Category Archives: Canada
Olympic family members cautiously optimistic about safety in Rio
EDMONTON - Doug Bishop read recent reports of police unrest in Rio with a close eye. Outraged over unpaid wages, police officers had gathered at Rio’s airport, greeting passengers with a banner ...
Jul 13, 2016
A look at Tenor Remigio Pereira who altered Canadian anthem at all-star game
TORONTO - Who: Remigio Pereira, member of the Tenors. Personal: Born in Boston to Portuguese parents, Pereira hails from Gatineau, Que., and is fluent in four languages. Musical education: His passion...
Jul 13, 2016
Food chain changes may be luring humpbacks to B.C.'s south coast: researchers
VANCOUVER - Whale watching companies in the Salish Sea report unusually large groups of humpback whales are becoming a frequent sight off B.C.’s south coast. The Pacific Whale Watch Association ...
Jul 13, 2016
Canadian Tire abruptly shuffles out CEO, replaces him with predecessor
TORONTO - In a surprise move, the head of one of Canada’s biggest retailers, Canadian Tire, is leaving the top job after less than two years. Canadian Tire Corp. (TSX:CTC.A) announced Wednesday ...
Jul 13, 2016
CMHC says foreign investors small part of Montreal real estate market
OTTAWA - A report by CMHC says the number of foreign investors in the Montreal area real estate market is small and concentrated in condominiums in the city’s downtown. The report by the federal...
Jul 13, 2016
Family of slain Calgary woman tearfully pleads for safe return of child
CALGARY - Relatives of a missing five-year-old girl were pleading Tuesday for the safe return of a “vivacious” and “curious” curly-haired child whose mother was found dead in t...
Jul 13, 2016
Sandbags holding in rain-soaked Saskatchewan town, but many homes damaged
REGINA - Hopes were high Tuesday evening that sandbagging efforts had at least partially paid off in an east-central Saskatchewan town that had braced for a flash flood after a road holding back water...
Jul 13, 2016
The Tenors apologize for change anthem lyrics; blame 'lone wolf' member
SAN DIEGO - Members of The Tenors quickly distanced themselves from a rogue Tenor on Tuesday night after a member of the classical-pop group inserted a political statement into the lyrics of O Canada ...
Jul 13, 2016
Nearly half of working-age Canadians not saving for retirement: HSBC report
OTTAWA - A report by HSBC suggests that nearly half of working-age Canadians are not saving for retirement. The big international bank says 48 per cent of pre-retirees in the country say they have not...
Jul 13, 2016
Anglicans approve same-sex unions after stunning discovery of vote error
TORONTO - Questions about the integrity of the voting process in which Anglicans narrowly rejected a resolution to allow same-sex marriage emerged Tuesday, leading to a stunning reversal of the result...
Jul 13, 2016
