Category Archives: Canada
Five stories in the news for today, July 17
Five stories in the news for Monday, July 17 --- RESOURCES STRETCHED AS B.C. WILDFIRES RAGE Fast-moving wildfires in the B.C. Interior are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flam...
Jul 17, 2017
Officials 'scrambling' to meet needs of B.C. wildfire evacuees: minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Fast-moving wildfires in British Columbia are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flames from more than a dozen communities, officials said Sunday. As many as 37,...
Jul 16, 2017
Offers of accommodation, supplies and entertainment pour in for B.C. fire evacuees
As thousands of British Columbians are forced from their homes by wildfires, hundreds of people are stepping up to offer whatever support they can. Kristi McLean posted to an Facebook evacuee support ...
Jul 16, 2017
By the numbers for wildfires burning across British Columbia
Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as wildfires burn next to their communities in British Columbia. Here is a list of latest numbers for the wildfire situation. 162: Wildfires b...
Jul 16, 2017
Polar bear rescued as cub with brother and brought to Winnipeg zoo dies
WINNIPEG - A polar bear that was rescued as a cub and brought to a zoo in Winnipeg has died, zoo officials say. The Assiniboine Park Zoo says in a news release that Eli, a three-year-old polar bear th...
Jul 16, 2017
Couillard wants to talk about his constitutional document with other premiers
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has contacted several of his counterparts to discuss his constitutional initiative and says he wants to raise the topic at the Council of the Federation meeting in Ed...
Jul 16, 2017
A by-the-numbers look at extended EI benefits to hard-hit economic regions
OTTAWA - Last year’s federal budget unveiled a program to help eligible workers in 12 regions of the country hard hit by a downturn in commodity prices. Three regions were added in May. Here is ...
Jul 16, 2017
Extended EI benefits surpass budget expectations as program closes doors
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are looking for answers after the government’s program to help workers in hard-hit economic regions of the country blew past budget expectations, with spending now ...
Jul 16, 2017
Look in the mirror and what do you see? Not enough diversity, says report
OTTAWA - The portrayal of Canada’s diversity on television has improved over the last decade, but there’s still a lack of programming representing people with disabilities and the Indigeno...
Jul 16, 2017
Canadian debate over burning tires versus recycling reignites with N.S. proposal
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Lydia Sorflaten flips through decade-old clippings showing how she and her neighbours stopped a nearby cement plant from burning tires at a kiln 500 metres from their tranquil Nova ...
Jul 16, 2017