Category Archives: Canada
CEO, lawyer granted bail pending appeal in blockbuster Knowledge House fraud
HALIFAX - The mastermind and the enforcer of a sophisticated multimillion-dollar stock market scheme have been granted bail, a day after being sentenced to prison for conspiracy and fraud in one of th...
Jul 26, 2018
Vancouver man banned from U.S. for pot investments seeks waiver to cross border
VICTORIA - A Vancouver businessman banned for life from entering the United States over his investments in American marijuana companies says he plans to seek a waiver that permits him to cross the bor...
Jul 26, 2018
Hedley frontman's case on sex offences put over to August
TORONTO - The case of rock star Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sex-related charges, was put over to next month after a brief court hearing in Toronto on Thursday. Hoggard, the frontman of the band Hed...
Jul 26, 2018
Blayne Lastman decides he will not be a candidate for Toronto mayor
TORONTO - Blayne Lastman, the son of former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman, announced Thursday that he will not be seeking the city’s top job, ending weeks of speculation that he would try to follow ...
Jul 26, 2018
Strike ends at CAE Inc. in Montreal after workers accept new agreement
MONTREAL - Nearly 475 unionized CAE Inc. employees in Montreal return to work today after voting in favour of a new contract. Unifor Local 522 says its members voted 83 per cent this week to accept a ...
Jul 26, 2018
Mutated strains of HIV in Saskatchewan causing illness quicker: study
AMSTERDAM - Research suggests mutated strains of HIV circulating in Saskatchewan are leading to faster-developing AIDS-related illnesses among Indigenous people. Physicians in the province are seeing ...
Jul 26, 2018
Hundreds pack Toronto's Greektown neighbourhood for shooting vigil
TORONTO - A group of young girls clung to each other Wednesday evening in Toronto’s Greektown, as they mourned a friend and teammate who was killed by a 29-year-old gunman just days earlier in t...
Jul 25, 2018
Quebec announces $35 million a year for addiction treatment, prevention
MONTREAL - Quebec’s health minister says there is no opioid crisis in the province, but the government is still investing millions to try and prevent one from occurring. Gaetan Barrette and Publ...
Jul 25, 2018
Man caught on video allegedly threatening family; Toronto police investigating
TORONTO - Police are investigating after a man allegedly threatened a family in an incident caught on video at a Toronto ferry terminal. A video posted to Facebook shows a heated argument between a bl...
Jul 25, 2018
Uptick in interest in hospital's first aid program following mass shooting
TORONTO - A program at a Toronto hospital that teaches people how to stop massive bleeding said it has seen an uptick in interest after a shooting that killed two people and injured 13 others in the c...
Jul 25, 2018