Category Archives: Canada
Jury finds man guilty of first-degree murder in Calgary woman's death
CALGARY - Loved ones of a Calgary woman brutally killed in Feburary 2015 sobbed and held each other after a jury found Curtis Healy guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Dawns Baptiste. “...
Sep 21, 2018
Audit finds boosters of Muskrat Falls megaproject 'understated' its costs
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - An audit has found Newfoundland’s Nalcor Energy may have overstated the potential value of its Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject - and prematurely dismissed alternat...
Sep 21, 2018
Liberal leader doubles down on notion that $75 weekly grocery bill is possible
MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is standing by his claim that $75 is enough for a family of three to feed itself for a week, saying it just requires a lot of work and an eye for bargains....
Sep 21, 2018
Ontario students walk out of class to protest sex-ed curriculum changes
TORONTO - Students across Ontario walked out of class on Friday to protest the provincial government’s decision to repeal a modernized version of the sex-ed curriculum. The walkouts - called ...
Sep 21, 2018
N.S. to mark little-known connection to David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Legion
WINDSOR, N.S. - Before he became Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion earned 50 cents a day as a soldier and slept on the ground in bell tents in the small town of Windsor, N.S. His r...
Sep 21, 2018
Feds launch review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government is not assuming the National Energy Board will once again recommend the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion go forward as he asks it...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuat...
Sep 21, 2018
Here's a list August inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.8 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and ...
Sep 21, 2018
Case for interest rate hike builds with resilient inflation data: analysts
OTTAWA - The country showed signs of growing price pressures last month with inflation staying strong and its underlying pace grinding higher - both of which propped up expectations that higher intere...
Sep 21, 2018
Passenger rights advocate launches complaint against new low-cost airline
An air passenger rights advocate has filed a regulatory complaint against Swoop Inc. claiming the new low-cost airline is unlawfully charging baggage fees. In a complaint to the Canadian Transportatio...
Sep 21, 2018