Category Archives: Canada
Wayson Choy, celebrated author of "The Jade Peony," has died
VANCOUVER - Wayson Choy, the celebrated author of “The Jade Peony” and a powerful voice for the Chinese-Canadian community, has died. His agent Denise Bukowski announced his death on Twitt...
Apr 28, 2019
Trudeau says country must talk about how and where to rebuild after floods
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t close the door Sunday on using federal dollars to help relocate communities facing the recurring threat of severe flooding. Flooding in New Brunswic...
Apr 28, 2019
Armed forces in Bracebridge, Ont., to help battle rising floodwaters
BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. - The ongoing flooding plaguing Ontario’s cottage country prompted another town to declare a state of emergency on Sunday as members of the Canadian Armed Forces descended on a...
Apr 28, 2019
Southern New Brunswick still flooded but waters are slowly receding
FREDERICTON - Officials in New Brunswick are urging patience while floodwaters are receding, saying there’s a long way to go before the response can become a recovery effort. The province’...
Apr 28, 2019
Annual budget ads increase, but still less than under NDP, Tory government says
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government is spending more on budget advertising this year as an election draws closer. The projected spending on media advertisements for this ye...
Apr 28, 2019
Liberals, Trudeau hit new low but poll suggests surging Tory support is soft
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests support for Justin Trudeau, his government and his party sank to a new low this month, just six months before Canadians will decide whether to re-elect the Liberals or giv...
Apr 28, 2019
'Total blackness:' Remembering Alberta school shooting 20 years later
TABER, Alta. - It was a snowy, spring day on April 28, 1999, when an angry teenager walked through the doors of W.R. Myers High School. Wearing a blue trench coat, the 14-year-old pulled out a sawed o...
Apr 28, 2019
Broken Quebec dike forces thousands of evacuations northwest of Montreal
MONTREAL - Residents of a flood-ravaged suburb west of Montreal tried in vain to get access to their trapped pets, medication and personal effects on Sunday after thousands were forced to flee their h...
Apr 28, 2019
Abe, Trudeau tout trade gains without U.S. participation in Pacific Rim pact
OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s whirlwind visit to Ottawa this weekend offered the Liberal government a rare chance to trumpet a strong international alliance in the face of unyiel...
Apr 28, 2019
B.C. spotted owl breeders hoping for new chicks as fertile eggs ready to hatch
It takes fake eggs, sterile incubators, some trickery and years of trial and error to breed Canada’s almost extinct northern spotted owl in captivity. Researchers at British Columbia’s Nor...
Apr 28, 2019