Category Archives: Canada

B.C. teachers' union calls for smaller classes, masks in back-to-school plan
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Teachers' Federation wants the province to reduce class sizes and make the use of masks mandatory wherever physical distancing isn't possible as part of its back-to-school pl...
Aug 19, 2020

Study on extreme heat in U.S. cities a warning for Canada: researcher
GUELPH, Ont. - A Canadian co-author of research that finds extreme heat risks from climate change in U.S. cities are much higher than previously thought says the study is also a warning...
Aug 19, 2020

Canada increases matching fund for Beirut aid in response to UN appeal
Ottawa is upping the amount of money it will put to matching donations from Canadians for humanitarian relief in Lebanon following a deadly explosion in Beirut. The federal government is now comm...
Aug 19, 2020

Nova Scotia RCMP release new information in search for missing Cape Breton teen
CAPE BRETON, N.S. - Nova Scotia RCMP are releasing new information in the hopes of finding a 14-year-old Cape Breton girl who has not been seen since last Thursday. Eskasoni RCMP&n...
Aug 19, 2020

Cape Breton man's $17.4-million lottery win his second jackpot in seven years
HALIFAX - A Cape Breton man has struck it rich in the lottery for the second time in seven years. Raymond Lillington and his wife Gaye, of Dingwall, N.S., travelled to Halifax today where they were aw...
Aug 19, 2020

Quebec man handed life sentence for killing unborn child, will serve at least 15 years
MONTREAL - A Montreal man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his unborn baby to death will spend at least 15 years in prison before he's eligible for parole. Sofiane Ghazi received his sentence ...
Aug 19, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 19
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on Aug. 19, 2020: There are 123,154 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,252 confirmed (including 5,727 deaths, 54,083 res...
Aug 19, 2020

Hundreds evacuated, thousands on notice as wildfire flares in southern B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Hundreds of residents in British Columbia's southern Okanagan are out of their homes and thousands more must be ready to leave on short notice as a nearby wildfire grows in size...
Aug 19, 2020

Docs suggest bureaucrats were nudged to look to WE Charity for student program
OTTAWA - Thousands of pages of newly released documents back up the Trudeau government's contention that it was federal public servants who recommended a student service grant program be adm...
Aug 19, 2020

Trudeau promises roadmap following prorogation and cabinet reshuffle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to come back with a new throne speech next month to reset his Liberal government's agenda in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trudeau sa...
Aug 19, 2020