Category Archives: Canada
Federal firewall: budget plan is for long-term resilience, not stop-gaps
OTTAWA - With so much economic uncertainty radiating from the United States, the Trudeau government will table a federal budget Tuesday that aims to establish a firewall against all that volatility ne...
Feb 25, 2018
New Halifax court to try 'therapeutic' approach to domestic violence cases
HALIFAX - A new domestic violence court is set to open in Nova Scotia next month, moving cases from the traditional slow-moving, adversarial justice system to one that aims to quickly put a stop to th...
Feb 25, 2018
Still on a 2010 high, Canada posts record Olympic medal haul in Pyeongchang with 29
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadians won a record 29 medals in Pyeongchang riding the afterburn of their country hosting the Winter Olympics eight years ago. The previous high for Canada was 26...
Feb 25, 2018
Police treat deaths near Huntsville, Ont. as triple murder-suicide
RYERSON TOWNSHIP, Ont. - A man killed three members of the same family - two women and one man - at their central Ontario home before taking his own life, police said Sunday. Ontario Provincial Police...
Feb 25, 2018
Plant protein producers aim for mainstream with new research, investments
CALGARY - Prairie farmers who grow, rather than raise, protein sources are looking to break into the mainstream with new research and investments on how to sustainably feed the world. The push for pla...
Feb 25, 2018
New research finds hiring disabled Canadians could boost economic growth
TORONTO - New research suggests that failing to make accessibility for people with disabilities a higher priority for Canadian businesses would cost the country billions of dollars in lost economic gr...
Feb 25, 2018
NewsAlert: Rangers trade Rick Nash to Bruins for three players, two draft picks
NEW YORK - The New York Rangers have traded forward Rick Nash to the Boston Bruins for a 2018 first-round draft pick, defenceman Ryan Lindgren, forwards Ryan Spooner and Matt Beleskey, and a seventh-r...
Feb 25, 2018
Olympic Roundup: Canadian athletes all smiles after record haul in Pyeongchang
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada did not figure into the medals on the final day of competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, but its athletes were all smiles Sunday as they marched in the...
Feb 25, 2018
B.C. girl hopes DNA drive will help her find birth parents in China
VANCOUVER - For 10-year-old Isabelle Smit, finding new blood relatives through a long-shot DNA drive has been like a game of Connect the Dots. Smit, who was adopted as an infant from Chongqing, China,...
Feb 25, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot...
Feb 25, 2018