Category Archives: Canada

New federal probe opens on P.E.I. immigrants alleged to have used fake addresses
A second federal probe is underway in Prince Edward Island alleging hundreds of people gained permanent residency in Canada by using local addresses where they didn’t live, under a provincial bu...
Aug 06, 2018
New federal probe opens on P.E.I. immigrants alleged to have used fake addresses
A second federal probe is underway in Prince Edward Island alleging hundreds of people gained permanent residency in Canada by using local addresses where they didn’t live, under a provincial bu...
Aug 06, 2018
'Acting like an idiot': Driver clocked at 232 km/h on Nova Scotia highway
THOMSON STATION, N.S. - Nova Scotia police say it’s one of the fastest speeds they’ve ever clocked: A young Quebec man was allegedly caught driving 232 kilometres an hour on the Trans-Cana...
Aug 06, 2018

From the playground to the podium: Calgary jump ropers have Olympic dreams
CALGARY - Try doing a handstand. Now, try doing a handstand as double-Dutch ropes twirl around you. And try doing that without getting tangled. Competitive rope-skipping has been around in Canada for ...
Aug 06, 2018

Experts say forest fires like ones in Ontario can take long-term toll on environment
TORONTO - Forest fires like the ones currently burning in Ontario can have long-term impacts on the environment, experts say, noting that increasingly warmer and drier weather conditions are making su...
Aug 06, 2018
Hot, humid weather prompts heat warnings across Canada
Hot, steamy weather has prompted Canada’s national weather forecaster to issue heat warnings for the Maritimes as well parts of both Ontario and Quebec. Environment Canada says a very warm and h...
Aug 06, 2018
42 forest fires burning in northeast Ont., with 19 of them out of control
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources says that as of Sunday evening 42 forest fires were burning in the northeast region of the province, with 19 of them described as out of control. The Parry So...
Aug 06, 2018

Saskatchewan village wonders what happened to time capsule contents from 1968
ALVENA, Sask. - When a Saskatchewan village held a summer party to crack open a time capsule sealed in a cairn 50 years ago, they expected it would contain centennial coins, newspapers, letters from t...
Aug 06, 2018

Saudi Arabia expelling Canadian ambassador and suspending new trade with Canada
OTTAWA - Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it is ordering Canada’s ambassador to leave the country and freezing all new trade and investment transactions with Canada in a spat over human rights. ...
Aug 05, 2018

Entangled right whale freed from buoy after being spotted on Sunday
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - The Campobello Whale Rescue Team says an entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted last week in the Bay of Fundy appears to have been freed. Jerry Conway with the rescue team sa...
Aug 05, 2018