Category Archives: Canada
Man dead after falling down garbage chute in Toronto condo building
TORONTO - Police say a man is dead after he fell down a garbage chute in Toronto on Tuesday night. Paramedics say it happened in a condo building, but it was not immediately clear whether he was a bui...
Mar 28, 2018
Plan to permit cannabis plants and 'designated' areas praised by P.E.I. advocate
CHARLOTTETOWN - A Prince Edward Island advocate for medicinal marijuana is praising the province’s decision to allow up to four cannabis plants per home and consumption in “designated spac...
Mar 28, 2018
In the news today, March 28
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, March 28 --- JAGMEET SINGH BACKS OFF CHRISTOPHERSON PUNISHMENT NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has retracted the punishment meted out to veteran MP David Christopherson...
Mar 28, 2018
Winnipeg woman convicted in dead infant storage locker case to seek bail
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg woman convicted of concealing the remains of six dead infants is expected to ask to be released on bail while she awaits an appeal. Andrea Giesbrecht was sentenced to 8 1/2 years...
Mar 28, 2018
Ontario pre-election budget promises new spending, multi-year deficits
TORONTO - As it braces to fight for re-election this spring, Ontario’s Liberal government has rolled out a spending package that targets nearly every demographic while plunging the province back...
Mar 28, 2018
Jagmeet Singh retracts punishment of veteran MP in face of caucus backlash
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh has retracted the punishment meted out to a veteran New Democrat MP for after facing a backlash from NDP caucus members. The NDP leader announced late Tuesday that he’s de...
Mar 27, 2018
Man who forced a plane to return to Canada under escort to be sentenced in April
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area man whose aggressive behaviour forced a Cuba-bound aircraft to return to Canada under a U.S. miltary escort last summer will be sentenced April 18. Charalabos Nassios, 40, h...
Mar 27, 2018
Tim Hortons, franchisees spat over $700M plan to reno most Canadian locations
Tim Hortons plans to renovate most of its Canadian restaurants over the next several years in what some franchisees say is another “ill-conceived” move that will cost individual restaurant...
Mar 27, 2018
Feds designate Dionne quintuplets birth as nationally historical event
The federal government has deemed the birth of the Dionne quintuplets as an event of national historical significance. The story of the northern Ontario sisters is among 12 events, people or places gi...
Mar 27, 2018
Indigenous B.C. treaties, recordings on first Canadian UNESCO memory register
VICTORIA - A mother, son and uncle performed together Tuesday at a ceremony that added British Columbia’s first Indigenous treaties and decades-old recordings of traditional First Nations’...
Mar 27, 2018