Category Archives: Canada
WWF says global wildlife populations declined 60 per cent, demands action
TORONTO - Canadian wildlife are not exempt from a “global biodiversity crisis” that is devastating worldwide animal populations, according to a stark new report by the World Wildlife Fund....
Oct 30, 2018
3 Asian nations warn citizens not to use marijuana in Canada
BEIJING - Marijuana may be legal now in Canada but at least three Asian governments are warning their citizens to avoid it, including the spectre of possible arrest for Japanese and South Koreans. Chi...
Oct 30, 2018
Montreal hit with rotating Canada Post strike; 6,000 workers walk off job
MONTREAL - About 6,000 Canada Post employees in Montreal have walked off the job, along with postal workers in several other cities as ongoing rotating strikes continue across the country. The Canadia...
Oct 30, 2018
Sarah Henstra wins Governor General's fiction prize for book on campus politics
OTTAWA - Toronto author Sarah Henstra says she thinks her win at this year’s Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language fiction signals that Canadian readers are hungry for lit...
Oct 30, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 30
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 30 --- FEDS REWORK APOLOGY FOR HOLOCAUST INCIDENT The killings of 11 worshippers inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on the weekend has reframed the prime minister...
Oct 30, 2018
Air Canada, WestJet latest companies to cut ties to SeaWorld ahead of whale bill
Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. are joining a growing wave of companies that have cut ties to SeaWorld, in sync with the spirit of a bill to ban whale and dolphin captivity and in the wake of con...
Oct 30, 2018
Shooting reshapes Liberals' apology for 1939 refusal of ship of Jewish refugees
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology for a decision to close Canada’s doors to Jewish refugees almost 80 years ago must include a bold statement against modern anti-Semitism or...
Oct 30, 2018
Air Canada, WestJet latest companies to cut ties to SeaWorld ahead of whale bill
Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. are joining a growing wave of companies that have cut ties to SeaWorld, in sync with the spirit of a federal bill to ban whale and dolphin captivity and in the wak...
Oct 30, 2018
Chamber of Commerce calls for federal funding to stop pine beetle spread
OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has asked for immediate federal funding to stop the spread of the destructive mountain pine beetle as it threatens to spread across the country. Chamber CEO P...
Oct 30, 2018
Incumbent B.C. mayor wins election decided by pulling a name out of a box
PEACHLAND, B.C. - The winner of the mayor’s race in Peachland, B.C., has been decided by a pulling a name from a box because the top two candidates remained tied after a judicial recount on Mond...
Oct 29, 2018