Category Archives: Canada
Gluten-free foods aimed at kids not healthier than regular products: researcher
TORONTO - Despite being associated with a “health halo,” gluten-free foods marketed to children are often high in sugar and aren’t nutritionally superior to regular products aimed at...
Jul 23, 2018
Humboldt Broncos player joining P.E.I. university hockey team in fall
CHARLOTTETOWN - A forward with Saskatchewan’s Humboldt Broncos who walked away from an April bus crash with minor injuries has decided to keep playing hockey. Nick Shumlanski, who is 21, has com...
Jul 23, 2018
Lightning, wind, could undo weekend progress battling B.C. wildfires
KELOWNA, B.C. - Wildfire conditions were calmer across British Columbia on the weekend, but there is concern climbing temperatures and gusty winds could undo progress made over the last several days. ...
Jul 23, 2018
Sears retirees ask court for retailer's remaining funds for pension deficit
Sears Canada Inc. retirees want an Ontario court to award them the remaining roughly $135 million of the former department store chain’s cash to help fund their pension shortfall. Some 18,000 Se...
Jul 23, 2018
No plans to evict protest camp across from legislature: Regina police chief
Regina’s police chief says there are no plans to clear a protest camp across from the Saskatchewan legislature unless ordered to do so by a court. Chief Evan Bray said he would comply with any c...
Jul 23, 2018
Coroner's inquest called into death of B.C. RCMP officer in Taser case
VICTORIA - A coroner’s inquest will be held into the suicide of an RCMP officer who was in charge of media relations in British Columbia when Robert Dziekanski was fatally stunned with a Taser a...
Jul 23, 2018
Political leaders pledge to tackle gun violence following Toronto mass shooting
OTTAWA - Political leaders at all levels offered comforting words and pledged to work together following Sunday’s deadly shooting in Toronto, even as a new Statistics Canada report indicated gun...
Jul 23, 2018
Toronto's Greektown, known for bustling patio culture, becomes site of mass shooting
Toronto’s vibrant Greektown neighbourhood is best known by locals for its for bustling patios, a massive summer food festival and a plethora of dogs and strollers clogging sidewalks. It features...
Jul 23, 2018
Danforth rampage continues a deadly year of gun violence for Toronto
TORONTO - Sunday’s deadly rampage in Toronto marks the latest in a growing list of fatal shootings in the city. Gun deaths had accounted for 23 of Toronto’s 52 homicides this year - compar...
Jul 23, 2018
HMCS St. John's, Sea King return to Halifax port after overseas mission
HALIFAX - Hundreds of family members and friends lined a Halifax jetty on Monday as HMCS St. John’s and its 240-member crew pulled into their home port following a six-month mission overseas. Th...
Jul 23, 2018