Category Archives: Canada
Deadline looming for Canada-EU trade pact, as Europeans push resistant Walloons
OTTAWA - They’re listening carefully to the noisy argument spilling out of their neighbour’s house - but for the moment they’re giving the appearance of keeping their noses out of it...
Oct 20, 2016
Windy, stormy weather complicates clean-up operations for sunken B.C. tug
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Blustery, wet weather thwarted efforts Thursday to assess the fallout of a sunken tugboat leaking diesel in a remote region off British Columbia’s central coast. All sma...
Oct 20, 2016
Timeline in capsizing of whale-watching boat off Tofino, B.C.
VICTORIA - Six people died when the whale-watching boat Leviathan II capsized just west of Tofino, B.C. Here is a timeline of events: Oct. 25, 2015: Leviathan II left Tofino at 1:30 p.m. on ...
Oct 20, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 20 ____ TRUMP NOT SAYING IF HE’LL ACCEPT ELECTION RESULTS: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he won’t commit t...
Oct 20, 2016
West Coast whale boat tragedy scars survivors, families and rescuers
VICTORIA - Entire communities have been honoured, individuals cited for heroism and boats blessed, but one year after the sinking of a whale-watching vessel off British Columbia that tossed 27 pe...
Oct 20, 2016
Trump jokes about ignoring election result; for GOP, it's no laughing matter
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump smiled and pointed into a roaring crowd as he told a joke nobody’s ever heard before - about a presidential nominee threatening to ignore the results of an America...
Oct 20, 2016
Report complete into mid-air collision that killed two over northern Alberta
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The Transportation Safety Board says the pilots of two small planes did not see each other in time to avoid a deadly mid-air collision in northern Alberta last year. The board s...
Oct 20, 2016
Trump's 'rigged' election rhetoric strikes chord with some Canadian immigrants
Donald Trump’s suggestion he may challenge the results of the upcoming U.S. presidential election is striking a chord with some Canadians who know just what can happen when the outcome of a...
Oct 20, 2016
More climate measures coming this fall before Trudeau meets premiers: McKenna
OTTAWA - The Liberal government’s carbon levy won’t be the only climate policy move announced this fall, says the federal environment minister. Catherine McKenna says more federal measures...
Oct 20, 2016
Alberta gets 5 new judges, but says still working to fix critical trial delays
CALGARY - Alberta gained a measure of relief Thursday as it battles a shortage of judges that threatens to toss more criminal cases out of court. But Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley says&nb...
Oct 20, 2016