Category Archives: Canada
Edmonton zoo makes animal rights group's 'worst' list for elephants
Edmonton’s Valley Zoo is in fourth spot on an animal right’s group’s 2016 list of the Ten Worst Zoos For Elephants in North America. It’s the seventh consec...
Jan 10, 2017
B.C. finance minister criticizes U.S. protectionism as lumber dispute looms
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s finance minister says he’s worried that United States president-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist talk will turn into policy when it comes to softwood...
Jan 10, 2017
Lack of diplomacy no barrier for Canada's new top diplomat, Chrystia Freeland
OTTAWA - At a glance, Chrystia Freeland’s background in deconstructing the world’s super-wealthy and pugnaciously critiquing Russia’s president wouldn’t appear to be ...
Jan 10, 2017
Bacterial DNA in 13th-century Troy bones provides snapshot of maternal infection
TORONTO - It’s not the legendary Troy of Agamemnon and Paris, but the site of the ancient city is still giving up secrets to disease detectives who study the evolution o...
Jan 10, 2017
Assault charge against Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno withdrawn: lawyer
BANCROFT, Ont. - The lawyer for Toronto Star columnist Rosie DiManno says an assault charge against her has been withdrawn. William Watson says the charge against his client was dropped after she ente...
Jan 10, 2017
Drugs, needles seized from unqualified cosmetic surgeon: B.C. regulators
VANCOUVER - Health regulators in British Columbia say at least three people suffered infections after receiving cosmetic procedures, including eye lifts and Botox injections, from a woman who is ...
Jan 10, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Jan. 10 --- FREELAND UP, DION OUT IN CABINET SHUFFLE: Justin Trudeau made cabinet cornerstone Chrystia Freeland his new foreign affairs minister and pro...
Jan 10, 2017
Girl gets back special teddy bear lost in airport shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Yards from where workers finished the cleanup from the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting, a girl was reunited Tuesday with the teddy bear she left behind while fleeing. Courtney...
Jan 10, 2017
Trudeau calls Aga Khan a friend, welcomes ethics commissioner's questions
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s looking forward to answering questions from the federal ethics commissioner about his Christmas vacation to a Caribbean island owned by the Aga K...
Jan 10, 2017
'Have to spread the message:' Jane Fonda lends ear to First Nations on oilsands
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Actor and longtime environmental activist Jane Fonda says Canada should listen to the concerns of indigenous people about resource development. “First Nations pe...
Jan 10, 2017