Category Archives: Canada

Kenney campaign delivers show of organizational strength at Alberta PC meeting
RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney delivered an organizational show of strength at the party’s annual policy meeting Saturday. Kenney’s te...
Nov 05, 2016
Rallies demand referendum on Alberta government's planned carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta’s Opposition leader told hundreds of people at a rally against a planned carbon tax that the province’s oil belongs to them. Brian Jean stressed that no o...
Nov 05, 2016

NB-born bionics expert "rewires" humans with thought-controlled prosthetics
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - An expert trained at the University of New Brunswick says prosthetics powered by artificial intelligence are no longer the stuff of science fiction - thought-controlled&nb...
Nov 05, 2016
Canada making tangible contributions to Middle East peace: Governor General
OTTAWA - Canada's Governor General says this country is making small but important contributions to ending the historic conflict between Israelis and Palestinians — even as some fear the prospec...
Nov 05, 2016
La Presse says Montreal police got warrant to listen to journalists' calls
Montreal police only tapped the phones of its own officers under investigation, Chief Philippe Pichet said Saturday in response to a La Presse report that police obtained a warrant to listen ...
Nov 05, 2016

Tight vote Monday: Yukon election issues will sound familiar to rest of Canada
WHITEHORSE - Issues facing Yukon voters as they head to the polls Monday in a tight territorial election will sound familiar to every Canadian. Reconciliation with First Nations. Climate change. ...
Nov 05, 2016
Liberals detail measures to ensure no conflict, preferential access at fundraisers
OTTAWA - The Liberals’ national director is fighting back against accusations of dodgy fundraising practices, spelling out the lengths to which the party goes to avoid the perception that i...
Nov 05, 2016
Italy says 2 kidnapped Italians, 1 Canadian freed in Libya
ROME - Italy’s Foreign Ministry says a Canadian citizen and two Italians who were kidnapped in southern Libya in September were freed overnight and brought safely to Italy early Saturday morning...
Nov 05, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $44 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $44 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for next Friday’s draw on Nov. 11 will grow to $50 million, a...
Nov 04, 2016

Amber alert for missing B.C. children cancelled
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The RCMP have cancelled an Amber Alert that was issued Friday evening for two children and their mother who went missing in Port Coquitlam, B.C. Police said the three were ...
Nov 04, 2016