Canada

Case of defunct QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange could shift to Toronto court

HALIFAX - The accounting firm investigating the multimillion-dollar implosion of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange wants to move the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings from Halifax to Toronto, saying...

Aug 30, 2019

Erin dumps heavy rain on western Maritimes, some localized flooding reported

HALIFAX - Localized flooding was reported overnight in the western Maritimes as the remnants of post-tropical storm Erin dumped more than 160 millimetres of rain in some areas. The centre of...

Aug 30, 2019

Reservist with alleged links to neo-Nazis relieved of duties, reported missing

WINNIPEG - An army reservist relieved of his duties over allegations that he belongs to a neo-Nazi group is missing. RCMP say Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews was last seen by family mem...

Aug 30, 2019

Stephen Harper fundraising pitch used to raise money, for Liberals

OTTAWA - Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper has been conscripted to help fill the election war chest - of the Liberal party. The Conservatives posted a video Thursday of Harpe...

Aug 30, 2019

Woman convicted in Stefanie Rengel killing set to appear before parole board

KITCHENER, Ont. - A young woman who pressured her boyfriend into killing his teenage ex more than a decade ago is set to appear before the Parole Board of Canada today. Melissa Todorovic last appeared...

Aug 30, 2019

'We will rise from those ashes:' Ranch still rebuilding two years after wildfire

CALGARY - Melody Garner-Skiba and her family have had some tough conversations since a wildfire raged into Waterton Lakes National Park in southeastern Alberta two years ago, spread into nearby g...

Aug 30, 2019

Scars of 2017 wildfire still evident in Waterton park as rebuild continues

WATERTON, Alta. - Deb Watson returned to her family's trail-riding business after the Waterton wildfire to find little more than a pop machine melted into a bubbly puddle with coins ins...

Aug 30, 2019

In the news today, Aug. 30

Five stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 30 --- ONTARIO ANTI-CARBON TAX GAS STICKERS COME INTO EFFECT TODAY A new law requiring Ontario gas stations to start posting anti-c...

Aug 30, 2019

Benjamin Tomlin, Canadian sentenced to 10 years in Cuban prison, was set up: lawyer

MONTREAL - A Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in a Cuban prison says he is innocent, and his lawyer says his client was likely set up following a night of partying...

Aug 30, 2019

Cities to parties: Fill housing gaps for seniors, Indigenous people

OTTAWA - Canada's cities want all the federal parties to promise to pour billions more into the national government's decade-long housing strategy to make sure that seniors, urban Indigenous people an...

Aug 30, 2019