Category Archives: Canada
RCMP investigating two switched-at-birth cases in northern Manitoba
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - The RCMP is investigating two cases of babies who were switched at birth at a northern Manitoba hospital more than 40 years ago. The two cases involve four men, who went home with...
Oct 07, 2016
Bones, tools unearthed by Alberta flood could fill gaps in First Nations history
ROCKYVIEW, Alta. - Archeologists are hoping bones and tools unearthed after the 2013 southern Alberta floods will help paint a better picture of a little understood period in the region’s indige...
Oct 07, 2016
Homes, women workers and mental health: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Is it a price or is it a tax? When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau inadvertently used the Conservatives’ favoured word “tax” to describe this week’s new measures on gree...
Oct 07, 2016
Maybe he'll wear lederhosen next year, Trudeau tells Oktoberfesters
KITCHENER, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked off the city’s renowned Oktoberfest Friday, telling an appreciative crowd that he might wear lederhosen next year. On an unusually warm day...
Oct 07, 2016
Canadians may face higher mortgage rates with changes, mortgage brokers say
OTTAWA - Mortgage lending changes by the federal government are going to make it harder for non-bank lenders to operate and could see Canadians pay higher rates on their loans, mortgage brokers warn. ...
Oct 07, 2016
'Saskatchewan's interests:' Premier mulls legal options on federal carbon tax
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall came out swinging Friday against the federal government’s intention to impose a carbon tax, questioning whether it would be legal and whether Ottawa did i...
Oct 07, 2016
The rise of mobile zoos raising concerns about health and safety
TORONTO - Shannon Geldart does not remember what kind of snake it was, only that it stretched further than the width of her Toronto home. As the metres-long reptile settled on the laps of a dozen chil...
Oct 07, 2016
Trudeau says Liberals not looking at raising federal minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waded into the debate Friday about how to boost wages for Canada’s low- and middle-income earners, indicating his government won’t follow provinces t...
Oct 07, 2016
Companies expecting better export growth despite U.S. election uncertainty: poll
OTTAWA - A new Bank of Canada survey suggests while companies are anticipating modestly better days ahead for exports, they’re also bracing for slower U.S. growth due to uncertainty about the ou...
Oct 07, 2016
Driver of truck that crashed while carrying pigs to slaughterhouse facing charges
BURLINGTON, Ont. - The driver of a truck that overturned while carrying roughly 180 pigs to a Toronto-area slaughterhouse this week has been charged with careless driving. Police say the 25-year-old m...
Oct 07, 2016
