Category Archives: Canada

Leafs fan, 8, gets birthday cake with Maple Leaf Foods logo by mistake
MONTREAL - A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan from Quebec got a big letdown Saturday when he discovered that a bakery mix-up had left him with a birthday cake honouring Toronto-based packaged m...
Jan 06, 2020

B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company
VICTORIA - The company building a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline as part of the massive LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction this week despite ...
Jan 06, 2020

Democrat demands answers after Iranian-Americans delayed at Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - American lawmakers from Washington state are demanding answers following reports that Americans and Canadians of Iranian descent were delayed for hours at the Canada-U.S. border over the ...
Jan 06, 2020

Canadian-led NATO training mission in Iraq suspended amid security concerns
Rising security risks posed by the death of a prominent Iranian general have prompted NATO to temporarily suspend a training mission in Iraq being led by Canadian troops, the federal de...
Jan 06, 2020

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan to thank Canada for Christmas holiday
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan want to thank Canada for the hospitality they received during their Christmas vacation in the Great White North. A statement from Buckingham Palace says the royals...
Jan 06, 2020

Poems by man who killed Indigenous woman removed from parliamentary website
OTTAWA - Two poems written by a man who killed an Indigenous woman have been removed from the parliamentary poet laureate website. The poems by Stephen Brown included one about a sex wo...
Jan 06, 2020

Federal natural disaster bills now average more than $430 million a year
Ottawa's bills for dealing with natural disasters neared half a billion dollars in two of the last three years. Data from Public Safety Canada shows the average annual bill for financial disaster...
Jan 06, 2020

Canadian-led NATO mission in Iraq in limbo as alliance stands pat on suspension
OTTAWA - The head of the NATO military alliance is suggesting the Canadian-led training mission in Iraq is not about to be permanently shut down. The comments by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenber...
Jan 06, 2020

Safety board has options for investigation of runway overshoot in Halifax
HALIFAX - Three investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are trying to determine why a passenger jet skidded off the end of a runway at the Halifax Stanfield In...
Jan 06, 2020

Canada watching Iraq and cannabis edibles; In The News for Jan. 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 6. What we are watching in Canada ... A&n...
Jan 06, 2020