Category Archives: Canada
In the news today, May 1
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, May 1 --- FUNERALS TODAY FOR TWO TORONTO VAN ATTACK VICTIMS Funerals will be held today for two of the 10 people killed in last week’s van attack in Toronto...
May 01, 2018
Victims of Toronto van attack being laid to rest after last week's incident
TORONTO - Friends, family and strangers came together at a north Toronto funeral home on Tuesday to remember an 83-year-old woman who was among the 10 people killed in a van attack that shocked the ci...
May 01, 2018
Saskatchewan to hire consulting firm to assess Broncos crash intersection
REGINA - Saskatchewan plans to hire a private consulting firm to do a safety assessment of an intersection north of Tisdale where a hockey team bus collision killed 16 people. The Humboldt Broncos jun...
Apr 30, 2018
'Absolute jerks:' Paralyzed player's parents deal with phoney fundraiser
CALGARY - Tom and Michelle Straschnitzki have seen the best in people over the last three weeks as their son has worked to recover after being paralyzed in a crash between his hockey team’s bus ...
Apr 30, 2018
Morneau ducks queries on carbon tax gender costs, but doc says feds have done it
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau isn’t saying whether the federal government has analyzed how its carbon-pricing plan could affect women differently than men - even though documents show i...
Apr 30, 2018
Toronto eatery racially profiled black man, human rights tribunal rules
TORONTO - Ontario’s human rights tribunal has ordered a downtown Toronto restaurant to pay $10,000 to a black man for violating his rights after the establishment asked him and three friends to ...
Apr 30, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to appear on popular Quebec TV show
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is breaking with party tradition by agreeing to appear on a popular French-language TV program that traditionally garners bumper ratings. Former Tory prime m...
Apr 30, 2018
Liberals reject Senate changes to air passenger rights, rail shipping bill
OTTAWA - Canada’s transport minister is rejecting a host of changes senators have made to legislation aimed at unclogging rail shipments and laying the foundation for a new air passenger bill of...
Apr 30, 2018
Wrong event, wrong time? Comedians offer their takes on Humboldt tribute hosts
TORONTO - Successful comedy routines are built on knowing the audience, but some Canadian comics say the American pair who oversaw the Humboldt Broncos tribute concert seriously misjudged the tone of ...
Apr 30, 2018
Canada working with U.S. to stop Nigerians using U.S. visas as ticket to Canada
OTTAWA - Canadian officials in Nigeria are working with the U.S. on developing tools to flag Nigerians applying for U.S. visas who may be at “high risk” of crossing illegally into Canada a...
Apr 30, 2018