Category Archives: Canada
Most Canadians won't get a white Christmas, Weather Network forecasts
Most Canadians won’t be getting a white Christmas this year, The Weather Network forecasts. “For Christmas Eve specifically, the weather is really quiet across the country - unusually quie...
Dec 23, 2018
Thousands in British Columbia facing more days without power: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER - Crews continue to repair fallen transformers and restring hydro lines after last week’s powerful windstorm in southwestern British Columbia, but officials say some customers will rem...
Dec 23, 2018
Ellen Page takes aim at Alton's controversial underground gas storage plan
HALIFAX - Actor Ellen Page is once again harnessing her massive online following to advocate for environmental issues in her home province: this time, publicly opposing a controversial project that wo...
Dec 23, 2018
Trudeau defends pace of peacekeeping deployments as next election looms
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his government’s pace when it comes to deciding where to send hundreds of promised Canadian peacekeepers - a decision that could get even hard...
Dec 23, 2018
People around the world 'extremely disturbed' by detention of Canadians: Trudeau
OTTAWA - People around the world are “extremely disturbed” by China’s detention of two Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Mali this weekend as he called for Michael Kov...
Dec 23, 2018
To draw people back to church, make it relevant to them, church planters say
TORONTO - Congregants of Mercy City Church file out of a strip mall storefront that has been converted into a place of worship, carrying battery-operated flameless candles into the cold December night...
Dec 23, 2018
Enough outdoors to go around: Refugee prompts retailer to rethink advertising
Judith Kasiama has always loved nature and spending time in the outdoors. As a child in the Democratic Republic of Congo, known as Zaire at that time, she could walk through the lush rainforest, swim ...
Dec 23, 2018
American cities look to Vancouver for overdose crisis response model
VANCOUVER - As an overdose crisis began taking shape in Denver, Colo., one of the places the city’s leaders looked for answers was north of the border. Coun. Albus Brooks says he hopped on a pla...
Dec 23, 2018
Months after false Hawaii missile alert, Canada 'finalizing' warning protocol
OTTAWA - Almost a year after a false ballistic missile alert terrified Hawaii, Canada is “finalizing” a protocol for notifying the public of a genuine airborne threat of mass destruction. ...
Dec 23, 2018
Three years on, many Syrian refugees find stressful path to Canadian citizenship
For Fouzia Al Hashish and thousands of other Syrian refugees, the time has come to put the finishing touches on their new national identity. The 23-year-old mother’s 2019 goal is already quite c...
Dec 23, 2018