Category Archives: Canada

Beware extremes: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attack
If you’re angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled ...
Oct 11, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 11
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 11 --- RAIN, WIND WREAK HAVOC IN ATLANTIC CANADA Thousands of homes and businesses across Atlantic Canada were without electricity early today due to heavy ra...
Oct 11, 2016
Fiat-Chrysler and Unifor reach tentative agreement
TORONTO - Unifor says Fiat Chrysler has commited to invest a total of $554 million at its Ontario plants in addition to increasing wages and benefits for the union’s members in line with a patte...
Oct 11, 2016
Focus housing money on poor, aboriginals: advocacy group
OTTAWA - The federal government is under quiet, but growing pressure to focus housing spending on the neediest, instead of forging ahead with a national plan aimed at the entire housing spectrum. The ...
Oct 11, 2016

General fined $2,000 for accidental gunshot in Iraq
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada’s top special forces soldier has been fined $2,000 after accidentally firing his weapon near another military officer last year. A military judge handed down the punishme...
Oct 11, 2016
Student loan program mistakenly forgives loans to doctors, nurses: Documents
OTTAWA - The federal government is keeping closer tabs on a student loan program targeting doctors and nurses after many of them had loans mistakenly forgiven over the past two years. The federal gove...
Oct 11, 2016

Fiat-Chrysler and Unifor reach tentative agreement
TORONTO - A last-minute tentative agreement has averted a threatened strike by 9,750 workers at Fiat-Chrysler’s operations in Ontario. Unifor president Jerry Dias announced the four-year deal ju...
Oct 10, 2016

Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7; Canadian says he will keep using his phone
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - An Ottawa man who received a replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphone Tuesday morning says he plans to keep using it despite a notice from manufacturer Samsung that it was halting sale...
Oct 10, 2016

Four people dead after fiery crash in Brampton, Ont., on Monday night
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Police are investigating after four people were killed in a fiery crash in Brampton, Ont., on Monday night. Peel Region police say the incident took place just before 9 p.m. (near Bov...
Oct 10, 2016
Heavy rains and strong wreaking havoc in the Maritimes
HALIFAX - Thousands of homes and businesses across Atlantic Canada were without electricity early Tuesday due to heavy rain and strong winds that lashed the region on Thanksgiving Monday. Environment ...
Oct 10, 2016