Category Archives: Canada
Canadian crabs with bad attitude threaten coastal Maine ecosystem
BIDDEFORD, Maine - Canadians are known as friendly folks, but these crabby brutes migrating from Canadian waters to coastal Maine are better suited for the hockey rink. Green crabs from Nova Scotia ar...
Sep 19, 2018
In the news today, Sept. 19
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 19 --- NAFTA TALKS RESUME AS DEADLINE LOOMS Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is back in Washington - and back in search of a way to bridge the d...
Sep 19, 2018
Trudeau says Canada wants to see 'movement' before signing revised NAFTA deal
WASHINGTON - Thirteen months is an “absolutely normal” time frame for a task as complex as modernizing North American trade, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday as sh...
Sep 19, 2018
Liberals plan to have leaders' debate organizer in place by next election
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has been quietly working on a new body to organize leaders’ debates in federal elections, which it plans to have up and running by next year’s vote. And whi...
Sep 19, 2018
Toronto election proceeding with 25 wards after court sides with province
TORONTO - Ontario’s top court sided with the provincial government Wednesday in a legal battle over the size of Toronto’s council, firmly establishing a reduced 25-ward electoral map for t...
Sep 19, 2018
Mistaken identity: Missing dog claimed in Moose Jaw belongs to another family
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A Saskatchewan family is once again searching for their missing dog after a case of mistaken identity. On Tuesday, Brennen Duncan was reunited with a white Kuvasz that was found nea...
Sep 18, 2018
Fuel from derailed locomotive in Manitoba leaks into river, clean-up underway
WINNIPEG - A train that derailed in northern Manitoba on Saturday that killed a railway worker is leaking diesel fuel into the Metishto River. Manitoba Sustainable Development says the fuel is from on...
Sep 18, 2018
Most Canadians concerned about young people using e-cigarettes, survey finds
TORONTO - The majority of Canadians are concerned about the use of e-cigarettes among youth, with almost 90 per cent backing a ban of the vaping products for those under 18, a national survey suggests...
Sep 18, 2018
Mother of baby who died at Vancouver daycare claims negligence
VANCOUVER - The mother of a baby who died at a Vancouver daycare describes the details of what she experienced that day in a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court. The statement of claim filed Monday al...
Sep 18, 2018
A by-the-numbers look at irregular migrants arriving in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada began to experience an influx of irregular migrants in early 2017, when people began crossing into the country through unofficial pathways. Here are some key statistics about how this ...
Sep 18, 2018