Category Archives: Canada
School officials in four Canadian provinces respond differently to bomb threats
HALIFAX - School officials in four Canadian provinces all received similar bomb threats this week, but each responded to the potential danger differently. Universities and schools across Prince Edward...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
Man charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults at Nova Scotia daycare
KINGSTON, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia investigating three sexual assaults at an unlicensed daycare are worried there are more victims, and are urging parents whose children attended the facility to g...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
RCMP re-open investigation into the death of pepper sprayed inmate
FREDERICTON - The RCMP has reopened the investigation of the death of an inmate who was pepper sprayed repeatedly in the face last year at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick. Last month, police ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016

Steven Blaney sets stage for potential run for Conservative leader
OTTAWA - Former public safety minister Steven Blaney says he’s considering a run for the federal Conservative leadership. Blaney is stepping down from his role as the official Opposition’s...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
Road rage incident ends in fiery crash in Mississauga, Ont.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario police are looking for suspects after a road rage incident between a group of motorcyclists and the occupants of a car led to an assault and a fiery crash near Toronto. Pro...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
QuickList: August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): - Newfound...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
QuickList: August inflation rate for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 1.1 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
Canadian economy pumps out disappointing inflation, retail trade numbers
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy produced two batches of disappointing numbers Friday that experts said were certain to catch the Bank of Canada’s attention. But despite unexpectedly weak inflation...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016

Reprieve for ill woman facing deportation who didn't know she wasn't Canadian
HALIFAX - Gravely ill and shackled to a hospital bed, a woman facing deportation to England won a brief reprieve Friday after her lawyer and doctor argued she was too sick to travel and should be allo...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016
Anything goes in digital advertising, even McDonald's four-hour McWrap video
TORONTO - In the ever-changing landscape of advertising, anything goes - even a seemingly never-ending video of a breakfast sandwich being prepared. Earlier this week McDonald’s posted a four-ho...
Kayla Derkach Sep 23, 2016

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