Category Archives: Canada
'Occasional abuse:' Woman who assaulted orphan nieces gets probation, no jail
CALGARY - A judge has spared a woman who assaulted two orphaned nieces in her care from going to jail because of her mental state at the time. At a hearing Thursday, Justice Sandy Park gave the woman ...
Jun 22, 2017
List of 59 Sears store closures throughout the country
TORONTO - Sears Canada is shuttering 59 locations as part of a court-supervised restructuring. Here’s a list of where the closures are taking place: Sears Full-Line Department Stores: Medicine H...
Jun 22, 2017
Indigenous lands in Canada added to Google Maps
WATERLOO, Ont. - Google has mapped thousands of indigenous lands in Canada. Google Canada employee Tara Rush says the company has been conducting mapping workshops with indigenous communities since 20...
Jun 22, 2017
Men hit over back of head: Man charged in one of 3 attacks in downtown Calgary
CALGARY - Police have charged a man with aggravated assault in the first of three attacks in downtown Calgary in which men were hit in the back of the head with heavy objects. A man was taken to hospi...
Jun 22, 2017
Ftouhi says he has no mental problems: court hearing
FLINT, Mich. - The Quebecer charged in the stabbing of a police officer at a Michigan airport says he has no mental or physical problems and does not use alcohol or drugs. Audio from Amor Ftouhi’...
Jun 22, 2017
Foreign home buyers surge 37 per cent in Montreal on growth in Chinese purchases
MONTREAL - Canada’s federal housing agency says the number of foreign buyers in the Montreal area surged by 37 per cent in the first four months of the year. The 236 purchases by foreigners acco...
Jun 22, 2017
Boeing plays down Bombardier dispute, still hopes to sell fighter jets to Canada
OTTAWA - A senior Boeing official says the U.S. aerospace giant’s trade dispute with Montreal-based rival Bombardier is a “company-to-company issue,” and that it still hopes to sell ...
Jun 22, 2017
Tears for Sears: The rise and decline of a Canadian retail giant
TORONTO - For decades, Sears was a quintessential part of the Canadian shopping experience. Its catalogues adorned coffee tables and its Kenmore-branded appliances were staples in homes for generation...
Jun 22, 2017
Halifax schools to acknowledge aboriginal territory in daily announcements
Halifax students will be getting a daily reminder that their schools sit on traditional Mi’kmaq territory starting this fall. The Halifax Regional School Board unanimously agreed late Wednesday ...
Jun 22, 2017
Senate passes budget unchanged but reasserts right to amend money bills
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s budget bill passed the Senate without amendments Thursday, but the broader dispute over which parliamentary chamber has the right to decide budgetary matters wa...
Jun 22, 2017