Category Archives: Canada
Manitoba RCMP tweet as slain teen in effort to stir leads in cold case
An unorthodox social media campaign that sees police tweeting from the perspective of a 15-year-old murder victim is serving its purpose by making the teenager seem more like a person than a statistic...
Oct 17, 2016
Ontario puts two-year hold on permits for new bottled water operations
TORONTO - Nestle will have to wait two years before it can even test a well it purchased in a fast-growing southern Ontario community which wanted the site for its drinking water supply. The Ontario g...
Oct 17, 2016
Cdn officials hopeful despite failure of weekend talks to salvage trade deal
OTTAWA - A weekend push to persuade a small but essential pocket of Belgium to support the sweeping Canada-Europe trade agreement has yet to resolve differences ahead of a key meeting that could deter...
Oct 17, 2016
Two men attacked in downtown Halifax by bandits who demand pants: police
HALIFAX - Police are looking for a violent thief with a taste for trousers. They say two men approached two other men in downtown Halifax (around Prince and Argyle streets) just after midnight and beg...
Oct 17, 2016
Rogers chairman fills in as CEO while awaiting arrival of Joe Natale
TORONTO - In a surprise move, Rogers Communications announced Monday the immediate departure of its CEO Guy Laurence and the uncertain arrival time for his replacement, former Telus chief executive Jo...
Oct 17, 2016
Muskrat Falls protests ramp up as flooding set to begin in swath of Labrador
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Long-standing protests over the Muskrat Falls hydro project are escalating - including nine arrests Monday, a march on the provincial legislature and a hunger strike - as rese...
Oct 17, 2016
Doctors hail China's pledge to stop harvesting inmate organs
BEIJING - Surgeons from around the world gathered at a conference in Beijing on Monday in China’s latest effort to fight persistent skepticism about whether its hospitals have stopped performing...
Oct 17, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Oct. 17
Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 17 --- ONTARIO’S NEW RULES FOR BOTTLED WATER COMPANIES Ontario’s Liberal government is proposing a two-year hold on the creation or expansion of an...
Oct 17, 2016
Montreal's retiring subway cars to get second lives as cafes, galleries
MONTREAL - As Montreal’s original subway cars are being gradually pulled out of service, at least a few of the 50-year-old cars will be getting second lives. As part of an event celebrating the ...
Oct 17, 2016
CMHC raises red flag about housing, cites spillover from Toronto, Vancouver
TORONTO - The head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the state of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability concerns have spilled over from the country’s tw...
Oct 17, 2016