Category Archives: Canada
History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart
TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges fr...
Feb 12, 2026
Father of Alberta school shooting victim talks grieving and forgiveness
TABER - The father of a student killed in a school shooting in southern Alberta almost 27 years ago says forgiveness was at the heart of how he tackled the tragedy. Retired reverend Dale Lang lost his...
Feb 12, 2026
Woman tells Frank Stronach's trial she felt 'terrified' during alleged sexual assault
TORONTO - Waking up in a dimly lit room, the woman saw her own face and someone's back reflected in a mirror on the ceiling and realized she was being raped, she told a Toronto court as the sexual ass...
Feb 12, 2026
Two men charged in cross-border human smuggling case
OTTAWA - A man from the Dominican Republic and a man from the United States have been charged with conspiring to smuggle foreign nationals into the United States via the Canada-U.S. border. The U.S. D...
Feb 11, 2026
Report into Quebec Liberal scandals finds ex-leader Pablo Rodriguez was unaware
QUBEC - A retired Superior Court judge who investigated a text message scandal that helped bring down former Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez has reached few firm conclusions. Jacques R. Fournier...
Feb 11, 2026
Alberta boy, 13, sentenced to secure custody for trying to kill younger brother
LETHBRIDGE - An Alberta judge sentenced a 13-year-old boy Wednesday to three years in an intense rehabilitation program for trying to stab his younger brother to death. The attacker was 12 when he rep...
Feb 11, 2026
U.S. House passes symbolic vote to end Trump's fentanyl-related tariffs on Canada
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took aim at Canada Wednesday evening as the U.S. House of Representatives voted against his tariffs on America's northern neighbour - a largely symbolic move that s...
Feb 11, 2026
B.C. throne speech cancelled because of Tumbler Ridge shooting
VICTORIA - The three official parties in British Columbia's provincial legislature have announced the cancellation of Thursday's "traditional" throne speech because of the mass shooting that claimed n...
Feb 11, 2026
Tumbler Ridge needs mental health help beyond immediate shooting aftermath: psychologist
TORONTO - As the federal and provincial governments pledge support for the people of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., a psychologist specializing in trauma says mental health services will be needed beyond the im...
Feb 11, 2026
Arviat, Nunavut chosen as main campus location for Inuit Nunangat University
OTTAWA - The main campus of the new Inuit Nunangat University will be located in Arviat, Nunavut, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed announced Wednesday. The school also moved a step closer ...
Feb 11, 2026