Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba government says challenges still ahead, film tax credit under review
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will benefit from the biggest jump in federal equalization payments in a decade, but says it’s still keeping an eye on spending controls that include a review ...
Feb 04, 2018
Christopher Cattrall, brother of actress Kim, found dead on Alta. property
LACOMBE, Alta. - Christopher Cattrall, the brother of “Sex and the City” star Kim Cattrall, has been found dead on his property in rural southern Alberta, according to police. The actress ...
Feb 04, 2018

N.S. case seeks to make supported homes for disabled declared a right
HALIFAX - A ground-breaking human rights case set to begin on Monday could help hundreds of Nova Scotians with disabilities move out of institutions and into small group homes, says a lawyer who has l...
Feb 04, 2018
Men charged with defrauding northeastern Ontario town of $800K over five months
KAPUSKASING, Ont. - Provincial police say two men have been charged with allegedly defrauding a northeastern Ontario town of about $800,000. Police allege the town of Kapuskasing, Ont., which has a po...
Feb 04, 2018
Universities, colleges offering more training for marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - From growing the perfect crop to marketing within restrictive rules, Canadian colleges and universities are cultivating courses for those wanting to work in the booming marijuana industry....
Feb 04, 2018

Yazidi boy gets short meeting with Trudeau after showing up at town hall forum
WINNIPEG - A Yazidi boy who was held captive for three years by Iraqi militants got his wish to meet with Justin Trudeau, simply by showing up to the prime minister’s town hall meeting in Winnip...
Feb 04, 2018

Vigil planned in Toronto to mourn victims of alleged serial killer
TORONTO - A downtown Toronto community will come together this evening to mourn the deaths of several men in the LGBTQ community at the hands of an alleged serial killer. Bruce McArthur, a 66-year-old...
Feb 04, 2018
Two people, two horses die in highway crash in southeast B.C.
CRESTON, B.C. - Police say two people and two horses are dead after a highway crash in the southeastern British Columbia community of Moyie. RCMP from the Creston detachment say a tractor trailer was ...
Feb 03, 2018
Four hospitalized following crash with alleged bank robbers: Vancouver police
VANCOUVER - Police say four people were taken to hospital after a car crash in east Vancouver as police investigated two bank robberies. Const. Jason Doucette says none of those who were injured were ...
Feb 03, 2018
Stone campaign clarifies membership issues in B.C. Liberal leadership race
VANCOUVER - A campaign for one of the candidates to lead the B.C. Liberal party says it knew about issues with more than 1,000 membership applications two weeks earlier than it previously disclosed. A...
Feb 03, 2018