Category Archives: Canada
Realtors in Vancouver warn of dramatic sales slump as September data expected
VANCOUVER - Sales of detached houses continued to fall dramatically in Vancouver last month and even hit a 10-year low in one neighbourhood, real estate agents say as data for the month of September i...
Oct 03, 2016
Liberals did not adjust budget plans to comply with tribunal orders: Blackstock
OTTAWA - Federal funding for First Nations child welfare was determined well before the government was ordered to increase it, new documents filed with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal show. The doc...
Oct 03, 2016
Police board in Nova Scotia town suspends councillor for use of racial slur
AMHERST, N.S. - A town councillor and mayoral candidate in northern Nova Scotia has been reprimanded and suspended for 90 days from the town’s police board for using a racial slur. Paul Calder, ...
Oct 03, 2016
Halifax Pride under fire for resolution targeting pro-Israel materials
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s official Opposition leader is criticizing efforts to oust a pro-Israel campaign from a Halifax Pride event, saying it’s an “absurd injustice” for a grou...
Oct 03, 2016
A quick look at changes introduced by Ottawa in recent years for housing market
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced numerous measures in recent years in efforts to stabilize housing markets. Here’s a quick look at some of them: Oct. 3, 2016: The federal governmen...
Oct 03, 2016
Family optimistic after UofT student released on bail in Bangladesh
TORONTO - The family of a Toronto university student who was detained in Bangladesh after surviving a terrorist attack is expressing cautious optimism now that the young man has been released on bail,...
Oct 03, 2016
Hijab-wearing student prevented from taking exam for refusing to show ears
MONTREAL - A Montreal junior college is trying to determine how to accommodate a student who was prevented from taking an exam because she wouldn’t temporarily remove part of her hijab, a school...
Oct 03, 2016
Corrections investigating murderer's escape from Saskatchewan Penitentiary
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Federal corrections officials say they’re investigating how a convicted murderer escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. Correctional Service Canada s...
Oct 03, 2016
Alberta won't support Ottawa's climate change plans without a pipeline: Notley
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley drew a line in the oilsands Monday when she said she will not support Ottawa’s climate change plan unless the federal government makes progress on new oi...
Oct 03, 2016
Groups worried over world heritage park want Trudeau to revisit Site C approval
EDMONTON - First Nations and environmental groups want the federal government to revisit its approval of British Columbia’s Site C dam which they worry would threaten a national park that is a W...
Oct 03, 2016