Category Archives: Canada

Premiers to meet, try to find consensus amid a host of issues
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Canada's premiers are meeting today just outside Toronto for the first time as a group since the federal election. The campaign laid bare some regional divisions, and the premiers ...
Dec 02, 2019

'Loss for words': Injured Bronco shocked, excited over effect of spinal surgery
A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he is thrilled with the progress he's made since receiving spinal surgery in Thailand a month ago. Doctors implanted an epidural stimul...
Dec 02, 2019

Voters keeping pressure on Kenney, Moe, survey results suggest
OTTAWA - As provincial and territorial leaders prepare to gather, new survey results suggest two western premiers pushing Ottawa to help kickstart their economies face some uneasin...
Dec 01, 2019

Stolen fire truck sparks police pursuit in Winnipeg, suspect arrested
WINNIPEG - Police zapped a man with a stun gun and took him into custody Friday after a suspect stole a fire truck and drove it, lights flashing and horn blaring, through downtown Winnipeg. Const. Rob...
Dec 01, 2019

Arctic U: Yukon passes bill to create first university in Canada's North
WHITEHORSE - Canada will finally have its first Arctic university. This past week, the Yukon legislature passed a bill to make Yukon College a university. It will be an institution...
Dec 01, 2019

Former Bank of Canada governor to serve as UN special envoy on 'climate action'
Bank of England governor Mark Carney, who previously served as Canada's top central banker, will be taking on a new role as the United Nations' special envoy on climate action and climate finance. U.N...
Dec 01, 2019

Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Dec 01, 2019

Edmonton mayor says he could help Trudeau deal with angry western premiers
OTTAWA - Edmonton's mayor, who has met three times with the prime minister since election day, is pushing his fellow municipal leaders as potential mediators to smooth over relations between the feder...
Dec 01, 2019

Halifax police apologize to black community for pain caused by street checks
Halifax's police chief issued a formal apology to Nova Scotia's black community Friday over the practice of street checks, describing it as a first step to counter a series of historic ...
Dec 01, 2019

Coroner's office says post-mortem for plane crash victims could take days
The Ontario coroner's office says it will likely be several days before the victims of this week's plane crash are publicly identified, but a friend of the pilot says the man and his entire famil...
Dec 01, 2019