Category Archives: Canada
Ex-Expos pitcher Bill Lee seeking Vermont governorship, wants to dissolve border
MONTREAL - Former Montreal Expos pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee says he’ll work to dissolve the borders between Vermont, Quebec and the Maritime provinces if he is electe...
Nov 07, 2016
Justin Bieber gives Toronto bar patrons impromptu concert
TORONTO - Patrons at a Toronto pub may have done a double take on Friday night when pop star Justin Bieber sat down at the piano and played a few songs. Fifth Pubhouse issued a news release Sunda...
Nov 07, 2016
Teen who attacked two Winnipeg women has very low IQ, FASD: psychiatrist
WINNIPEG - A man who pleaded guilty in two high-profile sex attacks, including one that left a victim near death along the shores of a frigid Winnipeg river, suffers from fetal alcohol ...
Nov 07, 2016
Employers, labour groups push Liberals to rethink parental leave changes
OTTAWA - Two months into her second maternity leave, Karine Beauchamp would love to spend extra time at home with her son Maxime - but she can’t afford to. Among her friends, the new mothers wit...
Nov 07, 2016
Case of juror seeking compensation as victim of crime goes to Appeal Court
TORONTO - The case of a woman who claims she should be recognized as a victim of crime because she developed post-traumatic stress disorder after serving as a juror in a horri...
Nov 07, 2016
Students say 'it's scary' to return to school after teen fatally stabbed
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A man accused of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., sat motionless and was unresponsive during a video appearance in court on M...
Nov 07, 2016
Addiction experts call for national opioid strategy as overdose deaths rise
TORONTO - Canada needs a comprehensive national strategy to curb rampant overprescribing of opioids and to reduce escalating numbers of deaths caused by overdoses of the power...
Nov 07, 2016
Don't regret it 'bigly:' US election night happenings planned across Canada
TORONTO - From the chilly, isolated North to the hot bustling pubs of big city Toronto and windy Cape Breton, people across Canada will be gathering Tuesday night to take in the results of what may be...
Nov 07, 2016
Mansbridge predicts 'good numbers' for coverage of 'unconventional' US election'
TORONTO - CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge has covered some rather unpredictable U.S. elections. In 1980, Ronald Reagan beat incumbent Jimmy Carter to many pundits’ surprise. In 2000, ...
Nov 07, 2016
Air Canada ready for competition but opposes quick exemptions for rivals
MONTREAL - Air Canada says it’s not afraid of competition from new Canadian low-cost airlines, but is opposed to Ottawa’s decision to fast-track new foreign ownership rules for two po...
Nov 07, 2016