Category Archives: Canada
Two dead, two in hospital in suspected targeted shooting in Oakville, Ont.
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Police say two people are dead and two others are in hospital after a shooting early Saturday morning in Oakville, Ont., west of Toronto. Halton Regional Police say they got...
May 18, 2020
Team member killed in Snowbirds crash remembered as proud native of Halifax
HALIFAX - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces killed in the crash of a Snowbirds aerobatic team jet is being remembered as a proud native of Halifax. Capt. Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer, died...
May 18, 2020
For most elected officials, likes and shares on Twitter hard to come by: study
WASHINGTON - Social media was supposed to be the great equalizer, but a majority of elected officials in Canada, the United States and elsewhere are struggling to connect with people on Twit...
May 18, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:02 a.m. on May 18, 2020: There are 77,305 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 42,920 confirmed (inclu...
May 18, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:45 a.m. Ontario is reporting 304 more cases of COVID-19 today and 23 new deaths. That brings the province to a total o...
May 18, 2020
Mass killing: Nova Scotia has been through hard times before, but not like this
DEBERT, N.S. - On days when he's feeling up to it, Nick Beaton heads to a rural road just outside of Debert, N.S., where a makeshift memorial pays tribute to his late wife and unborn child. It's ...
May 18, 2020
Feds quietly probe expanded role for child care in post-pandemic recovery
OTTAWA - The federal government has been quietly probing how to provide provinces with more money annually for child care, as part of what sources describe as an issue that is at, or near, the top of ...
May 18, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:34 p.m. on May 17, 2020: There are 77,001 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 42,920 confirmed (includ...
May 17, 2020
Canadian Forces Snowbird plane crashes in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Canadian Forces Snowbirds plane crashed in a residential area of Kamloops, B.C., shortly after takeoff on Sunday, sending neighbours pouring onto the street where they said a h...
May 17, 2020
One dead, another seriously injured after Canadian Forces Snowbird plane crashes in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - One member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died and another is injured after a Snowbird plane crashed in a residential area of Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday while on a cross-country tour...
May 17, 2020 Canadian Forces Snowbird Captains Erik Temple, right, and Joel Wilson check out the crash scene of a Canadian Forces Snowbird plane in Kamloops, B.C. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)