Category Archives: Canada

In the news today, Aug. 17
Seven stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 17 --- TRUMP SAYS U.S. NOT TALKING TO CANADA ABOUT NAFTA U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Canada has deliberately been left on NAFTA’s sidelin...
Aug 17, 2018

Happy birthday Boler: 100s of cute campers in Winnipeg for anniversary gathering
WINNIPEG - Angela Durand sits outside her camper which is decorated to look just like the yellow submarine in the well-known song by The Beatles. In a lawn chair beside the blue-and-yellow 1968 camper...
Aug 17, 2018
B.C. judge who cried during a victim statement won't recuse herself
KELOWNA, B.C. - A provincial court judge in British Columbia who wiped away a tear during a victim impact statement in a sexual interference case says she won’t recuse herself from sentencing be...
Aug 17, 2018

Trump suggests Canada has been sidelined from latest NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting Canada has deliberately been left on NAFTA’s sidelines as one-on-one talks heat up between Washington and Mexico. For four straight weeks, U.S....
Aug 16, 2018

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques preparing for mission
MOSCOW - For Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, it’s all about preparation as he continues his training four months before he blasts off into space. Saint-Jacques, 48, is currently in Mosco...
Aug 16, 2018

Low-income earners spending 'absurd' amounts on communications, says advocate
OTTAWA - Canada’s telecom regulator says the average household spent nearly $223 every month on communications services, including mobile phones, landlines, internet and cable TV in 2016. But lo...
Aug 16, 2018

Tim Hortons looks to rebuild its brand with better lid, new marketing campaign
TORONTO - The president of Tim Hortons is fed up with the leaky brown tops on its coffee cups that haven’t changed a bit in 20 years - so much that he pushed the company to turn over a new leaf ...
Aug 16, 2018

'There's been a lot of devastation:' man whose family lost homes in B.C. fire
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Residents of a tiny northwestern British Columbia town ravaged by a massive wildfire are determined to extinguish the flames and rebuild their community, family members say. Dan ...
Aug 16, 2018

Capsized tug now out of the water at the mouth of B.C.'s Fraser River
VANCOUVER - A tug that capsized and sank at the mouth of the Fraser River off Vancouver has been pulled from the water and officials say the next step will be determining how much fuel leaked from the...
Aug 16, 2018
Ontario school boards still in the dark on sex-ed teaching plan: association
TORONTO - With less than a month before classes resume, Ontario school boards say they still have not received teaching materials related to the older sex-ed curriculum the province expects them to us...
Aug 16, 2018