Category Archives: Canada
Father of the Trans-Canada Highway's cross-Canada excursion remembered
HALIFAX - Perry Doolittle had a vision of connecting Canadians from coast to coast when he backed the tires of his Ford Model T into the Atlantic Ocean at the outset of a cross-country excursion almos...
Jul 17, 2017
'Biggest heart and biggest mind:' Wolch took cases of the wrongfully convicted
CALGARY - Lawyer Hersh Wolch is being remembered for his sharp intellect and his tireless advocacy in some of Canada’s most prominent wrongful conviction cases. Wolch, who served as counsel for ...
Jul 17, 2017
Graves of 45,000 veterans in disrepair due to funding shortfall: audit
OTTAWA - The veterans’ grave markers standing in orderly rows are clean and well-maintained on a brilliant summer afternoon. The words on each are easy to read, even those carved decades ago, wh...
Jul 17, 2017
Feds look to shore up seniors benefits program to prevent fraud, mistakes
OTTAWA - Federal officials are working to eliminate any fraud or mistakes from the government’s largest seniors benefits program through a massive review of payments and testing a new way to cat...
Jul 17, 2017
Investigators talk to plane's captain in taxiway close call
WASHINGTON - Federal investigators confirmed Monday that an Air Canada jet was descending toward a taxiway holding four other planes rather than the assigned runway and narrowly avoided disaster at Sa...
Jul 17, 2017
B.C. officials tally losses, damage following wildfire flare-ups
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Officials in British Columbia say they are beginning the difficult process of notifying those who have lost homes in the out-of-control wildfires that have prompted a provincial state...
Jul 17, 2017
Health Canada reviewing safety of BBQ brushes, says nine injured since 2011
TORONTO - Health Canada is conducting an investigation into the safety of wire-bristle brushes used to clean barbecues, with plans to conclude the probe by the end of the summer. The agency said the r...
Jul 17, 2017
Group asks court to expedite refugee status for "Snowden's Guardian Angels"
OTTAWA - A group of lawyers are hoping the courts will force the federal government to speed up refugee applications for three families who helped hide former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong ...
Jul 17, 2017
Premiers forge ahead with Indigenous meeting despite boycott by three groups
EDMONTON - Canada’s premiers met with a reduced group of Indigenous leaders Monday after three national bodies - including the Assembly of First Nations - boycotted the event. Alberta Premier Ra...
Jul 17, 2017
200th anniversary approaches of treaty that led to founding of Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - A treaty regarded by some as the founding document of Winnipeg is about to mark a milestone anniversary. The 1817 Peguis-Selkirk Treaty was signed 200 years ago this Tuesday. The treaty est...
Jul 17, 2017