Category Archives: Canada
U.S. vice- presidential jet lands in Whitehorse during routine mission
WHITEHORSE - Residents of Whitehorse can’t be blamed for thinking the president of the United States had arrived in Yukon for a surprise visit as what appeared to be the presidential plane touch...
Aug 23, 2017
Sluggish oil prices continue to plague Alberta's bottom line: fiscal update
EDMONTON - Sluggish oil prices are forcing Alberta to dip into its reserve fund and look for more in-house savings to keep its $10.5-billion deficit from sliding further into the red. In his first-qua...
Aug 23, 2017
Five things the federal government is doing about the influx of border crossers
OTTAWA - Nearly 7,000 people have crossed illegally into Canada in the last six weeks, most intent on filing for refugee status. The surge this summer caps seven months of near-steady increases in the...
Aug 23, 2017
Mosquito species responsible for the majority of Zika cases caught in Ontario
An adult mosquito belonging to the species of the insect responsible for the majority of Zika cases has been caught in Canada for the first time by a southern Ontario health unit, but the insect captu...
Aug 23, 2017
'Judge-made vortex of uncertainty and delay' stalled N.S. adoption: appeal court
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s highest court has issued an unusually blunt rebuke to a judge who delayed an adoption hearing because of “entirely hypothetical” constitutional concerns about...
Aug 23, 2017
Greens push to end 'speculative' sales of farmland to foreign buyers in B.C.
VICTORIA - The leader of the Green party in British Columbia wants to see the government ban foreigners from buying farmland in a bid to cool the province’s real estate market. Housing prices in...
Aug 23, 2017
Halifax cab driver guilty of sexually assaulting female passenger
HALIFAX - A Halifax cab driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting a female passenger last summer. Saher Hamdan, 29, sexually assaulted a young woman as she waited to pay her fare on July 15, 20...
Aug 23, 2017
Mayor, councillors, assured about migrants after meeting Goodale
CORNWALL, Ont. - Local politicians say they’re reassured after meeting Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to discuss plans to deal with an influx of asylum-seekers from Haiti. A tented camp be...
Aug 23, 2017
Five-hour days, vacation cash among work perks at B.C. tech companies
VANCOUVER - From vacation cash to luxury cars, some technology companies in British Columbia are offering big perks to woo prospective employees. Multinationals like Amazon and Microsoft have opened o...
Aug 23, 2017
Windsor hospital increases security after stabbing in hospital by a patient
A hospital in southern Ontario is trying to strike a balance between heightened security measures and a healthy environment after one mental health patient stabbed another inside the facility. Windsor...
Aug 23, 2017