Canada

Chuckwagon race safety up for review after six horses die during Stampede event

CALGARY - Injuries have forced a veterinary medical team to euthanize three more horses competing in this year's Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, bringing to six the number of animals to die du...

Jul 15, 2019

In the news today, July 15

Four stories in the news for Monday, July 15 --- YOUR WARD NEWS EDITOR FACES SENTENCING TODAY The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hat...

Jul 15, 2019

Your Ward News editor faces sentencing today; says ready to go to jail

TORONTO - The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hatred against women and Jews. The prosecution wants to see James Sears jailed for 12 months. The...

Jul 15, 2019

Global concern grows over Canada's funding of fight against AIDS, TB, malaria

OTTAWA - International concern is growing in medical and development circles that the Trudeau government is about to step back from its much-publicized global leadership on eradicating AIDS, tube...

Jul 15, 2019

NATO secretary general visits Canada for Trudeau meeting, base tour

OTTAWA - The secretary-general of NATO is in Canada today meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Jens Stoltenberg will tour CFB Petawawa with Trudeau and discuss Canada's NATO deployments in Latv...

Jul 15, 2019

Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Naleyeh dies in Somalia extremist attack

At least 26 people have been killed in an extremist attack in Somalia including a prominent Somali-Canadian journalist and her husband. Mogadishu-based independent radio station Radio Dalsan conf...

Jul 14, 2019

'They're home:' Hike to see Banff bison a spiritual journey for group of women

BANFF, Alta. - Marie-Eve Marchand and Tanealle Shade stand on a grassy knoll in Alberta's Banff National Park hoping to catch a glimpse of the bison herd. As they look at a small warden's cabin, ...

Jul 14, 2019

'Revel The Heart' among slogans suggested for Manitoba's 150th birthday

WINNIPEG - Celebrations for Manitoba's 150th birthday next year were almost given the slogans "Revel The Heart" and "Love Your Manitoba, Explore Someone Else's." The two phrases were among t...

Jul 14, 2019

Loved ones of Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh mourn after terrorist attack

TORONTO - Family and friends of Hodan Nalayeh are remembering the Somali-Canadian journalist killed in a terrorist attack this week for her work redefining the global Somali identity through...

Jul 14, 2019

B.C. rock slide blocking salmon spawning prompts new fisheries restrictions

CLINTON, B.C. - A major rock slide in British Columbia's Fraser River has prompted new restrictions to recreational and First Nations fishing of chinook salmon, as officials scramble to prevent long-t...

Jul 14, 2019