Category Archives: Canada
Ontario man charged in alleged spiritual scam: police
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A 40-year-old man from Brampton, Ont. is facing charges after allegedly defrauding a woman of more than $60,000 by persuading her of his mystical powers. Peel Regional Police say the ...
Jan 19, 2017

Galen G. Weston named CEO of George Weston, company his father led for decades
TORONTO - Galen G. Weston has been appointed CEO of George Weston Ltd., a business his father led for decades before stepping aside last year as part of a staged succession plan at the company th...
Jan 19, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 19
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 19 --- CANADIAN TRAVELLING TO WASHINGTON TO PROTEST TRUMP Hundreds of Canadians will be in Washington, D.C., to take part in a massive protest and rall...
Jan 19, 2017

A timeline of events from the deadly La Loche shooting one year ago
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting at a high school and a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche a year ago. A student, who was 17 at the time, has plea...
Jan 19, 2017

It's 'an important time for women' around the world, says Maryam Monsef
OTTAWA - Maryam Monsef, like all her Liberal cabinet colleagues, was careful to step around a direct question about U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. She might have actually had to be more nimble tha...
Jan 19, 2017

A look at the four people who died in a mass shooting in northern Saskatchewan
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting in a school and at a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche on Jan. 22, 2016. A student, who has since turned 18, has plea...
Jan 19, 2017
'Get out of here!' The story from inside the La Loche school shooting
Phyllis Longobardi remembers hearing two blasts before she saw the gun. The assistant principal at the La Loche high school in northern Saskatchewan remembers that the lunch bell had rung on Jan....
Jan 19, 2017

Roberta Bondar marks 25 years since becoming Canada's first woman in space
The morning of January 22, 1992, was chilly along the east coast of Florida. NASA officials watched the temperatures closely - just six years earlier, cold temperatures contributed to the Challen...
Jan 19, 2017
Complaint filed over treatment of German shepherd on Winnipeg-area film set
WINNIPEG - A Toronto-based animal law organization has filed animal cruelty complaints over the treatment of a German shepherd on the set of the film “A Dog’s Purpose.” Animal Justic...
Jan 18, 2017
Family of four 'brazen' cougars put down after getting too bold in B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - British Columbia conservation officers have killed a family of four cougars they say were growing increasingly bold while hunting urban deer around homes in the province...
Jan 18, 2017