Category Archives: Canada

Concerns grow about grey water in Canada's Arctic: report shows it could double
INUVIK, N.W.T. - A traditional hunter in the Northwest Territories says he used to welcome the cruise ships coming into the Beaufort Sea in Canada’s Arctic. But Hans Lennie from Inuvik says that...
Aug 26, 2018

Friends, family and fans gather to remember artist Mary Pratt in St. John's, N.L.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Mary Pratt once said she didn’t think of anything as “ordinary.” “I think everything is complex and worthy of conjecture and worthy of a look, worthy o...
Aug 26, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $30 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $30 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for t...
Aug 26, 2018

Prominent Canadians pay tribute to Arizona Sen. John McCain, dead at 81
Canadian politicians are expressing their sympathies to the family of Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has died of brain cancer at the age of 81. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on Twitter that McCai...
Aug 25, 2018
Head of Toronto school board reassures teachers on interim sex-ed curriculum
TORONTO - With just a week to go before a new school year begins, the head of Canada’s largest school board has sent a letter to teachers assuring them Ontario’s interim sex-ed curriculum ...
Aug 25, 2018
N.B. Liberals, Progressive Conservatives spar over senior care on campaign trail
FREDERICTON - In a young New Brunswick election campaign already dominated by health care, one particular aspect of the issue is emerging early in the race: providing care to the province’s agin...
Aug 25, 2018
Fire near Waterton Nation Park stays stable; evacuation alert remains
WATERTON, Alta. - A fire just south of Alberta’s Waterton National Park seemed to have stabilized on Saturday but an evacuation order for all the park’s trails and sites remained in effect...
Aug 25, 2018
Fighting fire with defiance: Some stay home in B.C. to protect homes, property
Rise Johansen is among many British Columbians who have decided against obeying an evacuation order because of a wildfire, choosing instead to remain behind in Takysie to help others who are staying i...
Aug 25, 2018

Scheer says he will not reopen abortion debate, as members vote to uphold policy
HALIFAX - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer reiterated his pledge not to reopen the abortion debate, hours before party members voted to uphold the existing policy at the Tories’ national conven...
Aug 25, 2018
Union says talks between Exhibition Place and locked-out workers in jeopardy
TORONTO - The president of the union representing workers locked out of Toronto’s Exhibition Place says planned talks with the venue’s board of governors are now in “jeopardy.”...
Aug 25, 2018