Category Archives: Canada
Families want First World War letter shared with public: antique store owner
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba antique store owner who found a letter written by a First World War soldier to the sister of a man who saved his life on a battlefield has contacted some of the relatives. In the...
Feb 20, 2019
Timeline: SNC-Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - A chronology of events in the SNC-Lavalin controversy: Feb. 19, 2015 - The RCMP lays corruption and fraud charges against Montreal-based engineering and construction firm SNC-Lavalin, over al...
Feb 20, 2019
Few incentives in spending-heavy B.C. budget, global downturn worries business
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s budget pays too little attention to the potential impacts of a slowing global economy and a shifting housing market, business leaders say. Finance Minister Carole J...
Feb 20, 2019
Vancouver measles outbreak sending unvaccinated youth to doctors for shots
TORONTO - Vancouver doctors are seeing an uptick in the number of unvaccinated teens and young adults seeking to be inoculated against measles in the wake of an outbreak of the disease at two schools ...
Feb 20, 2019
B.C. review board says man who killed kids a threat, but outings to be mulled
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - The British Columbia Review Board has ruled that the man who killed his three children while severely mentally ill remains a threat to public safety, although it recommends Alla...
Feb 20, 2019
Therapy dogs to roam Toronto's Pearson airport to relieve travellers' stress
TORONTO - Therapy dogs are coming to Canada’s largest airport to help soothe stressed travellers. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority says 15 dog teams from the St. John Ambulance will be roa...
Feb 20, 2019
Syrian family caught in fire thought they would be safe in Canada
HALIFAX - At 30 years of age, Syrian refugee Kawthar Barho had seen her share of suffering and death before she came to Canada with her family. Together with her husband Ebraheim and their children, s...
Feb 20, 2019
Shrunken protest convoy leaves Ottawa after second day, enjoying Tory support
OTTAWA - A diminished version of the United We Roll convoy left Ottawa Wednesday afternoon, words of support from one more Conservative MP trailing behind. “Listen, we stand together united as a...
Feb 20, 2019
Girl was not harmed: Saskatchewan man gets jail time for Amber Alert joy ride
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man who triggered an Amber Alert when he stole a running SUV with a disabled girl in the back seat has been sentenced to 31 months in jail. Johnathan Gunville ...
Feb 20, 2019
Nunavut tables near-balanced budget for 20th-anniversary year
IQALUIT, Nunavut - As Nunavut approaches the 20th anniversary of its creation, the territory has tabled a mostly stand-pat budget that plans modest spending increases to fight some of its social probl...
Feb 20, 2019