Category Archives: Canada
B.C. Lottery Corp. grants winner of $30-million jackpot rare anonymity
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Someone in British Columbia who had the exceedingly rare luck of winning the lottery has also been granted the rare privilege of anonymity due to what the lottery administrator is ca...
May 31, 2018
Justin Trudeau attends Liberal Party fundraiser at Nova Scotia winery
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - It didn’t take Prime Minister Justin Trudeau long to get a chuckle from a crowd of Liberal partisans in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley Thursday, following an intense day ...
May 31, 2018
Imperial Tobacco gets into vaping business, but still leading cigarette seller
TORONTO - Using World No Tobacco Day as a backdrop, Imperial Tobacco officially unveiled a vaping product to the Canadian market Thursday, saying the company is moving to help transition smokers away ...
May 31, 2018
QuickQuotes: Industry reacts to U.S. tariffs and Canadian retaliation
The U.S. is making good on its threat to impose tariffs on Canadian-made steel and aluminum, prompting Canada is imposing dollar-for-dollar tariff “countermeasures” on up to $16.6 billion ...
May 31, 2018
'It's heartbreaking:' Malnourished, tiny bear cub found near mother's dead body
TOFINO, B.C. - John Forde stood silently near the body of a dead female black bear as two little eyes stared back at him from a nearby bush. The bear cub was about the size of a Jack Russell terrier, ...
May 31, 2018
Six months added to sentence of Toronto officer convicted in Yatim shooting
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer convicted in the fatal shooting of a troubled teen on an empty streetcar has had six months added to his prison sentence after pleading guilty to perjury, his lawyer...
May 31, 2018
Senate defeats Conservative bid to impose blanket ban on homegrown marijuana
OTTAWA - The Senate has rejected an attempt to prohibit Canadians from growing a small number of marijuana plants at home once recreational cannabis is legalized. Conservative Sen. Vern White proposed...
May 31, 2018
Security committee of parliamentarians delivers report on PM's ill-fated India trip
OTTAWA - The national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians has delivered a special report to Justin Trudeau on the prime minister’s ill-fated trip to India. But the public can...
May 31, 2018
Retaliatory tariffs to hit wide range, from pipes to pizzas to lawn mowers
OTTAWA - Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on up to $16.6 billion worth of U.S. imports in response to the American decision to place similar levies on Canadian-made steel and aluminum. The Canad...
May 31, 2018
Girl from Terrace, B.C., dies after hair catches fire at backyard firepit
TERRACE, B.C. - A 13-year-old girl has died after catching fire at a backyard firepit in British Columbia, leaving her family searching for answers about what exactly happened. Lynn Peerless says she ...
May 31, 2018