Category Archives: Canada

Shaming kids' misdeeds online can be psychologically harmful: parenting experts
TORONTO - It might be called the “shame game” - a parent embarrassing a child on social media as a way of disciplining them for bad behaviour with the hope they will learn their lesson and...
Apr 01, 2018

Quebec's future in flux as six-month countdown to provincial election begins
MONTREAL - If current polling projections hold, Canadians could be reintroduced to a political reality in Quebec not seen since the late 1960s - a party other than the federalist Liberals or the sover...
Apr 01, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, a total of 26 guaranteed prizes of $1 million each were handed out. One winning ticke...
Apr 01, 2018
Niagara regional police investigate alleged group sexual assault in downtown area
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Police in southern Ontario are investigating an alleged group sexual assault in Niagara Falls. Niagara Regional Police say it happened in the early hours of Saturday morning in t...
Mar 31, 2018

Woodlands survivors left out of previous settlement promised compensation
VANCOUVER - Speaking from the site where a notorious school and psychiatric facility used to stand, one of its survivors says he finally feels a festering wound begin to close. Bill McArthur, who was ...
Mar 31, 2018
Walmart sorry for "confusion" over end of program for people with disabilities
MONTREAL - Walmart Canada apologized on Saturday for the “confusion and disappointment” it caused when it chose to end its involvement with a Quebec program that provides job training for ...
Mar 31, 2018
Accessibility advocates express cautious optimism about Ontario budget
Accessibility advocates are expressing cautious optimism about measures in the latest Ontario budget that fund programs for developmentally disabled people, enhance social assistance and boost mental ...
Mar 31, 2018
U.S. warship stuck in Montreal since December due to ice resumes trip home
MONTREAL - An American warship stuck in Montreal since Christmas Eve has finally resumed its trip to its home port in Florida, the U.S. Navy confirmed on Saturday. The USS Little Rock was commissioned...
Mar 31, 2018

The collusion scorecard: What we know so far about Trump-Russia contacts
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted no fewer than 17 times that his campaign did not collude with Russians, usually making that point with an exclamation mark for emphasis, and often ...
Mar 31, 2018

Jean Drapeau's personal collection may provide clues to his thoughts on Olympic debt
MONTREAL - Before his death in 1999, former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau repeatedly said he would respond to a report critical of cost overruns at the 1976 Olympics. But Drapeau, who was 83 when he die...
Mar 31, 2018