Category Archives: Canada
Quebec minor hockey coach to sit out season for ordering push-ups after loss
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area minor league hockey coach who ordered his team to do push-ups after a loss will sit out the rest of the season, the hockey association’s president said Thursday. Jean-...
Oct 20, 2016
Man convicted of biting off fellow mourner's nose at drunken Nova Scotia wake
PICTOU, N.S. - A Nova Scotia judge has offered a meditation on the nature of grief and the dangers of overdrinking, as he convicted a man for biting off part of a fellow mourner’s nose in a drun...
Oct 20, 2016
'A dreadful idea took shape:' Father of twin boys killed in bobsled crash speaks
CALGARY - An early morning text was the first warning to Jason Caldwell that something was wrong. “Jason. Do you know where your boys are?” He’d just had dinner with Evan and Jordan,...
Oct 20, 2016
Postmedia plans to cut salary expenses as quarterly loss nearly doubles
TORONTO - Postmedia said Thursday it plans to reduce its salary costs by 20 per cent through voluntary staff buyouts, adding that layoffs are possible if that target isn’t met as it announced ne...
Oct 20, 2016
Energy East pipeline 'will happen,' but taking too long:Arthur Irving
HALIFAX - The chairman of Irving Oil confidently predicted Thursday the proposed Energy East Pipeline still being examined by federal regulators “will happen,” though he thinks the process...
Oct 20, 2016
Tasty thank-you: Pub offers customer chicken wings for not driving drunk
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - An Edmonton-area pub has offered a woman an unusual thank-you for not winging it on the road after having too much to drink. Paula Schultz says she decided to leave her SUV over...
Oct 20, 2016
Oh Jesus! New head on statue of Christ puts spotlight on Ontario church
A statue of baby Jesus got a facelift after it was vandalized in northern Ontario - and the result is turning heads. The Ste. Anne des Pins parish in Sudbury, Ont., says the statue, which was beheaded...
Oct 20, 2016
Woman facing deportation issues plea to stay in country she considers home
HALIFAX - A young mother facing deportation to the U.K. after spending much of her life in Canada issued a plea Thursday to be allowed to stay in the country she considers home, a day before her stran...
Oct 20, 2016
Computer "scalper bots" that scoop up concert tickets to be outlawed in Ontario
TORONTO - Computer “scalper bots” that scoop up huge blocks of tickets to concerts and major sporting events, forcing customers to the more expensive resale market, could soon be outlawed ...
Oct 20, 2016
Quebec Liberal steps down from provincial caucus after sex-assault allegation
Quebec Deputy Government House Leader Gerry Sklavounos stepped down from the Liberal caucus on Thursday after a young woman alleged she was sexually assaulted by someone in the party. Premier Philippe...
Oct 20, 2016