Category Archives: Canada
Saskatchewan junior hockey teams get mental health fund after Broncos crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Saskatchewan hockey officials have announced an assistance program for players and their families following a bus crash that killed 15 people. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League s...
Apr 09, 2018
Provinces, territories agree to billions in spending on Liberal housing strategy
OTTAWA - Provinces and territories have agreed to fund a key financial pillar supporting the Trudeau Liberals’ decade-long housing strategy, vowing to spend billions to repair and build social h...
Apr 09, 2018
Montreal subway line to be extended by five stations by 2026
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Mayor Valerie Plante announced Monday a $3.9-billion five-station extension of one of Montreal’s subway lines. Con...
Apr 09, 2018
'We believed our authorities my son was dead,' American dad recalls of ID mix-up
TORONTO - The brutal misidentification of two young hockey players involved in the horrific bus crash in Saskatchewan resonates loudly with one father in California, who thought he had buried his son ...
Apr 09, 2018
40 illnesses reported as B.C. officials warn of norovirus outbreak
VANCOUVER - Health officials in British Columbia have closed two oyster farms amid an investigation into another outbreak of norovirus linked to the consumption of raw oysters. The BC Centre for Disea...
Apr 09, 2018
Mother heading to India to watch movie inspired by her son's last Christmas
A Canadian mother will be heading to India to watch the premiere of a film inspired by the story of her seven-year-old son, who got to celebrate Christmas in October before he died of a terminal illne...
Apr 09, 2018
Ontario reservist pleads guilty to disgraceful conduct for pinning woman
HALIFAX - A former navy reservist from Windsor, Ont., who pinned one of his female peers on a bed and tried to touch her as she told him to stop has been fined $2,000 and issued a reprimand after plea...
Apr 09, 2018
Feds set aside $1.6 billion for outside help with military challenges
CALGARY - The federal government is asking universities, companies and others to help the military with several pressing challenges, including how to better treat PTSD, increase female recruitment, mo...
Apr 09, 2018
Ex-hostage Boyle to go over psychiatric evaluation with his lawyer
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces several assault charges, will soon review a recently completed psychiatric evaluation with his lawyer. Lawrence Greenspon, counsel for Boyle...
Apr 09, 2018
Tory legislator kicked out of caucus over sexual harassment allegations: party
TORONTO - Two months after their leader resigned amid sexual misconduct allegations, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have turfed another legislator and barred him from running for re-electio...
Apr 09, 2018