Category Archives: Canada
Former Leafs player Williams accused of sexual assault while on military flight
OTTAWA - Former NHL enforcer Dave “Tiger” Williams is facing several charges, including sexual assault, after incidents on a Canadian Forces aircraft. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal...
Feb 09, 2018

Vancouver park board lacked authority to ban whales, dolphins at aquarium: court
Vancouver’s park board did not have the authority to ban whales, dolphins and porpoises at the city’s aquarium, a British Columbia judge has ruled. The B.C. Supreme Court decision released...
Feb 09, 2018
Fraudsters bilk $5.1 million from Torontonians in landline phone scam: police
Toronto police are issuing a warning after a phone fraud scheme recently bilked five people in the city out of a combined $5.1 million, with investigators saying the scam appears to be targeting hundr...
Feb 09, 2018
Canadian couple found dead in partially collapsed hotel after Taiwan quake
HUALIEN, Taiwan - Taiwanese broadcasters say two Canadians are among those killed in the earthquake that hit the country this week. They say the bodies of a Canadian couple originally from Hong Kong w...
Feb 09, 2018
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Feb 09, 2018

Ontario sheds 59K part-time jobs in Jan. as new $14 minimum wage begins
Ontario shed some 59,300 part-time jobs in January, the same month the province hiked minimum wage about 20 per cent to $14 an hour - but experts say it may be too soon to know how much the two are co...
Feb 09, 2018
B.C. funds more teaching spaces in effort to ease teachers shortage
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government moved Friday to tackle widespread teacher shortage issues by funding more than 100 new training spaces, but the teachers’ union says that does little t...
Feb 09, 2018

Police confirm man in custody after Winnipeg couple found dead in Jamaica
WINNIPEG - Police in Jamaica say they have made an arrest in the deaths of a husband and wife from Winnipeg a month ago. Melbourne Flake, who was 81, and 70-year-old Etta Flake were found dead in thei...
Feb 09, 2018
Both sides in Quebec ABI smelter lockout agree to resume negotiations: minister
MONTREAL - Management at the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour, Que., agreed on Friday to restart negotiations with its 1,030 locked-out employees. The announcement was made by Quebec Labour Minister ...
Feb 09, 2018

Federal government sets up call centre to help First Nation kids get services
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Canada has set up a new call centre to help First Nations children get services and supports under the child-first jurisdictional policy known as Jordan’s Principle....
Feb 09, 2018