Category Archives: Canada
Driver of Quebec dump truck loses control, plows into duplex below
CHATEAU-RICHER, Que. - The driver of a dump truck who was taking a curve on a steep road near Quebec City lost control of the vehicle Thursday and plowed into a duplex below. Provincial police said th...
Aug 02, 2018
Feds mull further changes to carbon tax plan amid U.S. tax changes and tariffs
OTTAWA - The federal carbon pricing system for heavy emitters, softened last week to ease the impact on Canadian industry, could be amended even further this fall as Ottawa looks to address competitiv...
Aug 02, 2018
Harassment complaint made against university women's hockey coach in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The head coach of the University of Lethbridge women’s hockey team is to receive more training after the school investigated a formal harassment complaint filed by six of her...
Aug 02, 2018
Three-year sentence for Manitoba teen in deadly beating that was put on web
WINNIPEG - Roland Mousseau erupted in anger Thursday as the second of two teenage girls who killed his stepdaughter in a beating that was shared online was given a youth sentence. Extra sheriff’...
Aug 02, 2018
Man asks for breath test to prove to friends he's sober; police allege he failed
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Police say a man is facing an impaired driving charge after attempting to prove to his friends that he wasn’t drunk. Peel regional police allege the man was drinking at a bar...
Aug 02, 2018
Veterinarian warns dog owners on cannabis risks, saying cases come in weekly
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A veterinarian is warning dog owners to be careful with cannabis, saying her clinic is treating about one dog per week for marijuana toxicity. Dr. Maggie Brown-Bury said it...
Aug 02, 2018
B.C. overdose deaths drop in June, more than 100 still dying each month
VANCOUVER - The latest overdose statistics in British Columbia show a dip in the number of suspected illicit drug deaths in June compared with the same month a year earlier, but the death toll remains...
Aug 02, 2018
Fewer buyers, more choice, push Vancouver home sales to lowest level since 2000
VANCOUVER - Home sales in July across Metro Vancouver tumbled to their lowest level in 18 years in statistics compiled by the real estate board, but prices remained steady since last month. The Greate...
Aug 02, 2018
McKenna's anti-plastics push on Twitter running afoul of local businesses
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna’s campaign against plastic straws is fodder for her Twitter critics this week after she twice posted incorrectly that local Ottawa restaurants hav...
Aug 02, 2018
New power transmission towers connect Muskrat Falls, mainland Nova Scotia
AULD’S COVE, N.S. - Nova Scotia Power says it has completed installation of six new transmission towers that will carry electricity from Labrador’s Muskrat Falls hydroelectric megaproject ...
Aug 02, 2018