Category Archives: Canada
Quebec election shooter Richard Henry Bain to serve 20 years in jail before parole
MONTREAL - Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooter was motivated by politics, fuelled by hatred towards separatists and should spend at least 20 years behind bars before parole eligibility, a ...
Nov 18, 2016
Realities of governing may soon see Trump temper his hard line, Trudeau says
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tough-talking campaign rhetoric may take a more moderate tone once he takes office and confronts the geopolitical realitie...
Nov 18, 2016
Calgary dentists, therapists and optometrists hit by energy price slowdown
CALGARY - Thousands of layoffs that have hollowed out many of Calgary’s downtown office towers are translating into tough times for health-care businesses that offer services covered b...
Nov 18, 2016
Five stories in the news Friday, Nov. 18
Five stories in the news for Friday, Nov. 18 --- OPIOID SUMMIT IN OTTAWA HOPES TO FIND WAYS TO CURB ADDICTION A summit in Ottawa led by federal Health Minister Jane Philpott will try to find ways to t...
Nov 18, 2016
Researchers at Calgary university explore antibiotic resistance link
CALGARY - University of Calgary researchers say there's enough evidence to suggest a direct link between the use of antibiotics in animals and antibiotic resistance. In a report for the World Health O...
Nov 17, 2016
Residents told old buildings at former Winnipeg army barracks to be destroyed
WINNIPEG - The abandoned buildings at Winnipeg’s Kapyong Barracks may have a date with the wrecking ball. A letter issued to area residents said the Department of National Defence is proposing t...
Nov 17, 2016
Academics issue warning over Canada's progress on climate change
EDMONTON - Academics from across Canada are warning that building more oil and gas infrastructure threatens the country’s climate-change goals. “B.C.’s planning to increase emissions...
Nov 17, 2016
Canadian aid being well-used in Haitian region ravaged by hurricane Matthew: Bibeau
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she’s reassured about the management of Canadian humanitarian donations to Haiti following the devastatio...
Nov 17, 2016
Number of lawsuits rise in whale-watching boat sinking that claimed 6 lives
VICTORIA - Survivors of the sinking of a whale-watching boat off British Columbia’s coast last year are recounting their harrowing escape from death as they swam for the light above the ocean. F...
Nov 17, 2016
Hundreds attend memorial for dead girl in small Saskatchewan town
CHOICELAND, Sask. - Hundreds of mourners gathered in a small Saskatchewan town to remember the life of a seven-year-old girl who was found dead. Nia Eastman was the subject of an Amber Alert on N...
Nov 17, 2016