Category Archives: Canada
Man charged after massive salad dressing spill on Toronto highway
TORONTO - Police have charged a 52-year-old Brampton, Ont., man with careless driving after a transport truck carrying large vats of salad dressing rolled over on a busy Toronto highway while making a...
Jul 19, 2016
Dynamic U.S. presidential election fuelling novelty bets in B.C., Manitoba
VANCOUVER - Most Canadians can’t vote in the U.S. presidential election, but it hasn’t stopped many from using their cash to voice an opinion on who they think will win. The B.C. Lottery C...
Jul 19, 2016
Cancer patient uses Pokemon Go to encourage her to 'get off the couch'
TORONTO - A Toronto woman has incorporated Pokemon Go into her cancer treatment plan. Sixty-year-old Lisa Freedman, a lawyer, has to walk at least 20 minutes a day to help recover from the radiation u...
Jul 19, 2016
Alberta child advocate urges change, cultural rethink on indigenous kids in care
EDMONTON - Alberta’s child advocate says seven out of every 10 youngsters in the province’s welfare system are aboriginal and big changes are needed to bring those numbers down. “Thi...
Jul 19, 2016
New Brunswick couple arrives at emergency room, told to call 911
MONCTON, N.B. - A New Brunswick woman says she has filed a complaint after a hospital told her to call an ambulance even though she drove her ailing husband right up to the emergency room doors. Candy...
Jul 19, 2016
Trudeau skips traditional channels to convince youth to join national council
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau skipped over normal government communication channels Tuesday in a bid to speak directly to young people he wants to see serve on a national council to advise him on their prio...
Jul 19, 2016
Environmental groups want Alberta government to ditch caribou plan
EDMONTON - About a dozen environmental groups from across the country are urging the Alberta government to abandon a draft plan for the recovery of woodland caribou. The groups say a proposal to fence...
Jul 19, 2016
Canada to pledge up to $200 million in loans to Iraq fundraising conference
OTTAWA - Canada will open its wallet to help Iraq’s shattered economy when it co-hosts a major meeting in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Middle East country’s current and long-term...
Jul 19, 2016
Three quick facts about the government's new Canada child benefit
OTTAWA - The federal government’s new child benefit will arrive in bank accounts and mailboxes starting Wednesday, and replaces the universal child care benefit, the Canada child tax benefit and...
Jul 19, 2016
A look by province at the anti-poverty effects of the new child benefit
OTTAWA - The federal government’s new child benefit that rolls out this week is expected to lift almost 300,000 children out of poverty by 2017. That’s being measured by looking at how man...
Jul 19, 2016
