Category Archives: Canada
Longtime NDP MP David Christopherson says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - Veteran NDP MP David Christopherson says he will not seek re-election next year after more than three decades of public life. The longtime Hamilton Centre MP announced his decision Thursday o...
Jul 05, 2018
N.B. town reclaims title of having what it says is world's longest lobster roll
SHEDIAC, N.B. - Residents of a small New Brunswick community that prides itself on its renowned lobster catches was basking in the glow of a restored, distinctly Maritime honour - creating what it say...
Jul 05, 2018
French soccer fans in Montreal prepare for 'les Bleus' World Cup match
MONTREAL - As she drank an apple-carrot smoothie on a patio in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood, French tourist Josiane Vignolles said there is no doubt where she will be Friday morning for the ...
Jul 05, 2018
Purported Rob Ford 'crack confession tie' up for auction on eBay, asking $10K
TORONTO - A tie purported to be the one late Toronto mayor Rob Ford wore on Nov. 5, 2013, when he admitted smoking crack cocaine, is up for sale on eBay again. There were 111 bids on the tie over a se...
Jul 05, 2018
As temperatures get warmer, more cases of voyeurism are reported: police
TORONTO - As the temperatures outside get warmer, police say the reported number of cases of voyeurism tend to rise. Domenic Sinopoli, an inspector with the Toronto police sex crimes unit, says around...
Jul 05, 2018
Study finds Vancouver-area laundry microplastics are filtering into ocean
VANCOUVER - Microplastics from Metro Vancouver’s laundered clothes are ending up in water treatment plants and filtering into the ocean, says a study published in the science journal Marine Poll...
Jul 05, 2018
Carbon price proceeds to go directly to Ontario residents: Trudeau
TORONTO - Ontario residents, and not the newly elected Progressive Conservative government, will receive the proceeds of a carbon price imposed on the province by the federal government, Prime Ministe...
Jul 05, 2018
PM 'confident' he did nothing inappropriate at B.C. music festival in 2000
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Thursday he “did not act inappropriately” towards a female reporter at a B.C. music festival 18 years ago - but he also acknowledged that th...
Jul 05, 2018
TTC peer support program helps workers who witness subway suicides
TORONTO - Kevin Freeman was driving a train into Toronto’s Bloor Station when a man dressed in black burst through the crowd and jump onto the tracks. It was 9:45 a.m. on June 26, 2008. “T...
Jul 05, 2018
Buddhist group to investigate sexual misconduct claims against spiritual leader
HALIFAX - One of the largest western Buddhist organizations says it’s launching an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against its Halifax-based spiritual leader. Shambh...
Jul 05, 2018