The Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway to close this weekend
Toronto may hit peak traffic congestion this weekend when two main arteries in the city will be closed off. The northbound and southbound lanes of the Don Valley Parkway will be closed for spring...
View ArticleLoblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart Plan Major Changes After Merger
With the Loblaw Cos. purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart completed, Canada’s largest retailer has begun the process of integrating the two brands, and has announced changes it hopes will revolutionize its...
View ArticleIWK Health Centre in Halifax to open new mental health unit next week
HALIFAX - The largest children's hospital in Atlantic Canada will open a new unit next week to serve children and youth with severe mental illness.Officials at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax say the...
View ArticleMissing woman and infant sought by Longueuil police
Longueuil police are searching for a Brossard woman and her six-month-old son after they disappeared from their home on Wednesday. Jian Ping Li, 42, was reported missing by her husband after he...
View ArticleMother's Day Poems: Sweet Sayings For Your Mom's Card
Is it any surprise that motherhood has been inspiring sweet poems for centuries? Few experiences in life bring the highs and lows, the love and pride but also doubt and worry, that parenthood does....
View ArticleCanadian Bar Association: Deeply Concerned About Spat Between Harper And...
OTTAWA - The association that represents lawyers in Canada is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to acknowledge the chief justice of the Supreme Court has done nothing wrong.The Canadian Bar...
View ArticleThomas Piketty economics: How the trendy Frenchman could influence Ontario...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book by French elite scholar Thomas Piketty, has become an unlikely bestseller. Less than a month after its English edition appeared in the United States, the...
View ArticleWhy over 250 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls remain missing
It's been nearly three weeks since men dressed as soldiers kidnapped more than 300 girls from a Nigerian boarding school, an attack that has critics decrying the lack of action from a military that may...
View ArticleOttawa library's 9 requests to remove books, DVDs
After the Toronto Public Library system was asked to ban the Dr. Seuss classic, Hop on Pop, because it apparently promotes violence against fathers, CBC Ottawa decided to ask the Ottawa Public Library...
View ArticleMarijuana was criminalized in 1923, but why?
Pot activists in Canada and elsewhere will be taking part today in what's being billed as a "Global Marijuana March." In this country, they will be calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. They...
View ArticleFeds Swipe At Kathleen Wynne As Ontario Campaign Kicks Off
Just hours into the Ontario election, senior federal Conservatives leaped into the fight, delivering unvarnished scorn for some of Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne's signature policies. In an...
View ArticleCanadiens in the playoffs: Habs and Bruins face off in Game 2
Can the Habs hold on to their lead in Game 2 of their series against arch rival the Boston Bruins? The Bruins are looking to shake off their double-overtime loss and gain on the Montreal Canadiens'...
View ArticleToronto police search for suspect in fatal shooting
Toronto police are searching for a gunman involved in a deadly shooting outside a north Toronto plaza on Friday night. Paramedics say a 20-year-old man was shot to death near the intersection of...
View Article5 neat things about Halifax’s new Central Library
For months, pedestrians walking through downtown Halifax have watched as crews worked on the eye-catching, glass Halifax Central Library. We look at five cool aspects of the building. 1. Design From...
View ArticleCompassion Clubs, Canada's 'Grey Market' Pot Retailers, Face A Make-Or-Break...
It's not just the four joints he’s smoked by mid-afternoon. Neev Tapiero is genuinely unconcerned that a slew of new commercial medical marijuana companies could put his underground cannabis club out...
View ArticlePolice break up massive house party at Brampton mansion
Peel police deployed as many as 60 cruisers to break up a raucous Brampton house party that attracted between 1,500 and 2,000 teenagers and caused "substantial" damage. Officers say the owner of a...
View ArticleP.K. Subban Unaffected By Racial Abuse, Says Coach Michel Therrien
BOSTON - Canadiens coach Michel Therrien says defenceman P.K. Subban has not been affected by the racial abuse on social media after his winning goal against the Bruins on Thursday night."He's got a...
View ArticleKathleen Wynne: Harper 'taking over the voice' of Tories in Ontario
Ontario Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne says the prime minister appears to be "taking over the Conservative voice in the Ontario election." Just hours into the Ontario election on Friday, senior federal...
View ArticleEdmonton Average Home Price Hits Record High
The average price for an Edmonton single family home has hit an all-time high. The average sales price for a home will set you back $432,000, according to the Realtors Association of Edmonton (RAE) —...
View ArticleKanesatake Mohawk council rifts force early election
Mohawks in Kanesatake go to the polls to elect a new band council leader today, five months earlier than planned after the existing council disintegrated into factions, paralyzing decision-making....
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