Category Archives: Canada

Toronto designer basks in glow of 'Kate effect' after royal wears Canadian coat
TORONTO - Bojana Sentaler is quickly learning just what it means to feel the full force of the “Kate effect.” Barely 24 hours after the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in a coat by the Toron...
Sep 29, 2016
Same-sex couples won't have to adopt their own kids under new legislation
TORONTO - When Raquel Grand’s wife was in the middle of a difficult childbirth five years ago, Grand realized that if she lost her partner that day she would not have the legal right to take the...
Sep 29, 2016
Man pleads guilty to killing wife and her daughter with hammer and a bat
HALIFAX - In his suicide note, Gerald Rushton said he loved his common-law wife and her daughter. The Nova Scotia man wrote the note after he killed both of them in 2013 - using a claw hammer to bludg...
Sep 29, 2016
U.S. advises people who bought certain Samsung washers to use delicate cycle
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is advising people who bought certain Samsung washing machines to only use the delicate cycle when washing bedding, water-resistant and bulky items because ...
Sep 29, 2016

Wedding day crisis averted thanks to handy Syrian refugee's intervention
A Toronto bride is crediting a newly arrived Syrian refugee with salvaging both her wedding gown and the day itself. Jo Du says the bridal gown that fit perfectly upon first try began falling apart ho...
Sep 29, 2016
B.C. city inks deal requiring foreign-language bus-stop ads be half in English
RICHMOND, B.C. - A Vancouver-area city where nearly half the residents identify as ethnically Chinese is requiring that all bus-stop ads be at least 50-per-cent English. Richmond signed a contract ear...
Sep 29, 2016

'Grave sin:' Bishops issue guidelines to refuse funerals in assisted deaths
EDMONTON - Guidelines from the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories say priests should refuse funerals for some people who choose assisted suicide. The document describe...
Sep 29, 2016
Nova Scotia premier says he prefers phone over email to conduct business
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier says he likes to conduct most of his government business over the phone because he doesn’t want to publicly defend comments or ideas that don̵...
Sep 29, 2016

Police in Quebec town ask for public help in locating person who killed ostrich
SAINT-EUSTACHE, Que. - Police near Montreal have asked for the public’s help in finding out who killed and mutilated an ostrich described by its owner as ̶...
Sep 29, 2016

Military planning to provide air transport for French counter-terror mission
OTTAWA - As the Liberal government contemplates which United Nations peacekeeping mission to join, the Canadian military is gearing up to support a major French counter-terrorism operation in northern...
Sep 29, 2016