Category Archives: Canada

Parties bristle at Liberal candidate's linking of Coalition leader to Donald Trump
A Liberal star candidate’s comparison of Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault to U.S. President Donald Trump ruffled feathers on the provincial election campaign Monday. Marwah Rizqy&...
Aug 27, 2018
Golfer tees up trip to hospital after gunshot wound at Alberta tournament
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A golfer encountered a bogey of a much different variety when he suffered a gunshot wound to the leg while participating in a tournament in northwestern Alberta. RCMP say the m...
Aug 27, 2018
Growing pains: Quebec schools bursting at the seams, buildings in terrible shape
MONTREAL - Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasi...
Aug 27, 2018

Defence lawyer says not guilty plea expected in Fredericton shootings case
FREDERICTON - The lawyer for a Fredericton man, accused of killing four people, including two city police officers in a shooting spree this month, says he expects to eventually enter pleas of not guil...
Aug 27, 2018

Climate change impact study coming for East Coast ferry ports, airports, bridge
HALIFAX - Ottawa has posted a tender asking engineering firms to assess how climate change and extreme weather will affect some of Atlantic Canada’s major ferry terminals, airports and the Confe...
Aug 27, 2018
In the news today, Aug. 247
Five stories in the news for Monday, Aug. 27 --- B.C. WILDFIRE SEASON SECOND WORST IN HISTORY A year after the worst season for wildfires in British Columbia’s history, government statistics ind...
Aug 27, 2018
'Baby steps': Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player learns old skills after accident
CALGARY - Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is on his hands and knees trying a skill he hasn’t had to practise for 18 years - how to crawl. Straschnitzki, with the assistance ...
Aug 27, 2018

Humans responsible for more than 400 B.C. wildfires so far this season
VANCOUVER - Campfires, cigarettes, flares and car accidents are some of the ways humans have likely started more than 400 wildfires in British Columbia this season. As wildfires blaze across the provi...
Aug 27, 2018

Growing pains: Quebec schools bursting at the seams, buildings in terrible shape
MONTREAL - Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasi...
Aug 27, 2018
Rain not enough to put out fire near Waterton Lakes National Park
WATERTON, Alta. - A Parks Canada spokesman says rain in the forecast is welcome but won’t be enough to put out a fire near Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta. “We are expecti...
Aug 26, 2018