Category Archives: Canada
Health Canada uses new "social" funding model to support blood pressure program
TORONTO - The federal government is experimenting with a relatively new funding model to kick-start a program aimed at helping older Canadians in Ontario and British Columbia manage high blood pr...
Oct 28, 2016
A timeline of events in the deadly shooting in northern Saskatchewan
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting at a school and a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche on Jan. 22. An 18-year-old, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilt...
Oct 28, 2016
No verdict Friday at Jacques Corriveau fraud trial in Montreal
MONTREAL - Jurors have failed to reach a verdict on their first full day of deliberations at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial. The judge who headed the commission into the federal&...
Oct 28, 2016
CIBC to repay $73 million after overcharging clients for 14 years
TORONTO - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM) has agreed to compensate clients a total of $73.3 million after collecting excess fees for certain mutual funds and investment services over ...
Oct 28, 2016
Edmonton homeless man returns 96-year-old man's lost wallet: police
Edmonton police are commending a homeless man for restoring a senior’s faith in humanity. Police say two constables were driving in the city’s northeast when they were flagged down by a st...
Oct 28, 2016
A look at the four people who died in the shooting in northern Saskatchewan
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting at a school and a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche on Jan. 22. An 18-year-old, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilt...
Oct 28, 2016
Feds hope to sell global investors, Canadians on Canada's economic potential
OTTAWA - Next week’s fall economic statement from Finance Minister Bill Morneau will be heftier than a typical fiscal update - the result, sources say, of its two major goals: convincing the pub...
Oct 28, 2016
Reporter named in Muskrat Falls court order says it sets dangerous precedent
GOOSE BAY, N.L. - A journalist who has been ordered to appear in court over his presence at the Muskrat Falls protests says he was reporting, not protesting - and his case could set a danger...
Oct 28, 2016
An FBI bombshell lands on Hillary Clinton's clear path to the White House
Hillary Clinton’s waltz toward the White House has just been complicated by a bombshell dropped on her path by the FBI - police announced they are examining new emails three months&nbs...
Oct 28, 2016
Foreign buyers 1.3 per cent of Metro Vancouver real estate sales since tax
VANCOUVER - The rate of foreign investment in Metro Vancouver housing has fallen to 1.3 per cent since the introduction of a new tax targeting international buyers, according to new data fro...
Oct 28, 2016