Category Archives: Canada
Trump's protectionist inaugural address sparks concerns in Canada's oilpatch
CALGARY - Donald Trump’s fiercely protectionist inaugural address is a clarion call for Canada to nurture its relationships with other countries and do everything possible to access markets abro...
Jan 20, 2017
La Loche schools close after RCMP receive threat of another school shooting
LA LOCHE, Sask. - Classes have been cancelled in La Loche, Sask., after RCMP say there was a threat of a school shooting one year after a deadly shooting in the community. Mounties say they recei...
Jan 20, 2017
2 charged in alleged fentanyl prescription fraud in Pickering, Ont.
PICKERING, Ont. - Two people are facing charges after allegedly fraudulent prescriptions were used to obtain fentanyl from a pharmacy east of Toronto. Durham regional police say a man&n...
Jan 20, 2017
Montrealers march and burn U.S. flag in protest of Trump's inauguration
MONTREAL - Protesters in Montreal burned an American flag and an effigy of Donald Trump on Friday in the first of several planned demonstrations against the new U.S. president. Abo...
Jan 20, 2017
Empty shoebox helped match bloody footprints found at crime scene in Calgary triple murder
CALGARY - An empty shoebox at the home of a man charged in the deaths of an Alberta couple and their grandson helped investigators match bloody footprints discovered at the crime scene, a murder ...
Jan 20, 2017
Manitoba premier says indigenous night hunting is starting a 'race war'
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s premier is being criticized for saying indigenous people shouldn’t be night hunting and that the practice is creating a “race war.” Brian Pallister made t...
Jan 20, 2017
Pennsylvania woman 'embarrassed' by Donald Trump testing life in Canada
TORONTO - Marilyn Zsiros sat alone Friday in her rented Toronto apartment, hundreds of kilometres away from her home state of Pennsylvania, refusing to turn on the television to watch D...
Jan 20, 2017
Nova Scotia should be incubator for Canadian health-care innovation: premier
HALIFAX - If federal officials are looking for innovative ideas about how to better deliver health care, they should look to the Atlantic region, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil...
Jan 20, 2017
Feds dole out $146K to foes of proposed nuclear waste bunker near Lake Huron
TORONTO - Ten groups and individuals have been given another $146,000 to help them weigh in on the wisdom of burying hazardous nuclear waste in a bunker close to the shore of Lake Huron. The bulk of t...
Jan 20, 2017
Outgoing Obama trade chief urges Canada to reverse Super Bowl ad decision
OTTAWA - Before handing over the White House to President Donald Trump, the Obama administration has taken one more shot at pigskin politics, urging the Trudeau government to overturn a regulatio...
Jan 20, 2017