Category Archives: Canada
Statcan looks for stronger powers to get data from citizens, businesses
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is privately floating the idea of new powers that would make all of its surveys mandatory by default and force certain companies to hand over requested data, such as credit ...
Jul 26, 2016
Toronto officer appeals conviction over G20 conduct
TORONTO - The high-ranking Toronto police officer reprimanded for his conduct during the 2010 G20 summit is appealing his conviction. Supt. Mark Fenton was convicted by the Ontario Civilian Police Com...
Jul 26, 2016
N.S. barristers' society can't block graduates of Christian school: appeal court
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has upheld a decision allowing graduates of a controversial Christian university law school to practice in the province. On Tuesday, the court dismissed an ap...
Jul 26, 2016
BlackBerry launches new smartphone with emphasis on beefed-up security
TORONTO - In a bid to once again make its struggling hardware business profitable, BlackBerry is launching a new smartphone billed as the most secure Android device available. The company announced th...
Jul 26, 2016
Girl dies after early morning crash involving two young people in Caledon
CALEDON, Ont. - One young person is dead and another is injured after a collision police said involved a stolen car north of Toronto. Provincial police in Caledon, Ont., said a boy and a girl, both yo...
Jul 26, 2016
Pipeline 'anomalies' detected night before leak into North Saskatchewan River
MELFORT, Sask. - Husky Energy knew something might be wrong with one of its oil pipelines about 14 hours before it told the Saskatchewan government of a leak which has since forced communities along t...
Jul 26, 2016
Ontario looking 'very closely' at B.C. tax aimed at foreign homebuyers
TORONTO - Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa says he will be examining British Columbia’s new tax aimed at foreign homebuyers “very closely” as he looks for ways to address erodi...
Jul 26, 2016
Environmental groups concerned pipeline project will increase tanker traffic
FREDERICTON - Environmental groups say increased crude tanker traffic as a result of the proposed Energy East pipeline would raise the risk of a large bitumen spill and jeopardize the environment and ...
Jul 26, 2016
Pokemon Go player almost hit by driver also playing Pokemon Go
INNISFIL, Ont. - Police say a woman playing Pokemon Go in a parking lot north of Toronto was nearly hit by a driver who was also playing the wildly popular smartphone game. Police in Innisfil, Ont., s...
Jul 26, 2016
Muslim group demands open investigation into death of Ottawa man after arrest
OTTAWA - An Ottawa community is finding itself conflicted over how to respond to the death of a Somali-Canadian man following a physical confrontation with police. Ray Miron said he has had nightmares...
Jul 26, 2016
