Category Archives: Canada
Samsung working with Health Canada to address potential risk from washers
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Samsung says it is working with Health Canada to address potential safety issues with certain top-loading, high-efficiency washing machines that can vibrate to the point where they...
Sep 30, 2016
Canadian economy expands 0.5 per cent in July, beating expectations
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy beat expectations in July with fresh data showing it expanded 0.5 per cent as the country continued moving away from a contraction...
Sep 30, 2016
Six stories in the news today, Sept. 30
Six stories in the news for Friday, Sept. 30. --- PM TRUDEAU LEADS CANADIAN DELEGATION AT PERES FUNERAL The funeral ceremony for former Israeli President Shimon Peres is underway in Jerusalem. A...
Sep 30, 2016

Leaders mourn Peres, who Chretien says had 'no regret, always looking forward'
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his Liberal and Conservative predecessors and political luminaries from around the world gathered Friday to mourn Shimon Peres - the Israeli s...
Sep 30, 2016

War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing...
Sep 30, 2016

'The truth will come out': Sister of Stampeder shooting suspect says he didn't do it
CALGARY - The sister of a man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player says she’s praying “the truth will come out” to prove his&nb...
Sep 30, 2016
Ex-TransCanada CEO says Energy East setback a win for anti-development activists
BANFF, Alta. - Delays caused by the replacement of a panel reviewing the Energy East Pipeline project show that Canada’s regulatory system is flawed and must be fixed, says a former CEO of ...
Sep 29, 2016
Canada is conducting small operations in Africa
OTTAWA - While the Liberal government is looking at joining UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and the Canadian Forces are finalizing plans to support French counter-terrorism efforts there with ...
Sep 29, 2016

Donald Trump presidency a danger to world unity, says British globalization prof
BANFF, Alta. - A British globalization expert says if Americans elect Donald Trump as president in November it will set back world harmony and be especially harmful for Canada because it’s ...
Sep 29, 2016
Emergency response unco-ordinated after man fell off party boat: TSB
TORONTO - The Transportation Safety Board says emergency response efforts after a man fell off a party boat in Lake Ontario last year weren’t co-ordinated. Search efforts fa...
Sep 29, 2016