Category Archives: Canada
2008 beheading on Greyhound bus cited for drop in Saskatchewan bus ridership
REGINA - The minister for Saskatchewan’s Crown Investments Corp. says a beheading on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba 10 years ago was the beginning of a steep decline in bus ridership in his provinc...
Jul 13, 2018
Canada Post supervisor visits woman after mail carrier pilfered her tomatoes
MONTREAL - Canada Post says a supervisor has apologized in person to a Montreal woman whose tomatoes were pilfered by a mail carrier. Spokesman Jon Hamilton says in an email to The Canadian Press the ...
Jul 13, 2018
Residents of northern Ontario community return home as forest fires continue to burn
TORONTO - The mayor of a northern Ontario community says residents have been allowed to return to homes they were forced to leave earlier this week as forest fires burned nearby. But Lorie Hunter, the...
Jul 13, 2018
B.C. real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules: association
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tighter mortgage rules and lower demand are bringing the provincial housing market into balance. The association says 7,884 units were sol...
Jul 13, 2018
Parody account targeting Iqra Khalid deletes tweets after Liberal MP's complaint
OTTAWA - A Twitter account billing itself as a parody of Iqra Khalid disappeared briefly but then returned Friday, its previous tweets deleted, after the Liberal MP complained about references to her ...
Jul 13, 2018
Kinder Morgan subtracts capital gains tax to cut 'net price' for Trans Mountain
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. says the actual price the federal government will pay for its Trans Mountain pipeline system and expansion project will be hundreds of millions of dollars less than...
Jul 13, 2018
New Cyclone helicopter takes to the skies before first international deployment
HALIFAX - Two CH-148 Cyclones soared over Halifax harbour on Friday, marking a critical step in the oft-delayed rollout of the Canadian military’s fleet of new maritime helicopters. The state-of...
Jul 13, 2018
Supreme Court affirms privacy protections in tobacco health data case
OTTAWA - British Columbia does not have to give a tobacco company access to detailed provincial health databases to help it mount a defence in a multibillion-dollar damages trial, the Supreme Court of...
Jul 13, 2018
'I'm not being greedy.' Aunt says nephew doesn't deserve half of lottery jackpot
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotian woman at the centre of a family feud over a $1.2-million-dollar lottery win is staunchly defending her bid to keep her nephew away from his share of the jackpot - even though ...
Jul 13, 2018
Ottawa spends $24K on rebranding 'Invest in Canada Hub' to 'Invest in Canada'
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government embarked on an exhaustive creative process and spent $24,000 to hire a consultant to help rebrand its new investment promotion body to grab the attention of for...
Jul 13, 2018