Category Archives: Canada

'It's funny:' Calgary councillors become journalists on Chicago website
CALGARY - Browsing on a website that calls itself the Chicago Evening Post, one might have assumed five Calgary city councillors are moonlighting as journalists under different names in the Windy City...
Feb 27, 2018

Quebec judge who refused to hear woman in hijab loses appeal to quash investigation
MONTREAL - An investigation into a judge who tried to force a woman to remove her hijab in the courtroom will proceed, Quebec’s judicial council said Tuesday Esther Boivin, a spokeswoman for the...
Feb 27, 2018
SPCA criticized, owner reportedly threatened, after slaughter of adopted pig
VANCOUVER - The SPCA says staff members at a Vancouver Island branch have endured withering public criticism after arranging the adoption of a potbellied pig that was later butchered by its new owner....
Feb 27, 2018
Legacy of Washington Post's printing presses featured in 'The Post' alive in Hamilton
TORONTO - Retired Hamilton Spectator operations boss Bill Repath watched the Oscar-nominated film “The Post” with keen interest, knowing more than a thing or two about the roaring newspape...
Feb 27, 2018

'I would have acted differently,' David Livingston says of gas plants crime
TORONTO - A former top political aide apologized Tuesday for the fallout of his plot to destroy embarrassing computer records related to the Ontario government’s decision to cancel two gas plant...
Feb 27, 2018

Big space needed to unveil new millionaires after record-setting N.L. lotto win
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Atlantic Lottery Corp. normally presents winners with their ceremonial cheques at the company’s offices. But with dozens of Newfoundlanders made millionaires by a sh...
Feb 27, 2018

Ontario Tories eager to 'turn the page' following weeks of unprecedented tumult
TORONTO - Ontario’s embattled Progressive Conservatives tried to put on a united front Tuesday, saying the party has turned the page following weeks of unprecedented tumult triggered by its lead...
Feb 27, 2018
Australian charged after police allege Canadian girl exploited online
An Australian man has been charged after police allege he exploited a nine-year-old Canadian girl online. Police in Sydney, Australia, said they began investigating the man in November 2017 thanks to ...
Feb 27, 2018

Introduction of 10-digit dialling, new area code put off indefinitely in N.L.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It looks like Newfoundland and Labrador will be able to hang onto seven-digit dialling, for now. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission recently issue...
Feb 27, 2018

In the news today, Feb. 27
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Feb. 27 --- GENDER EQUALITY LIKELY TO BE KEY THEME IN BUDGET Gender equality and the birth of a national pharmacare plan are expected to be key elements of today...
Feb 27, 2018