Category Archives: Canada
Quebec police review board investigating death of suspect after police car chase
Quebec’s independent police review board is investigating after an alleged machete-wielding man was shot and killed after a car chase with police. The review board says the car ch...
Dec 27, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Dec. 27
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 27 --- TWO HIKERS MISSING ON BC’s CYPRESS MOUNTAIN A search was set to resume at first light for two hikers believed missing on Cypress Mountain in Bri...
Dec 27, 2016
Prescription opioid use grew in B.C. ahead of overdose crisis: study
VANCOUVER - The number of people using prescription opioids long-term in British Columbia was growing at a “silent but steady” rate for years before the current overdose crisis erupted, a ...
Dec 27, 2016
Manitoba snowstorm closes highways but malls still open for Boxing Day
WINNIPEG - A prairie snowstorm that blanketed much of southern Manitoba closed highways and prompted authorities in Winnipeg to ask residents to stay home. Environment Canada meteorologist Bryan ...
Dec 26, 2016
Toronto lawyers and family mourned after cottage fire kills four
DOURO-DUMMER, Ont. - A Toronto law firm is remembering one of its partners as a “vibrant and wonderful person” after news that a family of four died in a fire near Pete...
Dec 26, 2016

Forensic engineering certificate first of its kind in Canada: University of Toronto
TORONTO - Doug Perovic loves his job, but he also wishes he didn’t have to do it. If he’s involved, it usually means something catastrophic has occurred. The University of Toront...
Dec 26, 2016

Star sprinter Andre De Grasse voted Canadian Press male athlete of the year
TORONTO - The smile was priceless, a rare spontaneous moment in the Olympic pressure cooker that will go down as one of the most enduring images of the Rio Summer Games. Andre De Grasse had ...
Dec 26, 2016

Alberta's divided conservative movement set to roil again in 2017
EDMONTON - Alberta's conservative political parties, two stubborn rams of provincial politics for almost a decade now, appear poised to lock horns once again in 2017. An entirely new entity may e...
Dec 26, 2016

From 'floaters' to family: Strangers bond at Nova Scotia Christmas gathering
BLOCKHOUSE, N.S. - A falconer, a university student from Vietnam, a toddler and miniature horse gathered around the Christmas tree at a farmhouse in Nova Scotia for a turkey dinner shared by ten near ...
Dec 26, 2016
Author Joseph Boyden defends indigenous heritage after investigation
A celebrated Canadian author who writes about First Nations heritage and culture is defending himself on Twitter after his ancestry was questioned. In a statement posted to his Twitter account, Joseph...
Dec 25, 2016