Category Archives: Canada
Social media post prompts partial evacuation of Halifax university dormitory
HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are telling people to watch what they post on social media after a photo of a man holding a realistic-looking paintball gun prompted a partial evacuation of a universi...
Jan 07, 2017
Woman receives call for missing dog asking for money
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - It was the call she was hoping for, but not the call she expected. Denise Ramsay’s German shepherd golden retriever mix dog had been missing for four days after vanishing from ...
Jan 07, 2017
Winter storm warnings issued in Atlantic Canada, up to 40 centimetres expected
HALIFAX - The Atlantic provinces are bracing for a winter wallop that could bring up to 40 centimetres of snow to parts of the region. Environment Canada says a low pressure system will intensify as i...
Jan 07, 2017
B.C. economy forecast to fall from top but stay strong despite housing crunch
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s high performance economic engine is forecast to gear down this year as the province’s housing market cools, say some economic experts. B.C.’s econ...
Jan 07, 2017
Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot claimed by ticket sold in Quebec
TORONTO - The whopping $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was claimed by a single ticket sold in Quebec. There were also 42 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each...
Jan 07, 2017
Some hearings by the Canadian Judicial Council into the conduct of judges
CALGARY - A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee has recommended federal Justice Robin Camp be removed from the bench after making inappropriate remarks when he was a provincial court judge pre...
Jan 06, 2017
Veterans Affairs standing by level of support it provides former soldiers
OTTAWA - Canada’s Veterans Affairs Department is standing by the support and assistance it provides to former soldiers in distress - a subject of controversy in the wake of a murder-suicide...
Jan 06, 2017
'Ignorance, not animus:' Judge asks to keep job after 'knees together' comment
CALGARY - Lawyers for a Calgary judge who asked a sex assault complainant why she couldn’t keep her “knees together” say his behaviour was based on “ignorance” ...
Jan 06, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Jan. 6 --- NO KNOWN CANADIAN CASUALTIES IN FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT SHOOTING: Canadian government officials were trying to determine whethe...
Jan 06, 2017
B.C. property data show sharp decline in foreign investment after tax
VICTORIA - Government data released Friday show a steep drop in real estate transactions in the Vancouver area after British Columbia introduced a tax for foreign buyers last summer. Ta...
Jan 06, 2017