Category Archives: Canada
Child dies in Vancouver home fire; 2 other kids and 3 adults hospitalized
VANCOUVER - A child has died in a house fire on Vancouver’s east side and five family members rescued from the residence are in hospital. Capt. Jonathan Gormick of Vancouver Fire and Rescue coul...
Jan 05, 2017
Lac-Megantic: trial on criminal negligence charges to proceed for train driver
SHERBROOKE, , Que. - A lawyer for the driver of the train that crashed in Lac-Megantic in 2013 is no longer seeking a stay of proceedings in his client’s criminal case. Thomas Walsh says Tom Har...
Jan 05, 2017
Walmart and Visa declare truce in half-year battle over credit card fees
TORONTO - Corporate behemoths Walmart Canada and Visa have declared a truce in their dispute over merchant fees, allowing Walmart customers in Manitoba and Thunder Bay, Ont., to resume using the credi...
Jan 05, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Jan. 5 CANADA COULD BE HEADING TOWARD DECADES OF DEFICITS, SAYS REPORT: Federal numbers released quietly by the government late last month are painting a bl...
Jan 05, 2017
Court hearing on conflict case involving B.C. premier delayed until next week
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Supreme Court has delayed a hearing on a case that seeks to set aside two rulings made by the provincial conflict of interest commissioner involving Premier Christ...
Jan 05, 2017
Nova Scotia cabinet minister makes first statement as husband gets bail
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s immigration minister thanked “the entire community” for its support Thursday, as her husband was released on bail on charges he assaulted, threatened and chok...
Jan 05, 2017
B.C. government to fund up to 1,100 new teachers with $50-million instalment
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is providing $50 million for school districts to hire hundreds of new teachers in response to a scathing Supreme Court of Canada decision, but the educators’ union s...
Jan 05, 2017
September murder trial set for man in stabbing death of Quebec store clerk
MONTREAL - A Quebec man charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a supermarket clerk is expected to stand trial in September. Randy Tshilumba’s lawyer says his client’s tr...
Jan 05, 2017
CFIA says no new bovine TB cases, cheques sent to some ranches under quarantine
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there have been no new cases of bovine tuberculosis found in the past month, but that doesn’t mean the crisis is over. Six cattle in total have ...
Jan 05, 2017
Experts divided on social media surveillance after Twitter pulls plug on Media Sonar
TORONTO - A recent controversy involving an Ontario-based software company losing access to Twitter because of its marketing practices is just one salvo in an ongoing battle around online privacy, ana...
Jan 05, 2017