Category Archives: Canada
Free flow for fish, surfers with new bridge over restored Petitcodiac River
MONCTON, N.B. - A muddy, silt-clogged New Brunswick river best known for a unique tidal bore that attracts surfers from around the world is being brought back to life. For nearly 50 years the flo...
Dec 16, 2016
At least three deaths may be attributed to extreme cold weather in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s coroners’ service says extreme cold weather across the province may be connected to at least three deaths this month. The service is warning the public t...
Dec 16, 2016
Designer of Gord Downie's suits raises money with keychains built from leftovers
TORONTO - Keychains made from scraps of leather used to tailor Gord Downie’s eye-catching metallic suits were a hot item online Friday. In several hours the limited-edition keychains f...
Dec 16, 2016
Health demands 'out of the realm' of what feds would consider: Morneau
OTTAWA - Canada’s finance minister is calling provincial demands for bigger federal health transfers “out of the realm” of anything Ottawa would consider as&...
Dec 16, 2016
Montreal police launch raids against illegal marijuana stores opened on Thursday
Montreal police launched raids Friday evening against illegal cannabis stores opened one day prior by the self-styled “Prince of Pot,” Marc Emery, and his wife, Jodie. Police say the...
Dec 16, 2016
Minister pledges aboriginal housing improvements after fatal Ontario fire
OTTAWA - The federal government is determined to improve aboriginal housing, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said Friday after an Ontario chief blasted Ottawa for a lac...
Dec 16, 2016
Tories, NDP try to damage the Liberals as they eagerly await new leaders in 2017
OTTAWA - Count the federal Conservatives and the NDP among those looking forward to a better year in 2017 - a year the two opposition parties are also counting on as a significant chall...
Dec 16, 2016
More Canadian women join top one per cent while gap with poor grows: report
MONTREAL - More women are joining the one-per-cent club but still accounted for less than one-quarter of the country’s top earners in 2014, according to Statistics Canada. Women made u...
Dec 16, 2016
Man in brutal sex attacks a 'poster child' for child welfare failures: defence
WINNIPEG - A man who brutally beat and sexually assaulted a Winnipeg woman and a teenage girl in random, separate attacks deserves a prison sentence, but not a life sentence, his lawyer told court Fri...
Dec 16, 2016
Mothers of two Alberta children accused of leaving youngsters in extreme cold
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Two mothers have been charged with failing to provide the necessities of life after police found two children shivering in a car in frigid temperatures in southern Alberta. Lethbri...
Dec 16, 2016