pensions for those injured in uniform, and say the provinces are...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
QuickList: February inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.0 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctu...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
QuickList: February inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 2.0 per cent in February, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - Newfou...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017
Annual pace of inflation lowers in February, declining food prices soften impact
OTTAWA - The annual pace of inflation in Canada ticked lower in February as higher prices for gasoline were offset in part by declining costs for fresh fruit and vegetables. Statistics Canada said Fri...
Kayla Derkach Mar 24, 2017

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