Category Archives: Canada

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia man targeted by the vigilante group Creep Catchers has been sentenced to prison. Sixty-seven-year-old Don Putt was sentenced to six months, but with credit for ti...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s state media says Canadian officials have met with a detained Ontario pastor who has been sentenced to life in prison in the country. Hyeon Soo Lim, a pa...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will ban all products containing asbestos by 2018. Here’s a timeline of the history of asbestos in Canada. 1876: Large deposits of asbestos are discovered...

Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 15 --- FEDS BAN ASBESTOS IN CANADA: The federal government is banning the use of asbestos in products. It says it’s moving to phase out the manuf...

A father and four children are believed to have been killed in a house fire on the Oneida Nation of the Thames First Nation near London, Ont. Here are some other fatal fires that have taken place in F...

TORONTO - The Bank of Montreal has agreed to compensate clients a total of $49.9 million after collecting excess fees on certain mutual funds and investment products over eight years. The bank (TSX:BM...

HALIFAX - School boards in Nova Scotia say much goes into deciding if students should stay home due to nasty weather - and say they don’t track complaints from disgruntled parents who think they...

OTTAWA - Federal agencies should be required by law to properly protect the private information of Canadians and to report breaches when sensitive data goes astray, says a group of MPs. The Commons co...

OTTAWA - A pair of provincial finance ministers say they’re optimistic that a long-awaited deal with Ottawa on a new health-care funding framework is close. The Trudeau government is set to meet...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba New Democrats say a member of their caucus has been suspended from attending meetings following an allegation of verbal sexual harassment. A statement from the opposition caucus Th...