Category Archives: Canada
Maud Lewis painting 'Black Cats' sells for$36,800 at Consignor Art Auction
TORONTO - A Maud Lewis painting has been sold for well above its pre-auction estimate for the second time in a month. The Nova Scotia artist’s “Black Cats” fetched $36,800 at the Con...
May 26, 2017
Sides return to the bargaining table on Day 3 of Quebec construction strike
MONTREAL - An alliance of construction trade unions and employers’ groups returned to the bargaining table Friday as Quebec’s construction strike kept work sites quiet for a third day. The...
May 26, 2017
Rising program expenses propel fed 2016-17 deficit to $21.8B: preliminary estimate
OTTAWA - A $21.7-billion surge in federal program expenses was almost entirely responsible for the government’s expected 2016-17 deficit, according to a preliminary analysis of Ottawa’s bo...
May 26, 2017
Thirty herons killed at nesting site in Vernon, B.C., after powerful windstorm
VERNON, B.C. - More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird are dead after their nesting site in Vernon, B.C., was heavily damaged in a windstorm. Vernon-based wildlife expert Pete W...
May 26, 2017
Alberta woman jumps through glass window to safety in South Carolina
Police say an Alberta woman lured to the United States with a promise of modelling work was instead held against her will in a trailer and jumped through a plate-glass window to escape. “She sur...
May 26, 2017
Ottawa won't impose national threshold for electric car purchases, says Garneau
MONTREAL - Ottawa has appointed an advisory group to develop a plan for getting more zero-emission vehicles on the road, but it won’t follow Quebec in requiring automakers to sell a minimum numb...
May 26, 2017
Pipemakers in Regina vote to give union executive power to call strike
REGINA - Hundreds of unionized workers at Evraz North America’s steel plant in Regina have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to back contract demands. The vote by members of United...
May 26, 2017
Voters in Bernier's hometown say they like the man more than the party
SAINT-GEORGES, Que. - In Beauce, a region of rolling hills, entrepreneurs and pick-up trucks south of Quebec City, locals say they vote for the candidate, not the political party. Since 2006, the vari...
May 26, 2017
Newfoundland town hopes to rid itself of dead whale, fast: 'Yuck b'y'
LOGY BAY, N.L. - A rotting, putrid whale remains lodged on a Newfoundland beach, as a picturesque seaside town tries to come up with a plan to get rid of it. The dead humpback washed ashore in Outer C...
May 26, 2017
Blood spatter expert testifies he found blood on gun seized from Sandeson's safe
HALIFAX - A blood expert testifying at the murder trial of a Halifax university student says he spotted 44 spatter stains on a gun recovered from the man’s apartment in 2015. Sgt. Adrian Butler ...
May 26, 2017