Category Archives: Canada
Four stories in the news today, Dec. 23
Four stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 23 --- N.B. HEALTH DEAL SPLINTERS PROVINCIAL FRONT New Brunswick’s decision to strike a separate health funding deal with the Trudeau government&nb...
Dec 23, 2016
Much more needs to be done to confront abuse in indigenous communities: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Much more needs to be done to confront the crime of sexual abuse of children in indigenous communities, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who anticipates the national inquiry into...
Dec 23, 2016
Trump's cabinet, in summary: How rich, how conservative, how friendly to Canada?
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has now named most of his cabinet picks, including the senior positions. Here’s what the next U.S. administration looks like: -Quite conservative Trump is onl...
Dec 23, 2016
'Where Jesus would hang out:' Mall chapel to attract people with lounge, hockey
EDMONTON - There will be no pews and no pulpit, but plenty of coffee and even some puck watching. A chapel on the second floor of West Edmonton Mall, just down from the World Waterpark ...
Dec 23, 2016
Ontario university facility create 'smallest snowman' from silica spheres
Days before Christmas, a research scientist at an Ontario university has created a microscopic figure he’s calling the world’s “smallest snowman.” Todd Simpson, from Weste...
Dec 23, 2016
Double-double of Canadiana? Man drives Zamboni to take-out window at Tim Hortons
STONY PLAIN, Alta. - Some are calling it the most Canadian coffee run ever. Earlier this week, an Alberta man drove his Zamboni to the take-out window at a Tim Hortons in Stony Plain, w...
Dec 22, 2016
Police identify man, 4 children killed in fire on Ontario First Nation
ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police have identified five people who died in a fire that destroyed their home and ripped apart a First Nation community south of Lond...
Dec 22, 2016
Excavator uses bucket to stop alleged drunk driver on Prince Edward Island
BRACKLEY, P.E.I. - An alleged drunk driver messed with the wrong excavator operator on Prince Edward Island. RCMP in Brackley say the motorist confronted the operator with a concern about hi...
Dec 22, 2016
Man who tied lawn chair to 120 balloons, flew over Stampede, facing hefty fine
CALGARY - A Calgary man is facing a hefty fine for strapping 120 helium balloons to a lawn chair and soaring high into the air above the Stampede grounds in 2015. Daniel Boria...
Dec 22, 2016
A by-the-numbers look at the new child benefit's impact on local poverty rates
OTTAWA - In June, the federal government released estimates about local impacts on child poverty rates in some of Canada’s biggest cities. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Acce...
Dec 22, 2016