Category Archives: Canada
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Quebec. The jack...
Jan 01, 2017

Suspect in Istanbul club attack who killed 39 still at large
ISTANBUL - A manhunt stretched on in Turkey Sunday for an assailant who unleashed a salvo of bullets in front of and inside a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations, killing a...
Dec 31, 2016
Trudeau issues statement wishing Canadians Happy New Year
OTTAWA - The prime minister says his resolution for 2017 is to “stand against the politics of fear and division.” Trudeau’s New Year’s message released Saturday said ...
Dec 31, 2016

Severe weather in Newfoundland leaves ships stranded ashore, damages houses
LARK HARBOUR, N.L. - A severe wind storm that pounded Newfoundland’s west coast on Friday was a “bad nightmare” for at least one resident who said his community looked like...
Dec 31, 2016
Calgary police allege Sunwing pilot was impaired, passed out in cockpit
CALGARY - A Sunwing Airlines pilot faces charges after police allege he was impaired before takeoff. Police say the pilot boarded the Boeing 737 in Calgary early Saturday for a fli...
Dec 31, 2016

'We are not going to be silent': Canadian women join march on Washington, D.C.
Before this year’s American election, Tina Woodland had never protested anything in her life. But when she heard that thousands of women were planning to march on the U.S. capital...
Dec 31, 2016
Man in critical condition after early-morning shootout with Montreal police
MONTREAL - A man is in critical condition after being struck with at least one bullet during an early-morning confrontation with Montreal police. The province’s police oversi...
Dec 31, 2016

Fireworks, performances across the country to mark start of Canada's 150th year
OTTAWA - A Canada Day tradition was repurposed Saturday night to herald the start of Canada’s 150th year. A massive fireworks display over Parliament Hill - usually reserved for July 1 ...
Dec 31, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - The wait continues for someone to claim the big Lotto Max prize. No winning tickets were sold for Friday night’s $60 million jackpot. There were also 30 Maxmillions prizes of $1 millio...
Dec 31, 2016
Entangled deer gets helping hand from B.C. Mountie
COLWOOD, B.C. - A British Columbia Mountie who usually handles dogs, found himself wrangling a deer this week. RCMP in the West Shore detachment on southern Vancouver Island received a call from a Col...
Dec 30, 2016