Category Archives: Canada
Neighbour must pay $390K in damages for flooded property: Appeal Court
TORONTO - An intransigent property owner whose improvements to his rural land caused years of flooding to the adjacent lot must pay his distressed neighbour a hefty award, Ontario’s top court ru...
Jun 26, 2017
Facts about Ontario's plan to target online ticket scalping
TORONTO - Ontario is targeting online ticket scalping with proposed legislation it plans to introduce this fall. Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says last year’s near instantaneous sell-outs of the...
Jun 26, 2017
Mounties investigating vandalism to P.E.I. Catholic church's anti-abortion sign
ROSEBANK, P.E.I. - Police are investigating vandalism to an anti-abortion sign outside a Prince Edward Island church. RCMP say the sign at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alberton was vandalized a...
Jun 26, 2017
Not One More: Community vigil to be held in wake of teen suicides in Cape Breton
SYDNEY, N.S. - As a Cape Breton community struggles with a string of recent teen suicides, a vigil is being organized to give youth in the region hope and resources, organizers say. The Salvation Army...
Jun 26, 2017
Picking up the harassment probe into Don Meredith a mistake, says his lawyer
OTTAWA - The Senate ethics watchdog should have abandoned her investigation into allegations of workplace harassment and bullying when Don Meredith resigned his seat last month, his lawyer argued Mond...
Jun 26, 2017
Police in Taber, Alta., treat burning of Pride flag as an arson case
TABER, Alta. - Police in a small southern Alberta town are treating the burning of a rainbow Pride flag as an arson case. Taber Police Chief Graham Abela says someone used fuel to light a flag pole on...
Jun 26, 2017
Trailer Park Boys add landmark Halifax eatery, bars to growing business empire
HALIFAX - The Trailer Park Boys, Nova Scotia’s supposedly dopey mockumentary stars, are amassing a business empire spanning an online comedy network, production studio, beverage deals, marijuana...
Jun 26, 2017
Canada-China sign no-hacking agreement designed to protect trade secrets
OTTAWA - Canada and China have agreed not to engage in state-sponsored hacking of each other’s trade secrets and business information. The two countries reached the agreement during a meeting la...
Jun 26, 2017
Nunavut's suicide strategy includes Facebook, giving communities more control
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Social media plays a central role in a five-year plan aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Nunavut. “Just about everyone up here has a Facebook account,” said Dav...
Jun 26, 2017
Liberals launch counter-radicalization centre, adviser to be appointed later
OTTAWA - The federal government’s long-promised counter-radicalization centre is now open, but the appointment of a special adviser to shape a national strategy could be months away. The governm...
Jun 26, 2017