Category Archives: Canada
'Disoriented' dolphins beach themselves, die, during Newfoundland storm
LEWISPORTE, N.L. - Seven dolphins were found dead Tuesday in a small Newfoundland fishing village, after beaching themselves during rough weather. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said the white...
Oct 11, 2016
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, PM's wife, launches Facebook, Instagram accounts
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau used his Instagram account to promote a different sort of gender equality Tuesday: spouse Sophie finally getting with the social media program. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau used the...
Oct 11, 2016

The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Oct. 11 STORM WREAKS HAVOC IN ATLANTIC CANADA: Cleanup efforts were underway Tuesday in the wake of a Hurricane Matthew-related storm that brough...
Oct 11, 2016
Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth hasn't used Indians name in over 25 years
TORONTO - Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth won’t be using the word “Indians” when he calls the American League Championship Series between Toronto and Cleveland, and he says he ha...
Oct 11, 2016
Leaked draft statement aimed at Canada-EU free trade critics: sources
OTTAWA - A joint statement on the free trade deal between Canada and the European Union is aimed at mollifying its opponents, sources say - including restive Walloons in Belgium who are threateni...
Oct 11, 2016
Environmental groups lose legal challenge to Ontario's endangered species rules
TORONTO - Ontario’s highest court has dismissed a challenge to the province’s endangered species regulations, a decision environmental groups say will leave many species without legal...
Oct 11, 2016
Unifor shifts sights to Ford after reaching tentative deal with Fiat Chrysler
TORONTO - As the union representing auto workers turns its attention to its final target, Unifor president Jerry Dias says that securing investment for Ford’s engine plant in Windsor, Ont., ...
Oct 11, 2016

Court shuts down latest bid to deport Toronto man accused of terror links
OTTAWA - An appeal court has rejected the federal government’s latest legal salvo in a long-standing bid to deport a Toronto man over alleged terrorist ties. In a new ruling, the ...
Oct 11, 2016
Atlantic Canadian governments offering little data about assisted death
HALIFAX - It is very difficult to determine how many people are seeking - and getting - medically assisted deaths in Atlantic Canada, an advocate says. Sheila Sperry, spokeswoman for the Nov...
Oct 11, 2016
University of Lethbridge faculty group speaks out against prof's suspension
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The University of Lethbridge’s faculty association is speaking out against the suspension of a professor whose online comments about the Holocaust and Israel have angered Jew...
Oct 11, 2016