Category Archives: Canada
How a small P.E.I. police force is using humour to charm the internet
KENSINGTON, P.E.I. - A police force in a tiny Prince Edward Island community is building an international social media audience, leveraging irreverent humour and pop-culture references to draw an audi...
Apr 24, 2018
Quotes on the Toronto van attack
Some quotes related to the van attack in Toronto on Monday which killed 10 people and injured 15. --- “On behalf of all Canadians, I offer my heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of those who...
Apr 24, 2018
In the news today, April 24
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 24 --- TORONTO VAN SUSPECT TO APPEAR IN COURT The man suspected of running down numerous pedestrians with a van on a stretch of Yonge Street north of downtow...
Apr 24, 2018
Documents show how Liberals put abortion, summer jobs on collision course
OTTAWA - It was February 2017 when the first letter about anti-abortion groups and the Canada Summer Jobs program landed in Labour Minister Patty Hajdu’s office. The Abortion Rights Coalition of...
Apr 24, 2018
Turning vehicles into deadly weapons is easy and cheap, expert says
Preventing people from using vehicles as deadly weapons is a difficult task for law enforcement officials, experts say. Cars, trucks and vans have been used to ram people more than a dozen times aroun...
Apr 24, 2018
Toronto mourns after van attack that killed 10, IDs of dead will take days
TORONTO - The shock of a horrific van attack that left 10 people dead sent Canada’s most populous city into mourning on Tuesday, as residents and officials alike tried to come to terms with the ...
Apr 24, 2018
Van attack looks unrelated to national security, threat level unchanged: Goodale
OTTAWA - There remains no information to warrant a change in Canada’s risk level, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale reiterated Monday following what he described as a “horrendous”...
Apr 23, 2018
Household debt-to-income ratio should winding down: central banker Wilkins
OTTAWA - A top Bank of Canada official says she expects the country’s high levels of household debt relative to disposable income to gradually start winding down. Speaking before a parliamentary...
Apr 23, 2018
Maple Leafs hold moment of silence ahead of Game 6 for those affected by deadly incident
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs held a moment of silence before their playoff game Monday in honour of those affected by the deadly incident involving a van and pedestrians in north Toronto earlier in the d...
Apr 23, 2018
A list of attacks involving vans running into people over past years
Nine people have died and 16 are injured after a van mounted a sidewalk in north Toronto on Monday. Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale called it a “horrific attack” that has appa...
Apr 23, 2018