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Tim Hortons denies franchisee licence renewal amid spat with operators

Tim Hortons denies franchisee licence renewal amid spat with operators

Canada April 10, 2018 at 5:13 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — An association representing some Tim Hortons franchisees says a prominent member has had his licence renewal denied amid ongoing tensions with the company. The Great White North Franchisee Association board says Mark Kuziora was denied a renewal for one of his two Toronto Tim Hortons outlets as anRead More

Men arrested for alleged pepper spray incident at Peterborough high school

Men arrested for alleged pepper spray incident at Peterborough high school

Canada April 10, 2018 at 5:12 pm 0 comments

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Police say two Peterborough, Ont., men are facing charges after pepper spray was allegedly used on three people at a high school. Investigators say a 19-year-old man who had previously attended Crestwood Secondary School got into a fight with a 16-year-old boy on the school’s premises onRead More

No injuries after fire breaks out at Etobicoke elementary school

Canada April 10, 2018 at 5:12 pm 0 comments

No injuries were reported after a fire broke out on the roof of an Etobicoke elementary school early this morning. Toronto Fire Capt. David Eckerman told CP24 that a fire was first reported at John English Junior Middle School shortly after 5 a.m. by a neighbour who spotted an orangeRead More

Response to Humboldt tragedy ‘like nothing we’ve ever seen’ in Canada: GoFundMe CEO

Canada April 10, 2018 at 5:11 pm 0 comments

The CEO of crowdfunding website GoFundMe says the donation response to the bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team is unprecedented in Canada “The outpouring of support has been like nothing we’ve really ever seen in Canada,” GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon told CP24 Monday. “There’s been over five millionRead More

Kinder Morgan suspends work on Trans Mountain pipeline amid B.C. opposition

Kinder Morgan suspends work on Trans Mountain pipeline amid B.C. opposition

Canada April 9, 2018 at 1:10 pm 0 comments

CALGARY – The future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was cast in doubt on Sunday as Kinder Morgan Canada suspended all non-essential activities and related spending on the project in the face of mounting opposition from British Columbia. With the company citing its decision largely on the B.C. government’sRead More

Social media users leave hockey sticks on their porches to tribute Humboldt crash victims

Canada April 9, 2018 at 1:09 pm 0 comments

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Social media users are reaching out to the town of Humboldt, sharing photos of hockey sticks left on front porches to pay tribute the 15 lives lost after a bus carrying the Broncos junior hockey team collided with a semi truck. Fourteen others were injured in Friday’sRead More

Canadian Tire Corp. expands loyalty program to cover more retail brands

Canadian Tire Corp. expands loyalty program to cover more retail brands

Canada April 9, 2018 at 1:08 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. says it’s expanding its loyalty program to allow customers to collect and redeem Canadian Tire Money across its various retail brands. The company says starting later this spring, customers will be able to collect points at Sport Chek, Mark’s, Atmosphere and Gas+ locations in additionRead More

‘Valley of darkness:’ Broncos’ pastor recalls scene after bus crash

Canada April 9, 2018 at 1:07 pm 0 comments

HUMBOLDT, Sask. – Hundreds gathered to remember 15 people who died when the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crashed late last week and heard a heart-rending recollection from the team chaplain who happened upon the gruesome scene and heard sounds of the dying. “We travelled up and arrived at the scene …Read More

14 killed in Canada hockey team bus accident

14 killed in Canada hockey team bus accident

Canada April 7, 2018 at 5:04 pm 0 comments

Toronto, April 7 At least 14 people have been killed and another 14 injured in a collision involving a junior hockey team’s bus in Saskatchewan, Canada, according to the police. There were 28 people in the vehicle at the time of the accident that took place on Friday when aRead More

Canadian firm tied to Facebook data scandal got $100K from feds in 2017

Canadian firm tied to Facebook data scandal got $100K from feds in 2017

Canada April 7, 2018 at 5:03 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – The Canadian company at the heart of the international scandal over the unauthorized use of Facebook information received $100,000 in federal funding last year to develop data-driven tools for political campaigns, The Canadian Press has learned. AggregateIQ Data Services Ltd. received the one-time contribution from the National ResearchRead More