Category Archives: Canada
Ford freezes salaries of public service managers, reviews executive pay
TORONTO - Ontario’s new premier has frozen the wages of public service managers and ordered a review of executive and management compensation in his latest effort to curb government spending. A ...
Jul 03, 2018
Child found unconscious in Montreal pool dies in hospital
Montreal police say a six-year-old child has died in hospital after being found unconscious in a swimming pool. Authorities were called to a residential complex in the city’s Saint-Leonard distr...
Jul 03, 2018
Social and economic change necessary to curb gun violence, researcher says
Reducing Toronto’s escalating gun violence, which has claimed 22 lives so far this year, will require social change and not a police crackdown, politicians and crime researchers say. Ramping up ...
Jul 03, 2018
Unknown number of animals perish in SPCA fire in western Quebec
GATINEAU, Que. - A late-night fire has destroyed the SPCA of Western Quebec building in Gatineau, Que. Fire crews were called to the structure just before 11 p.m. and say the blaze caused the two-stor...
Jul 03, 2018
In the news today, July 3
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, July 3 --- MMIW INQUIRY LAWYER STEPS DOWN A lawyer for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has resigned and lists government...
Jul 03, 2018
'Can't come soon enough:' Churchill hopes propane crisis sparks railway repair
CHURCHILL, Man. - People in Churchill wrapped up in scarves and mittens as they walked down the streets of the northern Manitoba community over the weekend, but despite the weather many homes maintain...
Jul 03, 2018
Six dead in Montreal as much of Canada remains under blanket of hot, humid air
Montreal health officials are blaming the heavy heat and humidity for at least six deaths in recent days. Dr. Mylene Drouin told a news conference today the deaths have been investigated and are linke...
Jul 03, 2018
Storms leave thousands without lights, air conditioning in Quebec
MONTREAL - More than 15,000 homes and businesses in Quebec were still without power and air conditioning this afternoon following violent storms. As of 2 p.m., 15,234 Hydro-Quebec customers were black...
Jul 02, 2018
Two men dead in separate weekend drownings in Ontario
Provincial police are investigating two apparent drowning deaths and the near-drowning of a child over the long holiday weekend. On Monday afternoon, a man was found unresponsive in the water at a cam...
Jul 02, 2018
Man charged in death of female employee in Quebec bar fire
SAINT-GABRIEL-DE-BRANDON, Que. - A 52-year-old man is scheduled to appear in a Joliette, Que., court on Tuesday morning in connection with a fatal weekend fire. The body of a 22-year-old woman was dis...
Jul 02, 2018