Category Archives: Canada
Dion leads UN effort to ramp up pressure on Russia, Syria over Aleppo
OTTAWA - Canada and Russia traded barbs at the United Nations on Thursday as Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion led calls for an end to the bloody conflict in Syria. The exchange came during a spe...
Oct 20, 2016
Construction must begin on road after isolated reserve's ferry breaks down: chief
SHOAL LAKE, Man. - The chief of an isolated reserve under one of Canada’s longest boil-water advisories says construction on a road linking his community to the outside world must begin now. Sho...
Oct 20, 2016
Calgary Zoo to open breeding facility for endangered greater sage grouse
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says it has opened the first breeding facility in Canada for one of the country’s most endangered birds. The zoo says estimates put the number of greater sage grouse in...
Oct 20, 2016
Police arrest teen in alleged creepy clown assault south of Montreal
ST-REMI, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a teen dressed in a clown costume faces a charge of assault with a weapon after allegedly attacking someone. Police say Wednesday night’s e...
Oct 20, 2016
A look at some of this year's blows to Canada's print media industry
TORONTO - Canada’s print media landscape has suffered more than its fair share of casualties this year, with buyouts and layoffs a common recurrence in the industry. On Thursday, Postmedia ...
Oct 20, 2016
Quebec minor hockey coach to sit out season for ordering push-ups after loss
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area minor league hockey coach who ordered his team to do push-ups after a loss will sit out the rest of the season, the hockey association’s president ...
Oct 20, 2016
Man convicted of biting off fellow mourner's nose at drunken Nova Scotia wake
PICTOU, N.S. - A Nova Scotia judge has offered a meditation on the nature of grief and the dangers of overdrinking, as he convicted a man for biting off part of a fellow mourner’s nose in a drun...
Oct 20, 2016
'A dreadful idea took shape:' Father of twin boys killed in bobsled crash speaks
CALGARY - An early morning text was the first warning to Jason Caldwell that something was wrong. “Jason. Do you know where your boys are?” He’d just had dinner with Evan a...
Oct 20, 2016
Postmedia plans to cut salary expenses as quarterly loss nearly doubles
TORONTO - Postmedia said Thursday it plans to reduce its salary costs by 20 per cent through voluntary staff buyouts, adding that layoffs are possible if that target isn’t met as it an...
Oct 20, 2016
Energy East pipeline 'will happen,' but taking too long:Arthur Irving
HALIFAX - The chairman of Irving Oil confidently predicted Thursday the proposed Energy East Pipeline still being examined by federal regulators “will happen,”...
Oct 20, 2016