Category Archives: Canada
Conservative MP Lisa Raitt sets sights on leadership rivals O'Leary, Leitch
OTTAWA - Gambling that Canadian Conservatives will reject Donald Trump-style politics, Tory leadership candidate Lisa Raitt launched an assault Wednesday on two prominent rivals she fears could&n...
Jan 04, 2017
Man believed to be teaching English overseas killed fighting ISIL in Syria
An Ontario family has learned that their 24-year-old son, who they thought was teaching English overseas, has been killed in Syria while fighting against Islamic State militants. N...
Jan 04, 2017
Police investigating possible cyber threat against Hydro One: company
TORONTO - Ontario’s Hydro One says it is assisting Canadian law enforcement agencies in an ongoing investigation into a possible cyber threat against the electricity distributor. The c...
Jan 04, 2017
Calgary Bishop Fred Henry says he's resigning early for health reasons
CALGARY - The man who has led Calgary’s Catholic community for two decades says he’s leaving his job two years early for health reasons. Bishop Fred Henry says in his resignation letter to...
Jan 04, 2017
Catholic bishop resigns after nearly two decades of service in Calgary
CALGARY - The Calgary bishop known for his hardline stances on protections for LGBTQ youth and the HPV vaccine says he is leaving the role he has held for almost two decades due to...
Jan 04, 2017
Troubled Nova Scotia veteran, family found dead: 'There is a huge sense of loss'
UPPER BIG TRACADIE, N.S. - Aaliyah Desmond celebrated her 10th birthday three days after Christmas. She had just begun horseback riding, and announced to her family on New Year’s Eve she&nb...
Jan 04, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 4
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 4 --- RCMP: FOUR BODIES FOUND IN NOVA SCOTIA HOME RCMP have said very little so far about four bodies that were found inside a home in northeastern Nova...
Jan 04, 2017
Vancouver home sales drop 5.6 per cent in 2016, after tumultuous year for market
Vancouver’s real estate market had a roller-coaster year in 2016, peaking with record sales in the spring but wrapping with a 5.6 per cent drop from 2015, the area’s real estate board...
Jan 04, 2017
Milton, Ont., woman identified as Canadian killed in Istanbul attack: reports
TORONTO - Global Affairs Canada has confirmed the Canadian woman killed in an attack on a Turkish nightclub is Alaa Al-Muhandis. She was one of the 39 people killed, most of them foreign tourists, whe...
Jan 04, 2017
NewLeaf president says flights cancelled after competitor copied plan
WINNIPEG - Discount air carrier NewLeaf Travel says it is cancelling plans to offer flights between Alberta and the Phoenix-Mesa airport in Arizona this year because another airline copied t...
Jan 03, 2017