Category Archives: Canada
Wynne says Ontario will make small change to help first-time home buyers
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says her government’s plan to help first-time home buyers get into the red-hot Toronto housing market consists of “minor adjustments,” not a ...
Nov 10, 2016
Defence lawyer in New Brunswick python case says Mounties broke deal
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Jean-Claude Savoie has been found not guilty of criminal negligence in the deaths of two boys killed by his escaped python in northern New Brunswick, and now his lawyer says the RC...
Nov 10, 2016
Top court dismisses police attempt to appeal G20 class-action approval
TORONTO - Two class-action lawsuits arising out of the chaotic Toronto G20 summit more than six years ago appear destined for trial after the country’s highest court refused on Thursday to get i...
Nov 10, 2016
Huge spike in U.S. web traffic before Canadian immigration site crash
OTTAWA - Newly released statistics show Canada’s citizenship and immigration website experienced a huge spike in web traffic from the U.S. just before it crashed on Tuesday, as results from the ...
Nov 10, 2016
Area residents tearful, grieving after body of missing Saskatchewan girl found
NIPAWIN, Sask. - An Amber Alert and the frantic search for a seven-year-old girl ended in tragedy Thursday when her body was discovered in a home in northeastern Saskatchewan. The alert was issued by ...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump, trade and immigration raised in Conservative leadership debate
SASKATOON - Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says she’s not endorsing U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, but says they share ideas on immigration. Leitch said in the first party l...
Nov 10, 2016
Canadian soldier returns to homeland in WWI and fights at Passchendaele
PASSCHENDAELE, Belgium - Richard Van Neste was 35-years-old, married and had six kids when he volunteered for the Canadian Army on Jan. 4, 1916. As a native of Belgium, he no doubt wanted to help libe...
Nov 10, 2016
Five stories in the news Thursday, Nov. 10
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Nov. 10 --- US ELECTION MIGHT BOOST LEGALIZED MARIJUANA LAWS IN CANADA: PROFESSOR SAYS A Halifax law professor says Canada’s attempt to craft a legalized m...
Nov 10, 2016
Some Canadians with dual citizenship restricted on using foreign passport
OTTAWA - A new rule requiring some Canadians with dual citizenship to use a Canadian passport to enter the country takes effect today. The federal government announced the rule earlier this year - it ...
Nov 10, 2016
Royal Ontario Museum apologizes for contributing to racist rhetoric in 1989 exhibit
TORONTO - The Royal Ontario Museum is apologizing for contributing to anti-African racism in a controversial exhibit nearly three decades ago. The exhibit, called Into the Heart of Africa, took place ...
Nov 10, 2016
