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Toronto-bound flight diverted to Denver after passengers smell strange odour

Toronto-bound flight diverted to Denver after passengers smell strange odour

Canada October 31, 2016 at 6:45 am 0 comments

DENVER — More than 100 people on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Toronto are safe after the plane was diverted to Denver International Airport on Sunday. Airport spokeswoman Daria Serna says the plane landed in Denver after the crew reported a mechanical issue. Airline spokesman Kent PowellRead More

Vehicle involved in high-speed chase in Brampton set ablaze in Mississauga

Vehicle involved in high-speed chase in Brampton set ablaze in Mississauga

Canada October 31, 2016 at 6:45 am 0 comments

Mississauga: A stolen vehicle that was involved in a high-speed chase on Highway 407 on Friday night was set ablaze underneath a bridge in Mississauga sometime Saturday morning, police say. Officers at 22 Division on Hurontario Street in Brampton first noticed the vehicle in their parking lot while reviewing securityRead More

Feds will continue to monitor housing market, Morneau tells Toronto audience

Feds will continue to monitor housing market, Morneau tells Toronto audience

Canada October 28, 2016 at 6:59 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Ottawa will continue to monitor the real estate market and take the necessary actions to ensure that an uptick in interest rates or a decline in home prices don’t threaten the country’s financial stability, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Friday. “I will continue to act to ensureRead More

Ontario’s relaxed rules for wine in grocery stores take effect

Ontario’s relaxed rules for wine in grocery stores take effect

Canada October 28, 2016 at 6:58 pm 0 comments

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Wine is now available on the shelves of select grocery stores across Ontario. Eventually, the Liberal government says beer and cider will be available in up to 450 grocery stores, and 300 of those will also be selling wine. But for now, 67 grocery stores are allowedRead More

Malcolm Rowe becomes newest Supreme Court of Canada justice

Malcolm Rowe becomes newest Supreme Court of Canada justice

Canada October 28, 2016 at 6:55 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Justice Malcolm Rowe has been formally appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Rowe, a former justice of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, was nominated to the court last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He is the first justice appointed under a new process broughtRead More

State memorial service to be held in Calgary for former Alberta premier Jim Prentice

State memorial service to be held in Calgary for former Alberta premier Jim Prentice

Canada October 28, 2016 at 6:52 pm 0 comments

CALGARY — A state memorial service will be held in Calgary today for former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this month in British Columbia. Prentice, who was 60, and three other men were killed when a twin-engine Cessna Citation crashed shortly after takeoffRead More

Independents’ control over Senate imminent with PM poised to fill 21 vacancies

Independents’ control over Senate imminent with PM poised to fill 21 vacancies

Canada October 27, 2016 at 1:49 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will name nine, new, non-partisan senators Thursday, bringing him within reach of his goal to transform the discredited Senate into a more reputable, independent chamber of sober second thought. The five women and four men hail from a wide variety of backgrounds, from anRead More

Deal reached to back EU-Canada free trade agreement: Belgian government

Deal reached to back EU-Canada free trade agreement: Belgian government

Canada October 27, 2016 at 1:48 pm 0 comments

BRUSSELS — The Belgian government has reached a deal to back the free trade pact between the European Union and Canada, reviving hope for a precarious agreement that was supposed to be officially signed today with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau scrapped a trip to Belgium late Wednesday shortly afterRead More

Feds urged to make mental health top priority in health accord negotiations

Feds urged to make mental health top priority in health accord negotiations

Canada October 27, 2016 at 1:47 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is being urged to make mental health a top priority as it negotiates a new health accord with the provinces and territories. Dr. Catherine Zahn, president of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, says mental illness afflicts some 6.7 million Canadians — roughly 20Read More

October To Be Declared Hindu Heritage Month in Ontario, Canada

Canada October 27, 2016 at 12:43 pm 0 comments

Toronto: A bill to proclaim October as Hindu Heritage Month annually in Canada’s Ontario province has been introduced in the provincial assembly. Ontario is home to more than 700,000 Indo-Canadians. Introducing the bill in the Ontario assembly here, Joe Dickson, who is a Member of the Provincial Parliament (MPP), saidRead More