Category Archives: Canada
Memorial service was held for Leonard Cohen on Thursday in Quebec
Montreal musical icon Leonard Cohen was returned home for a traditional Jewish memorial service Thursday, three days after he died in Los Angeles. Cohen was laid to rest beside his parents, grandparen...
Nov 10, 2016
Hundreds protest against president-elect Trump in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of protesters snaked their way through downtown Vancouver on Thursday, pumping their fists in the air and chanting “Love trumps hate,” as they rallied against the outc...
Nov 10, 2016
Man fatally shot by Vancouver police in robbery; officer, store worker stabbed
VANCOUVER - A man was fatally shot by Vancouver police Thursday afternoon after a police spokesman says he confronted officers when they were called to a r...
Nov 10, 2016
Mounties on Play-Doh duty at B.C. daycare after operator falls ill
LANGFORD, B.C. - Some Mounties on Vancouver Island were put on Play-Doh duty this week after a daycare provider suffered a medical emergency and had to be taken to hospital. Police...
Nov 10, 2016
Bruno bounces back: Dog stuck in well for 27 days going home after treatment
SASKATOON - It’s a doggone happy ending for a chocolate Labrador retriever that was trapped at the bottom of an abandoned well for nearly a month in southern Saskatchewan. Bruno&n...
Nov 10, 2016
Ambrose says Liberal decision to move immigration office hurts rural Alberta
EDMONTON - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose is accusing the Liberals of ignoring the plight of rural Albertans suffering from the economic downturn. Ambrose says the d...
Nov 10, 2016
Mint employee who hid stolen gold in his rectum convicted of theft
TORONTO - A man who stole gold “pucks” from the Royal Canadian Mint by hiding them in his rectum to evade metal detectors has been convicted of theft. In his written reasons, Ontario ...
Nov 10, 2016
Jansen weighs options on leaving PCs, says leader "hasn't had my back"
EDMONTON - Alberta Progressive Conservative member Sandra Jansen is weighing her options on leaving the caucus and party, and is taking leader Ric McIver to task, saying he “hasn’...
Nov 10, 2016
3 workers rescued after being trapped in collapse in Ottawa tunnel; one injured
OTTAWA - Three workers trapped in a collapse in a light rail tunnel under construction in Ottawa have been rescued. Ottawa paramedics spokeswoman Manon Lavergne says one worke...
Nov 10, 2016
Interim Tory leader Ambrose says Clinton's defeat not a rejection of women
EDMONTON - Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose says Hillary Clinton’s defeat in the U.S. presidential election was not a rejection of women in politics. Ambrose said her take on Donald Trum...
Nov 10, 2016