Category Archives: Canada
Furry escape artist on the loose: Dog breaks out of Saskatoon SPCA kennel
SASKATOON - A runaway puppy brought to the Saskatoon SPCA showed some dogged determination when it managed to break out of its kennel and return to the streets. George, a 10-month-old pit-bull-Labrado...
May 09, 2018
Banning home-grown pot would be paternalistic, unenforceable: task force chair
OTTAWA - Banning Canadians from growing a few marijuana plants in their homes or backyards once recreational cannabis is legalized would be both paternalistic and unenforceable, former federal justice...
May 09, 2018
How investigators cracked an alleged business immigration scam on P.E.I.
It started with a fancy watch nabbed at Halifax’s international airport. But newly released search warrants have revealed the intricate sleuthing that led immigration officials to dive deeply in...
May 09, 2018
New campaign to find 10-year-old Montreal boy missing for nearly two months
MONTREAL - The parents of a 10-year-old Montreal boy who has been missing for almost two months are launching a new effort to find him. Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou’s parents told a news conference tod...
May 09, 2018
Canadian NAFTA concern: North American auto production tied up in red tape
WASHINGTON - Canada is voicing concerns heard from car companies that some of the rules being considered during the NAFTA negotiations could prove damaging to one of this continent’s biggest ind...
May 09, 2018
Central bank raises key metric used to determine mortgage eligibility
TORONTO - The bar is now higher for homebuyers to qualify for mortgages in Canada after the central bank raised a key metric used in stress tests that determine borrowers’ eligibility. The Bank ...
May 09, 2018
N.S. man charged with sexual assault against children spanning two decades
PETIT-DE-GRAT, N.S. - A 90-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged with multiple historical sexual offences against children spanning two decades. Delmore Boudreau of Petit-de-Grat has been charged ...
May 09, 2018
Black artists detained while leaving Calif. Airbnb racially profiled, lawyer says
Lawyers for three black artists - including two from Canada - who were detained while leaving a house in California after a neighbour reported them as burglars are demanding a meeting with local autho...
May 09, 2018
Allegations against NDP MP Christine Moore 'not relevant' to Weir case: Singh
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh waved off the suggestion Wednesday of any link between the allegations of sexual misconduct against NDP MP Christine Moore and her history of bringing forwar...
May 09, 2018
Feds to boost G7 security by flying in 3,000 officers, German shepherds
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to spend more than $2.2 million to fly roughly 3,000 police officers and dozens of German shepherds from all over the country to Quebec City to help secure the si...
May 09, 2018