Category: Canada

Eight-year-old Zackary Lessard rides his BMX bike just like his brothers despite undergoing a grueling 10-hour surgery for cerebral palsy a year ago.

Proposed budget includes investments in transit and policing

Police in Prince George, B.C., are investigating an arson at the weigh scale facility on Highway 97, and are calling on the public for assistance.

York Regional Police are looking for at least four suspects accused of deliberately setting a bank in Markham on fire last week.

Jobs Numbers Roll in Next Week Monday U.S. Economic Lookahead Factory orders (Nov.) Featured Earnings Commercial Metals Co (NYSE: CMC) (Q1) EPS of 78 cents, compared to $1.63 in the prior-year quarter. Tuesday U.S. Economic Lookahead U.S. trade deficit (Nov.) ISM services (Dec.) Job openings (Nov.) Featured Earnings RPM International Inc (NYSE: RPM) (Q2) EPS of $1.35, compared to $1.22 in the prior-year quarter. AAR Corp (NYSE: AIR) (Q2) EPS of 82 cents, compared to 81 cents in the prior-year quarter. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOG) (Q3) EPS of $1.14, compared to $1.23 in the prior-year…

The Professional Women’s Hockey League has suspended Montreal Victoire forward Catherine Dubois one game for an illegal hit to the head.

Canada’s main stock index rose to a two-week high on the first trading day of the year, as rising gold and oil prices boosted commodity-linked sectors.The TSX jumped 170.09 points to finish Thursday at 24,898.03. The Canadian dollar shed 0.14 cents to 69.43 cents U.S. Gold stocks led the charge upward, as Iamgold grabbed 59 cents, or 7.9%, to $8.02, while New Gold captured 19 cents, or 5.3%, to $3.78. In materials, First Majestic Silver powered ahead 69 cents, or 8.7%, to $8.59, while Fortuna Silver Mines moved up 42 cents, or 6.8%, to $6.59. Tilray led health-care stocks upward 19 cents, or 10…

The debate about an amalgamation of Brantford and Brant County erupted Thursday with mayors of both municipalities stating their case on social media. Mayor Kevin Davis announced Thursday that he has directed city staff to hire an independent consultation to study the potential of amalgamation. Davis raised the subject of such a study at a […]

A third person has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman was found dead in a Lethbridge motel room over the weekend.

Grande Pointe’s Deni Goure has been called up to the Calgary Wranglers, the American Hockey League farm team of the Calgary Flames.