Category Archives: Canada
Moosehead backs away from opening small-batch brewery in Saint John
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Moosehead Breweries says it’s no longer going ahead with plans to build a small-batch brewery on the waterfront in Saint John, N.B. In June, the company said it was ...
Jan 03, 2017

Ontario woman killed in Istanbul attack remembered as happy and always smiling
MILTON, Ont. - A friend of an Ontario woman killed in an attack on a Turkish nightclub remembers her as a happy person who was always smiling. Ahmed Atrakchi said Alaa Al-Muhandis was part of the...
Jan 03, 2017
Canadian woman reportedly dies in Italian hiking incident: media reports
A young Ontario woman who had recently moved to Europe with her fiance died on New Year’s Day after falling off a mountain path during a hike near the Italian-Austrian border. Chelsea Rebec...
Jan 03, 2017

Scheer calls on O'Leary to join Tory leadership race before French debate
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopeful Andrew Scheer is accusing possible candidate Kevin O’Leary of trying to avoid an all-French debate in two weeks. Scheer released a stateme...
Jan 03, 2017

Oldest known member of southern B.C. killer whale pod believed dead
VANCOUVER - The death of a whale considered the oldest in the West Coast’s southern resident population could particularly affect one animal who may have lost yet another adoptive...
Jan 03, 2017
Most southwest Nova Scotia beaches now clear of dead herring: officials
DIGBY, N.S. - Fisheries officials say the flood of dead herring washing up on southwest Nova Scotia beaches has slowed. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it is monitoring for “evidence ...
Jan 03, 2017

Quebec man identified by family as victim after New Year's Eve party in Thailand
MONTREAL - Relatives of a Canadian man who died after a New Year’s Eve party in Thailand are remembering him as a “bright light” whose sudden death has devastated them...
Jan 03, 2017

Halifax family flees blaze after man throws firebomb at their home: police
HALIFAX - A couple and their two children were forced to flee their Halifax home after it was firebombed, bewildering neighbours who insisted their well-manicured corner of the cityR...
Jan 03, 2017

Chew on this: Report says top CEOs to earn more by lunch than average worker in 2017
TORONTO - Before lunchtime Tuesday, Canada’s highest-paid CEOs were projected to earn as much as the average working person does all year, says a report released by a think tank that tracks exec...
Jan 03, 2017
Five stories in the news today, Jan. 3
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 3 --- ONTARIO WOMAN KILLED IN ISTANBUL NIGHTCLUB ATTACK A Canadian woman killed in an attack on a Turkish nightclub has been identified by Global ...
Jan 03, 2017