Category Archives: Canada
Online election snafus in dozens of Ontario communities raise systemic questions
TORONTO - A major online voting issue that forced more than 50 communities in Ontario to extend municipal election voting hours prompted questions on Tuesday about the integrity of the balloting proce...
Oct 23, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 23
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 23 --- FEDS TO UNVEIL CARBON TAX REBATE PLAN TODAY The federal government will take some of the sting out of its upcoming carbon tax today with a promise to...
Oct 23, 2018
Patrick Brown makes political comeback as next mayor of Brampton, Ont.
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Months after sexual misconduct allegations forced him to step down as leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives, Patrick Brown made a political comeback on Monday - this tim...
Oct 22, 2018
Air Canada jet damaged while on LaGuardia taxiway by another jet
NEW YORK - Airport officials in New York say an Air Canada flight that had just landed at the city’s LaGuardia Airport late Monday afternoon was damaged as it sat on the taxiway by another passi...
Oct 22, 2018
Police cleared in death of carjacking suspect at B.C. ferry terminal: watchdog
SURREY, B.C. - Police officers acted appropriately in dealing with a carjacking suspect as they attempted to arrest him at a ferry terminal in Nanaimo before he was fatally shot, British Columbia̵...
Oct 22, 2018
Vancouver mayoral candidate admits defeat, congratulates winner Kennedy Stewart
VANCOUVER - The runner-up in the race for Vancouver mayor has admitted defeat, two days after he lost by almost 1,000 votes. In a statement Monday, Ken Sim of the Non-Partisan Association congratulate...
Oct 22, 2018
NEB agrees to consider LNG Canada pipeline jurisdictional challenge
The National Energy Board says it will consider a jurisdictional challenge of a pipeline approval that is a key component in a recently sanctioned $40-billion liquefied natural gas export facility in ...
Oct 22, 2018
Canadian rapper dies after falling off airplane wing in failed stunt
VERNON, B.C. - A 34-year-old rapper who fell to his death in British Columbia while performing a stunt that involved rapping while walking on the wing of a plane was a “beacon of light to follow...
Oct 22, 2018
Doctors see spike in limb paralysis in kids, following viral infections
TORONTO - Cases of a rare polio-like condition have begun turning up in some Canadian children, following reports of dozens of cases in the U.S. in recent weeks. Known as acute flaccid myelitis, the c...
Oct 22, 2018
Ottawa ready to help as Inuit health officials grapple with spate of suicides
MONTREAL - The federal government says it will respond to pleas for help from northern Quebec, where a spate of suicides in Inuit communities this year has created what officials are calling a crisis....
Oct 22, 2018