Category Archives: Canada
McDonald's and A&W to launch all-day breakfast nationwide due to growing demand
TORONTO - Two of Canada’s more well-known restaurant chains are rolling out all-day breakfast across the country in response to a growing consumer appetite for their morning staples. McDona...
Jan 26, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 26
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 26 --- TORONTO POLICE TO ISSUE REPORT ON FORCE’S FUTURE Toronto police are set to release a report today on ways to modernize the force. Th...
Jan 26, 2017
Client says many would be dead without medical heroin at Vancouver clinic
VANCOUVER - The smell of rubbing alcohol permeates a tiny room where chronic heroin users inject a pharmaceutical-grade version of the drug three times a day to just feel normal. Justin...
Jan 26, 2017
Ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum found guilty on eight charges
MONTREAL - Michael Applebaum, the ex-interim Montreal mayor who vowed to clean up the scandal-plagued city during his tenure, was found guilty Thursday of eight of the 14 corruptio...
Jan 26, 2017
Panel calls for fewer Toronto police officers in cars, more on street
TORONTO - Closing the gap between officers and the residents they serve is critical to addressing the mistrust many people feel, a key report on modernizing the Toronto Police Service says. To drive w...
Jan 26, 2017
Stepmom convicted in beating death of girl appeals to Supreme Court
CALGARY - A Calgary woman serving a life sentence for murdering her six-year-old stepdaughter, Meika Jordan, is appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada. Marie Magoon is asking the court to ...
Jan 25, 2017
B.C. overdose inquest recommends better access to addictions treatment
BURNABY, B.C. - Jurors at a coroner’s inquest into the fatal overdose of a 20-year-old man in British Columbia have recommended the province improves treatment opti...
Jan 25, 2017
Trudeau says he doesn't know bill details but supports his justice minister
SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has continued his town hall tour of Canada with a rather friendly and low-key public meeting in Saskatoon. Trudeau was greeted with a standing ovation Wednesd...
Jan 25, 2017
A timeline of events around the MV Sun Sea
VANCOUVER - A chronology of events in the case of the MV Sun Sea: July 16, 2010: Canada watches for a ship alleged to be carrying illegal Tamil migrants after a Sri Lankan newspaper warned t...
Jan 25, 2017
Jury says three of four accused human smugglers not guilty
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court jury has acquitted three of four men accused of bringing hundreds of Tamil migrants into Canada illegally, more than six years after a dilapidated cargo ship packed wi...
Jan 25, 2017