Category Archives: Canada
Former GG draws line linking 'ugliness' in U.S. to Quebec City mosque attack
OTTAWA - The deadly weekend massacre in Quebec City illustrates how Canada is in danger of being “smothered” by the “ugliness” south of the border, former governor general Adri...
Jan 31, 2017
Friends of Quebec City shooting victims to continue praying in targeted mosque
QUEBEC - A small Quebec City apartment block turned into a place of mourning on Tuesday as members of the Guinean Muslim community gathered to remember two of the six victims of last weekend’s m...
Jan 31, 2017
RM of Wood Buffalo cuts jobs due to effects of wildfire, slumping oilsands
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The regional municipality that includes Fort McMurray says it is cutting 168 jobs due to the economic effects of last spring’s wildfire and Alberta’s slumping oilsan...
Jan 31, 2017
Neighbours describe Quebec shooting suspect as quiet man who loved guns as a kid
QUEBEC - Along the sleepy suburban street where the man charged in the Quebec City mosque shooting was raised, neighbours say as a kid he played baseball, swam in backyard pools and explored the nearb...
Jan 31, 2017
Murder trial told ads for autopsy set, surgery dissection tools on hard drive
CALGARY - A police forensic investigator testified Tuesday he found disturbing web searches on a hard drive found on the farm of a man suspected in the deaths of a Calgary couple and their five-year-o...
Jan 31, 2017
Prince Edward Island signs health deal with additional $45.1 million
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island has become the latest province to sign on to a health deal with Ottawa, agreeing to an additional $45.1 million over the next 10 years. P.E.I., the last of the fou...
Jan 31, 2017
Threats force halt to Edmonton troupe's version of Shakespearean drama
EDMONTON - A community theatre says it has cancelled its production of Shakespeare’s “Othello” because of threats from people angered by a decision to cast a white woman in the title...
Jan 31, 2017
Lack of homes on the market to drive Toronto real estate prices, realtors say
TORONTO - A lack of homes for sale is expected to drive Toronto’s sizzling housing market to another year of double-digit price increases, the city’s real estate board said Tuesday. The To...
Jan 31, 2017
Bernier, Leitch outpace Tory leadership field in 2016 fundraising, data show
OTTAWA - When it comes to fundraising in the Conservative leadership race, there’s Maxime Bernier and then there is everybody else. The latest quarterly financial reports released today by Elect...
Jan 31, 2017
Couillard says Quebec has 'demons' but is an open and loving society
MONTREAL - The deadly shooting at a Quebec mosque could serve as a watershed moment in the sometimes tense debate in the province over race and religion, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday. Couil...
Jan 31, 2017