Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia to hire Arabic-speaking welfare case worker to help refugees
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is hiring an Arabic-speaking welfare case worker as it prepares for the end of federal sponsorship support for Syrian refugees. About 1,300 Syrian refugees have come to Nova Scot...
Dec 01, 2016
Tory leadership hopeful Leitch wants pepper spray legal for self-defence
OTTAWA - As the Conservative leadership slate continues to expand, two of the most prominent contenders are jockeying for attention and support. Ontario MP Kellie Leitch, who has already urged screeni...
Dec 01, 2016

Niagara Falls gets $4M lighting makeover; LED brightens view
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A $4 million lighting makeover promises to dial up the wow factor of Niagara Falls at night. Officials say energy-efficient LED lighting being unveiled Thursday will provide brig...
Dec 01, 2016

Longtime ex-Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt pleads guilty to fraud charges
LAVAL, Que. - Gilles Vaillancourt, once one of Quebec’s most influential municipal politicians, was sent to prison Thursday for his role in a scheme that defrauded public coffers of millions of ...
Dec 01, 2016

Monsef's dismissive response to committee report dims hope for electoral reform
OTTAWA - Any hope that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will keep his promise to reform Canada’s voting system in time for the next federal election all but vanished Thursday after his democratic i...
Dec 01, 2016

Death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine drives Manitoba volunteer searchers
WINNIPEG - The 2014 discovery of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine’s body - wrapped in a garbage bag and discarded in the Red River - shook Winnipeg to its core. To this day, it prompts residents of the...
Dec 01, 2016

Baloney Meter: did the feds promise electoral reform only with broad support?
OTTAWA - “We’ve been very clear from the very beginning, Mr. Speaker, that we will not move forward on reform without the broad support of Canadians.” - Democratic Institutions Minis...
Dec 01, 2016
Snow shutters N.B. schools, businesses as thousands remain without power
FREDERICTON - Savanah Gould looked up from her perch inside a dark New Brunswick Tim Hortons Thursday to find yet another snow-blasted coffee-seeker jiggling the locked doors. “We’re just ...
Dec 01, 2016

Case of former top Newfoundland athlete charged with murder put over
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The case of a former top Newfoundland athlete charged in the death of a man whose body was found under the stairwell of a St. John’s apartment building has been put over...
Dec 01, 2016

Family warns against 'guardian homes' after teen's therapy dog taken by breeder
VANCOUVER - Since Devon Wagner’s dog was taken away, he says he feels like there’s a “hole” inside of him. The 18-year-old suffered a life-changing concussion playing hockey si...
Dec 01, 2016