Category Archives: Canada
Actress Taylor Hickson sues producers over facial injury
A Canadian actress whose face was badly cut while shooting a horror film in Winnipeg is suing its producers over an injury she says has derailed her burgeoning career and jeopardized future earnings. ...
Mar 07, 2018
Study says B.C. women more stressed by finances than women elsewhere in Canada
VANCOUVER - A new report from Canada’s largest community credit union says more than half of women in British Columbia experience “extreme emotional stress” when considering their fi...
Mar 07, 2018
Requirement to say Easter Bunny is real violated couple's charter rights: court
A couple’s charter rights were violated when a children’s aid society closed the pair’s foster home over their refusal to tell two young girls the Easter Bunny is real, an Ontario co...
Mar 07, 2018
Teenage girl dead after Alberta collision between semi truck and school bus
REDWATER, Alta. - An Alberta school superintendent says the death of a teenage girl in a collision between a school bus and a semi truck north of Edmonton has devastated the small community. Police an...
Mar 07, 2018
Spike in opioid deaths in Ontario, pharmacies to offer free naloxone spray
TORONTO - Ontario saw a spike in opioid-related deaths for much of last year compared to 2016, according to the latest government data. The province said Wednesday there were 1,053 opioid-related deat...
Mar 07, 2018
Liberals look to promote changes to benefit for working poor
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are on a promotional blitz to tout a key promise in their latest federal budget aimed at one day providing extra benefits to the working poor. The Liberals are keen to pr...
Mar 07, 2018
Event was cancelled: Woman charged after threat to nudist swim at Calgary pool
CALGARY - A woman has been charged in relation to a threat made over a nudist swim at a Calgary public swimming pool that was cancelled due to security concerns. The Calgary Nude Recreation Club had s...
Mar 07, 2018
Quebec town's plan to ban public smoking could do more harm than good: advocate
MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb’s plan to ban all smoking in public places is drawing mixed reactions, with one anti-tobacco advocate saying it will do more harm than good when it comes to second-h...
Mar 07, 2018
Indigenous leaders divided in support for MMIW inquiry's extension request
OTTAWA - A request for a two-year extension from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is getting a mixed response from First Nations leaders. Commissioners formall...
Mar 07, 2018
Bank of Canada holds interest rate, underlines 'growing' trade uncertainty
OTTAWA - A cautious Bank of Canada kept its key interest rate on hold Wednesday as it bought itself more time to monitor mounting trade-related uncertainties out of the United States. In sticking with...
Mar 07, 2018