Category Archives: Canada
Senior charged with murder found to be a risk before attack at home, trial hears
TORONTO - A Toronto senior accused of murdering a fellow resident in a long-term care home and injuring another was deemed a “chronic risk” to his frail colleagues a ye...
Oct 13, 2016
Conference Board predicts LNG investment rebound despite low world prices
CALGARY - The Conference Board of Canada says there’s still room for optimism for Canada’s liquefied natural gas export industry, despite global LNG prices that are expected to remain weak...
Oct 13, 2016
'Impossible to say' what outcome of new housing rules will be: Morneau
TORONTO - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says it’s “impossible to say with absolute clarity” what the impacts of new mortgage rules introduced by Ottawa earlier this month will be. &#...
Oct 13, 2016
Canadian writers and musicians celebrate Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize for literature
Several Canadian writers and musicians are praising Bob Dylan’s selection as the Nobel Prize winner for literature, but the pick is also rankling observers who question the categorization o...
Oct 13, 2016
Toronto cops tout 'largest single seizure' of powder cocaine in city's history
Toronto police say they have seized more than 90 kilograms of drugs in what they are calling the largest single seizure of powder cocaine in the force’s history. Officers who searched an east-en...
Oct 13, 2016
Supreme Court agrees to hear B.C. native land case that predates Confederation
OTTAWA - A British Columbia land-claims case that predates Confederation will be heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. The court agreed Thursday to hear the case of the Williams Lake Indian Band, whic...
Oct 13, 2016
Rapper fires back at lawyers' association in N.L. rape sentence controversy
HALIFAX - A popular Canadian rapper says he can’t understand why a prominent lawyers’ group is condemning his angry response to a controversial sexual-assault sentencing. Classified - whos...
Oct 13, 2016
Rise of the roundabout: 'Don't be alarmed. It's just another piece of road'
They evoke some of the world’s most impressive crossroads – the Place de l’Etoile in Paris, Manhattan’s Columbus Circle – and have a remarkable capacity to calm traffic a...
Oct 13, 2016
Public safety and justice ministers discuss pot legalization, aboriginal inquiry
HALIFAX - The inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women and the way forward on legalizing marijuana are on the agenda for justice and public ministers meeting with their federal counterp...
Oct 13, 2016
Vancouver home prices may have seen 'final hurrah,' Royal LePage says
TORONTO - Royal LePage CEO Phil Soper says house prices in Greater Vancouver grew 30.6 per cent year-over-year in the third quarter of the year, marking what may have been the real estate ma...
Oct 13, 2016