Category Archives: Canada
Toronto woman reunited with her stolen chihuahua service dog
TORONTO - A service dog named Princess has been reunited with her owner after being taken and missing for almost 20 hours in Toronto. Police say the dog was found three kilometres from where she was l...
Jul 03, 2017
Canadian lacrosse's First Nations origins celebrated as sport turns 150
MONTREAL - It was a game of lacrosse like few get to see: a group of youths, shirtless and mostly barefoot, with no helmets or padding, racing after a leather ball with hand-made wooden sticks. There ...
Jul 03, 2017
'Nicer than most houses:' $200K luxury playhouses a thriving business
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Childhood was never like this. A company in southern Alberta has found an unexpected luxury market that involves the lifestyles of the rich and famous, their offspring and its own ...
Jul 03, 2017
Emergence of an East Coast boomtown: 'The timing is now for Halifax'
Halifax is booming, its skyline awash with construction cranes, and Ontario native Jesse Rodgers can tell you why. Rodgers, a veteran of Waterloo’s tech startup scene, moved to the Nova Scotia c...
Jul 03, 2017
Upper, middle and low-income Canadians worried about housing prices: poll
OTTAWA - Feel like a house in your city is unaffordable? Apparently, you’re not alone. A new poll suggests that just over two in five Canadians believe housing in this country is not affordable ...
Jul 03, 2017
Trudeau looks to perform delicate G20 balancing act between Trump, Merkel
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau is embarking today on a week-long European sojourn that will culminate in a meeting of 20 of the world’s largest economies - one where he’ll test-drive a brand new ...
Jul 03, 2017
Bayer recalls laxative due to potential choking hazard
OTTAWA - Health Canada says Bayer is recalling a laxative due to a potential choking hazard. The agency says RestoraLAX 45 + 10 Value Pack is being recalled because it may contain deposits such as clu...
Jul 02, 2017
Head-on crash in Saskatchewan claims lives of man, woman and baby
MELVILLE, Sask. - A man, a woman and a baby are dead after a head-on crash in Saskatchewan. RCMP say it happened late on Canada Day when two cars collided on Highway 10 near Melville. A 24-year-old ma...
Jul 02, 2017
Canadian doctor among the wounded in New York City hospital shooting
ST.CATHARINES, Ont. - A Canadian doctor was among the wounded after the shooting at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital in New York City last week. 29-year-old Justin Timperio of St. Catharines, Ont., is one of si...
Jul 02, 2017
Man frees himself from bear after attack while geocaching northwest of Calgary
CALGARY - A man who police say was geocaching in Alberta is being treated for injuries after being attacked by a bear. RCMP say the man was in the Harold Creek area, northwest of Calgary, on Sunday wh...
Jul 02, 2017