Category Archives: Canada
NL fire chief hopes to replace rusted, aging pickup used as fire truck
LITTLE BAY , N.L. - A Newfoundland volunteer fire department is asking for provincial funds to replace the rusted, ramshackle pickup truck it’s used as a fire truck for decades. Little Bay and A...
May 05, 2019
An explainer on the Ontario government's move to review highway speed limits
TORONTO - Ontario’s government plans to launch a review of speed limits on provincial highways, with the transportation minister musing that some of those roads can safely handle traffic at 120 ...
May 05, 2019
Liberal candidate challenges 'Come From Away' bias in N.L. politics
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s growing diversity is not yet reflected in its overwhelmingly white slate of elected officials - something Hasan Hai, a Liberal candidate in t...
May 05, 2019
Snuggles with feathers: City of Calgary allows livestock as emotional support
CALGARY - A sense of calm comes over Nikki Pike when she’s with her three hens Nugget, Nibble and Noodle. The Calgary woman has had anxiety and depression since she was sexually abused as a girl...
May 05, 2019
Senator says solitary-confinement bill will make some conditions worse, not better
OTTAWA - A Canadian senator who has spent four decades advocating for the rights of vulnerable people in Canadian prisons says a new bill that purports to end solitary confinement should be scrapped. ...
May 05, 2019
Reported mobster Salvatore Scoppa shot dead in hotel north of Montreal
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a man with links to organized crime has been killed in a shooting in Laval, Que. Salvatore Scoppa, 49, was declared dead in hospital last night. Police were cal...
May 05, 2019
Nanaimo voters to polls in byelection barely six months ahead of federal vote
NANAIMO, B.C. - Voters are going to the polls for the third time in eight months in Nanaimo, B.C., with Monday’s byelection contest in the federal riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, which comes just s...
May 05, 2019
Major housing development planned on Indigenous land in heart of Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Walking along the base of the Burrard Street Bridge that crosses Vancouver’s False Creek toward the downtown core, Khelsilem gestures across a gravel lot poised to become one of the ...
May 05, 2019
Green party targets use of tax money for political attack billboards
VANCOUVER - Green party Leader Andrew Weaver is calling for a ban on the use of taxpayer money for political attack ads after the B.C. Liberals bought billboards blaming Premier John Horgan for a spik...
May 05, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in the Prairies. The j...
May 05, 2019