Category Archives: Canada
Ontario couple plead guilty to quick-switch theft of $10,000 diamond in N.B.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A New Brunswick jeweller says he’s “ecstatic” that an Ontario couple suspected in a string of nationwide jewelry heists pleaded guilty to stealing a $10,000 diamon...
Nov 18, 2016
Canada announces $54 million for disaster relief and long-term aid in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Canada will give $54 million to Haiti over the next five years, including more than $2 million in immediate aid, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau sai...
Nov 18, 2016
Police want to talk to author of anonymous letter linked to Dunphy shooting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - RCMP in Newfoundland are asking for the public’s help in finding the author of an anonymous letter linked to the police shooting death of Don Dunphy. Police say the...
Nov 18, 2016
QuickList: October inflation rates for Canadian provinces, territories
OTTAWA - Canada’s national inflation rate was 1.5 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces and territories (previous month in brackets): -&nb...
Nov 18, 2016
Food prices post first annual drop since 2000, as inflation creeps up in October
OTTAWA - Food prices in October posted their first year-over-year decline in nearly 17 years as the annual pace of inflation crept higher. Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the story o...
Nov 18, 2016
'Increased water seepage' reported at Muskrat Falls site, water levels reduced
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Nalcor Energy says water has seeped from a temporary cofferdam at the site of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador. In a statement today, the company said ̶...
Nov 18, 2016
Questions, concerns about Trump loom over Halifax defence meeting
Donald Trump’s shadow loomed large as defence ministers and senior military officers from various nations gathered in Halifax on Friday amid questions and concerns about his impact on global sec...
Nov 18, 2016
Ottawa reverses deportation order, grants residency to 'shocked' mother of four
HALIFAX - Canada’s immigration minister has granted permanent residency to an ill woman who was born in Britain but grew up in Canada under difficult circumstances, citing compass...
Nov 18, 2016
Medical experts urge Canada to declare public emergency over opioid crisis
OTTAWA - Canada should declare a national public health emergency over its deadly opioid crisis, health care experts urged Friday as the perils of addiction, overdose and deat...
Nov 18, 2016
Protests after Crown declines to lay charges in alleged abuse of native women
VAL D’OR, Que. - Citizens protested in the streets of Val d’Or on Friday after Crown prosecutors confirmed none of the six provincial police officers accused of abusing native women in the...
Nov 18, 2016