Category Archives: Canada
Judge says health care centres can force-feed anorexic woman to save her life
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court justice has granted health authorities the right to force-feed a young woman suffering from anorexia. Without medical treatment, the 20-year-old woman is in danger o...
Aug 06, 2018

Questions persist after oil spill at Nova Scotia Power generating station
HALIFAX - An environmental activist says an oil spill in Halifax harbour might be a good opportunity for Nova Scotia Power to reconsider its use of crude oil. The utility said Monday it could be weeks...
Aug 06, 2018

Powerful earthquake leaves British Columbia family stuck on Indonesian island
LOMBOK, Indonesia - What was supposed to be a bucket-list family trip after her daughter was diagnosed with brain cancer, turned into a harrowing tale of survival mode as a powerful earthquake hit Ind...
Aug 06, 2018

Locations managers reflect on good and bad of Montreal's foreign-filming boom
MONTREAL - In almost 25 years as a location manager, Pierre Blondin has helped to transform Montreal and its suburbs into New York, part of Europe, New Jersey and New England cottage country. Foreign ...
Aug 06, 2018

Amnesty International calls for united front against Saudi Arabia
MONTREAL - Amnesty International says the global community should form a united front with Canada and speak out to protect two recently arrested women, including the sister of jailed blogger Raif Bada...
Aug 06, 2018

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spends B.C. Day at picnic in Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Justin Trudeau celebrated the B.C. Day holiday Monday at a summer picnic in a park with about 3,000 people in Penticton, of whom many wanted to pose for a selfie with the prime minis...
Aug 06, 2018

New evacuation order for northwest B.C. after intense lightning storm last week
An evacuation order was issued Sunday evening for part of British Columbia’s Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako as a nearby wildfire rages on. Regional Board Chair Bill Miller said an intense ...
Aug 06, 2018

Canada to review auto emissions regulations as U.S. moves to water them down
OTTAWA - Canada will review the joint vehicle emissions standards it has with the United States before it decides what to do about the U.S.’s plan to weaken those standards in the coming years. ...
Aug 06, 2018

'Relentless' heat, humidity breaking weather records in Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - This summer is on track to become one of the hottest on record in Atlantic Canada, as stifling heat and humidity levels persist from coast-to-coast, experts say. “It has just been rele...
Aug 06, 2018

Freeland defends Canada's position, says it will always speak up for human rights
While Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa will wait to hear more details from Saudi Arabia before responding to the country’s decision to freeze new trade deals and expel Cana...
Aug 06, 2018