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Ashley Madison site reboots under new leaders

Ashley Madison site reboots under new leaders

Canada July 5, 2016 at 7:24 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — There are changes coming to Ashley Madison, the dating service for people looking for partners outside their marriage. The Toronto-based company that owns Ashley Madison says it has a new chief executive and a new president and new measures in place against privacy breaches. A high-profile cyberattack lastRead More

Toronto Pride Parade pays tribute to Orlando victims, sees historic first as PM takes part

Toronto Pride Parade pays tribute to Orlando victims, sees historic first as PM takes part

Canada July 4, 2016 at 8:18 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Canada’s largest Pride parade marked another milestone Sunday as a sitting prime minister marched for the first time in a colourful celebration that was tempered by last month’s shooting massacre in Orlando, Fla. A river of multi-coloured floats and marchers came to a halt on Yonge Street andRead More

Trudeau says PM taking part in Pride Parade ‘shouldn’t be a big thing’

Trudeau says PM taking part in Pride Parade ‘shouldn’t be a big thing’

Canada July 4, 2016 at 8:13 pm 0 comments

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became the first sitting Canadian prime minister to march in the Toronto Pride Parade Sunday, an accomplishment he says “shouldn’t be a big thing.” “For me, it is just another great Pride celebration. I’ve been coming to this for years and it’s sort of frustrating thatRead More

Manmeet Singh Bhullar School named in honour of late Calgary MLA

Manmeet Singh Bhullar School named in honour of late Calgary MLA

Canada July 2, 2016 at 7:21 pm 0 comments

Calgary:- A public school in northeast Calgary will be named after the late Manmeet Bhullar. The Calgary Board of Education says Manmeet Singh Bhullar School is expected to open in Martindale in September 2017. Bhullar was a popular Tory MLA who died in an accident on the QE2 last November.Read More

Canada to send troops to Latvia for new NATO brigade

Canada July 2, 2016 at 7:07 pm 0 comments

Toronto: The Trudeau government has decided it will send troops to join a NATO high-readiness brigade preparing to deploy in Eastern Europe. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion issued a joint statement today saying Canada will take up a leadership role and establish one of theRead More

Trudeau, Pena Nieto, Obama to take part in North American Leaders’ Summit

Trudeau, Pena Nieto, Obama to take part in North American Leaders’ Summit

Canada June 29, 2016 at 2:00 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – The love-in between Canada and Mexico will expand into a continental threesome today as U.S. President Barack Obama joins Justin Trudeau and Enrique Pena Nieto for the North American Leaders’ Summit. The huddle, colloquially known as the Three Amigos summit, is expected to focus on clean energy andRead More

One dead, several injured, homes destroyed after Mississauga explosion

One dead, several injured, homes destroyed after Mississauga explosion

Canada June 29, 2016 at 2:00 pm 0 comments

Mississauga:More than a dozen homes are under a strict evacuation order and hundreds of others remain inside a restricted perimeter after an explosion leveled a Mississauga home Tuesday, leaving one person dead and several others injured. The Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team arrived at the scene late Tuesday andRead More

CIBC to buy Chicago-based PrivateBancorp in C$4.9-billion deal

CIBC to buy Chicago-based PrivateBancorp in C$4.9-billion deal

Canada June 29, 2016 at 1:57 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — CIBC is offering to buy Chicago-based PrivateBancorp, Inc. in a friendly deal valued at C$4.9 billion, or US$3.8 billion, as it seeks to grow its presence in the U.S. banking sector. “We see this as a long-term strategic transaction that creates a platform for growth across North America,Read More

Canada to lift visa requirement for Mexicans, Mexico to allow Canadian beef

Canada to lift visa requirement for Mexicans, Mexico to allow Canadian beef

Canada June 28, 2016 at 5:17 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is dropping its visa requirement for Mexican visitors as of December 2016, while Mexico has agreed to lift long-standing restrictions on Canadian beef imports by October. Trudeau made the announcement Tuesday alongside Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who is in Ottawa forRead More

Province restores some funding for children with autism following outcry

Province restores some funding for children with autism following outcry

Canada June 28, 2016 at 5:15 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Children five and older with autism will no longer be cut off from government-funded intensive therapy, as the Ontario government announced new funding Tuesday, but some parents are not ready to forgive the Liberals for the “misery” they endured. The Liberal government announced earlier this year that aRead More