Category Archives: Canada

Archeologists aim to uncover secrets of Franklin expedition in ship's cabins
OTTAWA - A Parks Canada archaeology team is boating towards the graves of the Franklin expedition ships, more than 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, hoping to uncover more secrets from the il...
Sep 05, 2018

Robert Lepage's 'Kanata' to go ahead in Paris this December
MONTREAL - A previously cancelled play by a Quebec playwright about the relationship between whites and Aboriginal Peoples will finally be presented in Paris despite criticism from Indigenous communit...
Sep 05, 2018
B.C. judge says sasquatch lawsuit has 'no reasonable prospect of success'
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia court has thrown out a lawsuit that claimed the provincial government has committed a “dereliction of duty” by failing to protect the sasquatch as a threaten...
Sep 05, 2018

Video emerges of alleged N.B. shooter protesting Muslim immigration
FREDERICTON - The Fredericton man who allegedly murdered four people last month in a shooting spree was captured on video criticizing Muslim immigration in a 2017 protest outside the provincial legisl...
Sep 05, 2018

Former Canadian, American hostages engaged in custody battle
OTTAWA - Newly unsealed court documents are giving a window into a custody battle between a Canadian man and his American wife who were kidnapped and held hostage in Afghanistan for five years. The fa...
Sep 05, 2018

Bank of Canada holds interest rate for now, puts more focus on NAFTA
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada’s decision to leave its interest rate unchanged Wednesday could be just a brief pause that comes as it carefully follows the unpredictable twists in the country’...
Sep 05, 2018

N.S. judge denies certification of proposed Africville class-action suit
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has denied a proposed class-action lawsuit seeking compensation for the expropriation of land in Africville more than five decades ago - but he has not shut...
Sep 05, 2018

Bernier says he has raised over $90,000 since quitting the Conservative party
OTTAWA - Maxime Bernier claimed Wednesday that he has raised more than $90,000 for his new political venture and says the party he intends to lead will be in place by the time his political rivals ret...
Sep 05, 2018

Pilots in mid-air collision over Quebec mall didn't respect altitude rules: TSB
MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board says two pilots involved in a fatal mid-air collision over a busy suburban Montreal shopping mall in March 2017 weren’t adhering to altitude restrictio...
Sep 05, 2018
Canada's trade deficit shrinks in July, surplus with U.S. highest since October 2008
OTTAWA - Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world shrank to $114 million in July, the smallest since a surplus in December 2016, as its trade surplus with the United States grew to the ...
Sep 05, 2018