Category Archives: Canada
Regional district in B.C. wonders 'Where Are U Now,' Justin Beaver
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A toothy teaching tool has vanished from a park in British Columbia, and educators working there hope the fluffy stuffie will be returned. Justin Beaver, a nearly 10-kilogram, taxid...
Apr 20, 2018
Tim Horton raises more than $800K for Humboldt with yellow and green doughnut
TORONTO - Tim Hortons says the sale of a doughnut bearing the colours of the Humboldt Broncos has helped raise more than $800,000 for the junior hockey team that was involved in a horrific collision e...
Apr 20, 2018
Freeland's view of global clash of ideologies has Putin, Russia at its heart
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland sees the clash between the forces of democracy and authoritarianism as a defining conflict of our time, and she blames one country that she knows ex...
Apr 20, 2018
Thieves take ATMs from 58 businesses across SW Ontario since January 2017: OPP
LONDON, Ont. - Police are asking business owners in southwestern Ontario to evaluate the benefits of having an ATM following numerous thefts of the machines from gas stations, restaurants and convenie...
Apr 20, 2018
'Really scary for us:' Wife of Alberta man charged in farm shooting terrified
OKOTOKS, Alta. - The wife of a man charged after shots were fired during a confrontation on his rural property in southern Alberta says the whole process has been terrifying. Edouard Maurice made a br...
Apr 20, 2018
Victims grant may be missing parents in need due to eligibility rules: report
OTTAWA - A federal grant for parents of murdered and abducted children may be inadvertently failing to provide important financial help to those who are “more vulnerable economically,” say...
Apr 20, 2018
Marijuana sector firms get marketing pushback as legalization looms
TORONTO - Some Canadian marijuana sector companies are getting pushback against their marketing efforts from social media platforms and government officials as legalization of recreational pot looms a...
Apr 20, 2018
Strike at CP Railway postponed, commuter and freight service to continue
CALGARY - A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company’s final offers, just hours before...
Apr 20, 2018
Ontario Tory Leader Doug Ford says he's 'dead against' safe injection sites
Doug Ford says he is “dead against” safe injection sites and believes the focus should be on drug rehabilitation instead. And if elected premier of Ontario in June, the Progressive Conserv...
Apr 20, 2018
Toronto Transit Commission issues warning against 'Despacito' accordion buskers
TORONTO - A pair of accordion players performing the summer hit “Despacito” while appearing on subway trains in Toronto have been warned to stop or risk being fined, the city’s trans...
Apr 20, 2018