Category Archives: Canada
UBC students want to build and study effectiveness of 'tree canopy' bus shelters
VANCOUVER - Students at the University of British Columbia are hoping to build bus shelters with environmental benefits. Tabinda Shah, a final-year urban forestry student, said she and several other s...
Dec 25, 2018
B.C. residents affected by windstorms to have power by New Year's Eve
VANCOUVER - British Columbians will have electricity restored to affected areas by New Year’s Eve following Thursday’s windstorm, says an updated schedule from BC Hydro. According to the s...
Dec 25, 2018
Feds, Irving ask trade tribunal to toss challenge to warship contract
OTTAWA - The federal government and Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding are asking a trade tribunal to throw out a challenge to their handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy’s new...
Dec 25, 2018
Stubborn young beluga won't stay away from the Maritimes
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - A group of marine researchers says a young beluga whale is too attached to the Maritimes for his own good. Nepi, who’s estimated to be about four years old, was spotted in S...
Dec 25, 2018
Logan Boulet Effect: Death of player in Broncos crash highlighted organ donation
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Hours after coming across the horrific scene at the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Bernadine and Toby Boulet still hadn’t seen their son Logan. The couple from Lethbridge, Alta....
Dec 25, 2018
The Queen celebrates Christmas before annual speech
SANDRINGHAM, England - The Queen and other members of the Royal Family received cheers from a Christmas crowd when they arrived for a church service Tuesday on the grounds of one of the monarch’...
Dec 25, 2018
Feds finalize Canada Post stamp prices, with increases set for Jan. 14
OTTAWA - Unless you really hurry, sending a letter to Santa for next Christmas will cost you a nickel more. Starting Jan. 14, Canada Post says the cost for an individual stamp on a letter sent within ...
Dec 24, 2018
Man faces attempted murder charge after shots fired at RCMP in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A man arrested after a standoff with Nunavut RCMP has been charged with four counts of attempted murder. Mounties say Jerry Issuqangituq also faces charges of discharging a firearm ...
Dec 24, 2018
A month after last illness reported, health agency says romaine is OK again
OTTAWA - With no new cases of E. coli connected to romaine lettuce detected since mid-November, the leafy green is probably safe to eat again, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported Monday. In th...
Dec 24, 2018
One dead, three in hospital, after fire at Edmonton home for disabled adults
EDMONTON - One person died and three others were in hospital following a fire at an Edmonton group home for disabled adults early Monday. Firefighters were called to the blaze just before 2 a.m. in th...
Dec 24, 2018