Category Archives: Canada

Concert-goers stand by Hedley as tour goes on amid sexual-misconduct allegations
HALIFAX - The band has been dropped by their management team, tour openers and dozens of radio stations, but concert-goers say they are standing by Hedley as the besieged pop-rockers continue to perfo...
Feb 25, 2018
Move aside, NAFTA: New fear on the Canada-U.S. front involves steel tariffs
WASHINGTON - A new concern about Canada’s relationship with the United States is emerging in the foreground, with threats of global steel and aluminum tariffs now competing with NAFTA uncertaint...
Feb 25, 2018

Round dance calling for justice for Tina Fontaine blocks Regina intersection
REGINA - Rallies in Canadian cities that were sparked by the acquittal of a man accused of murdering an Indigenous teen in Winnipeg continued Saturday, including one that briefly blocked an intersecti...
Feb 24, 2018
Longest-serving member of Quebec's legislature announces retirement
MONTREAL - The longest-serving member of Quebec’s legislature is retiring. Francois Gendron announced on Saturday that he won’t be running for re-election this fall. Gendron, 73, was first...
Feb 24, 2018
Four dead found in home in central Ontario; police say deaths are suspicious
A central Ontario community was searching for answers on Saturday as police investigated the suspicious deaths of four people. Ontario Provincial Police offered few details, but said they received a 9...
Feb 24, 2018
State of emergency remains in effect amid floods in southwestern Ontario
CHATHAM, Ont. - A state of emergency and flood warnings remain in place in southwestern Ontario, though officials say damage from a local river appears to be less than expected. Officials in Chatham-K...
Feb 24, 2018

Montreal seeks citizen input on animal control after revoking pit bull ban
MONTREAL - Following the suspension of the city’s pit bull ban, Montrealers weighed in on the future of animal control in the city in a series of public consultations that began Saturday. The ci...
Feb 24, 2018

Jury finds former N.L. athlete not criminally responsible in murder trial
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former elite Newfoundland athlete Anne Norris has been found not criminally responsible in the death of 46-year-old Marcel Reardon, who was repeatedly hit in the head with a h...
Feb 24, 2018

NewsAlert: Canada's men's hockey team beats Czechs to win Olympic bronze
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s men’s hockey team has won the bronze medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Games with a 6-4 victory over the Czech Republic. Team Canada’s victory ...
Feb 24, 2018

Former Ont. Tory leader Patrick Brown files notice of libel against CTV News
TORONTO - The former leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives has filed a notice of libel against CTV News, claiming it engaged in false and malicious reporting when it broadcast sexual mis...
Feb 24, 2018