Category Archives: Canada
Montreal protesters form human chain to protest Quebec's secularism bill
MONTREAL - Several hundred people formed a human chain around the Montreal courthouse today to protest the Quebec government’s secularism bill. The protest brought together a coalition of citize...
May 05, 2019
Andrew Leslie says lawyers instructed him not to comment on Mark Norman case
OTTAWA - Outgoing Liberal MP Andrew Leslie says lawyers have instructed him not to comment on reports he may be called as a defence witness in suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s upcoming crimi...
May 05, 2019
Officials have yet to identify cause of deadly fire on Ontario First Nation
KITCHENUHMAYKOOSIB INNINUWUG, Ont. - The cause of a house fire that killed a mother and four of her young children on a northern Ontario First Nation had yet to be determined Sunday as officials worke...
May 05, 2019
Ottawa worried about fallout from jailing of farmer in Beirut, documents show
FREDERICTON - Documents filed with the Federal Court show the former Harper government was concerned about the legal and political fallout from how it dealt with a New Brunswick potato farmer jailed f...
May 05, 2019
Pilot, two passengers killed, one survived in small plane crash in B.C.: Coroner
SMITHERS, B.C. - The British Columbia coroner says it is investigating three fatalities after a small plane crashed northeast of Smithers. Andy Watson, the spokesman for the BC Coroners Service, says ...
May 05, 2019
Canadians remember Second World War's long, dark Battle of the Atlantic
OTTAWA - Canadians across the country marked one of the longest, darkest and most pivotal chapters of this country’s involvement in the Second World War on Sunday: The Battle of the Atlantic. La...
May 05, 2019
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