Category Archives: Canada
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
Cessna plane crashes in northwestern B.C., at least one dead: police
SMITHERS, B.C. - RCMP say they’re investigating a fatal plane crash north of Smithers in northwestern British Columbia. The joint rescue co-ordination centre received a notification Saturday fro...
May 04, 2019
Two Holland America cruise ships rub in Vancouver's harbour, no one hurt
VANCOUVER - A cruise ship coming into Canada Place in Vancouver Harbour Saturday collided with another cruise ship. A statement from Holland America, which owns both the Oosterdam and Nieuw Amsterdam ...
May 04, 2019
Trudeau resists pressure to decriminalize drugs in face of opioid crisis
OTTAWA - Donna May says she’ll no longer tolerate a nod or weepy eyes from politicians over the opioid epidemic - it’s claimed the lives of too many people she loves. May wants action in t...
May 04, 2019
Health advocates urge Quebec to appeal vaping ruling amid spike in youth vaping
MONTREAL - Anti-smoking groups are urging the Quebec government to appeal a court ruling that invalidated certain sections of the province’s tobacco legislation dealing with vaping, as health of...
May 04, 2019
Quebec officials remain on flooding alert, keeping tabs on weather
MONTREAL - Water levels remained high but the flooding situation was largely stable in Quebec on Saturday with officials keeping close tabs on the weather in the coming days. Quebec public security of...
May 04, 2019
Film on Colten Boushie case wins $10,000 prize at Hot Docs festival
TORONTO - A film about the killing of a young Indigenous man in Saskatchewan has won a top prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Tasha Hubbard’s “npawistamsowi...
May 04, 2019
N.B. officials urge caution as some residents return to flood-damaged homes
FREDERICTON - After weeks of flooding, some New Brunswickers returned to their homes over the weekend as flood waters continued to recede. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan tweeted photos of Canadian mil...
May 04, 2019
Saint-Jacques to perform 'cosmic catch' of SpaceX craft using Canadarm 2
SpaceX launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station on Saturday following a pair of unusual power delays, and now a Canadian astronaut will be waiting to snatch it when it arrives. A...
May 04, 2019