Category Archives: Canada
Vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine expected to attend Halifax security forum
HALIFAX - Less than two weeks after Republican Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory, the Democratic contender for U.S. vice-president, Tim Kaine, is scheduled to attend an interna...
Nov 16, 2016
Cold-FX makers convince B.C. judge to reject class-action application
VANCOUVER - A judge has rejected a Vancouver Island man’s bid to launch a class-action lawsuit against the makers of the cold and flu remedy Cold-FX. Don Harrison launched a claim...
Nov 16, 2016
Grocery chains Loblaw and Metro say price of food continues to fall
TORONTO - Food prices, especially those for meat, continue to fall from recent highs, Metro and Loblaw said Wednesday as both grocery chains reported strong quarterly results. “During the q...
Nov 16, 2016
Timeline of dates in the case of Dustin Paxton who tortured, abused roommate
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by Dustin Paxton, who was found guilty in 2012 of torturing and starving his former roommate. Paxton, 36, was convicted of&n...
Nov 16, 2016
Canada's ambassador to the U.S. says protectionists feeling stronger with Trump
MONTREAL - Canada must put together a team to educate Donald Trump and other Americans on the benefits of free trade, the country’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. Trade has beco...
Nov 16, 2016
Canada's first whale conceived and born in captivity dies at Vancouver facility
VANCOUVER - The first beluga whale born in captivity in Canada has died at the Vancouver Aquarium. The facility said 21-year-old Qila’s sudden death Monday has left her mother Aurora a...
Nov 16, 2016
Canadians Lorne Michaels, Frank Gehry to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON - Canadians Frank Gehry and Lorne Michaels are among the newest recipients of America’s highest civilian honour: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. U.S. President Barack Obama an...
Nov 16, 2016
Ottawa adds wildlife-rich Arctic bay in N.W.T. to list of protected areas
The federal government has moved to protect a wildlife-rich bay along Canada’s Arctic coastline after extensive consultation with the indigenous hunters who depend on it for their livelihood. Fi...
Nov 16, 2016
Kids who drink whole-fat milk leaner, have higher vitamin D levels, study finds
TORONTO - Young children who drink whole cow’s milk tend to be leaner and have higher vitamin D levels than those who consume low-fat or skim milk, researchers ...
Nov 16, 2016
Liberals restore funding to controversial UN agency for Palestinian refugees
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are providing $25 million to a UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees that had its funding “redirected” by the previous Conservative government amid a...
Nov 16, 2016