Category Archives: Canada
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
Chronology of events in former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer's case
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A sentencing hearing is being held for former Ontario nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of eight seniors in her care, as well as fou...
Jun 26, 2017
Closing arguments underway at inquest into death of Toronto man shot by police
TORONTO - A hammer-wielding man who was shot dead by Toronto police two years ago did not need to die, the lawyer representing his family said in pushing for a transformation of police culture and tra...
Jun 26, 2017
Ontario to ban 'scalper bots' in proposed ticket sale reforms
TORONTO - Ontario is promising to clamp down on online ticket scalping, a source of frustration and anger for fans who have often been unable to secure tickets to their favourite sport or music events...
Jun 26, 2017
Air Miles raises cap on in-store redemptions effective Monday
TORONTO - Air Miles is raising some of the recent daily limits imposed on redeeming miles for in-store purchases from retailers. The customer loyalty program says the new daily limit on Air Miles Cash...
Jun 26, 2017
Woman leads UK Changing of the Guard ceremony
LONDON - A Canadian captain made history Monday by becoming the first female infantry officer to lead the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. Megan Couto led her unit -the S...
Jun 26, 2017
About, pasta, drama: Canuck actors on the words that bring out their accent
TORONTO - When Howie Mandel played a Boston doctor on the 1980s medical drama “St. Elsewhere” it wasn’t the medical jargon he struggled with - it was his Canadian accent. “I ca...
Jun 26, 2017