Category Archives: Canada
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
Winning $50 million Lotto Max ticket a group ticket bought in Montreal suburb
MONTREAL - Loto-Quebec says the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was purchased in a suburb just south of Montreal. Spokesman Patrice Lavoie says in a tweet that the winner wa...
May 04, 2019
President's Choice sauces recalled due to possible glass fragments
OTTAWA - Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling certain President’s Choice brand and PC Black Label brand sauces due to the potential presence of glass fragments. The affected products include Presi...
May 03, 2019
Rescue team dispatched to site of plane crash in Labrador, two men hurt
MAKKOVIK, N.L. - Two men injured in the crash of a small plane into a mountain are being transported by snowmobile to a medical station in Labrador. RCMP say a search and rescue team went to the crash...
May 03, 2019
PSAC rejects compensation
offer for Phoenix pay fiasco, other groups accept
OTTAWA - The federal government says it has reached a tentative deal with some groups on compensation for workers affected by problems with the Phoenix pay system. But the Public Service Alliance of C...
May 03, 2019
Quebec social workers decry working conditions following death of Granby girl
MONTREAL - Quebec’s order of social workers says its members need more time and less pressure to properly do their jobs. Order president Guylaine Ouimette held a press conference Friday in react...
May 03, 2019
Environmentalists welcome Sask. carbon ruling that affirms federal climate role
Environmental groups were cheering a Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling on carbon pricing that legal experts say strongly affirms the federal government’s essential role in the fight against cl...
May 03, 2019