Category Archives: Canada

Annette Dionne visits house she was born in as significance of quintuplets noted
NORTH BAY, Ont. - History repeated itself on Sunday, as more than a thousand people stood outside of the Dionne quintuplets’ birth home in North Bay, Ont., hoping to see one of the two surviving...
Aug 05, 2018
Police release man arrested in shooting of German tourist near Calgary
COCHRANE, Alta. - A man who was arrested in an investigation into the shooting of a German tourist west of Calgary has been released without charges. RCMP say they and Calgary police are still activel...
Aug 05, 2018

Plastic degrading in the ocean produces greenhouse gas, new study says
Beyond simply piling up along the coast, discarded plastics that end up in the ocean could also be a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by a Canadian-led team of researcher...
Aug 05, 2018

Bystanders catch driver as van drives onto crowded Port Dover, Ont., beach
PORT DOVER, Ont. - A 28-year-old woman says she was with her husband, children and other family members when she heard screaming as a van drove onto a crowded southwestern Ontario beach. “It sou...
Aug 05, 2018

Trudeau met by more anti-pipeline protesters on his B.C. long weekend tour
DELTA, B.C. - Drum beats and chanting followed Justin Trudeau to Delta, B.C., on Sunday, as anti-pipeline protesters attempted to disrupt the prime minister’s speech at a Liberal Party of Canada...
Aug 05, 2018

P.E.I. Rottweiler owner frustrated with dog park rule prohibiting breed
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - A Prince Edward Island dog park is facing criticism for banning specific types of dogs, a policy an expert says is legal but not the answer to preventing dog bites. Tasha Ramsay s...
Aug 05, 2018

On Nova Scotia's historic Shubenacadie River, a slow-motion showdown
FORT ELLIS, N.S. - On the muddy banks of Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie River, Dorene Bernard is listening for sounds that will let her know the historic waterway is about to change direction. ̶...
Aug 05, 2018

More details emerge about deadly Manitoba tornado's destructive path
ALONSA, Man. - More details are emerging about a tornado that carved a destructive path through the rural community of Alonsa, Man., on Friday night, leaving one person dead and injuring two others. A...
Aug 05, 2018

Radio telescope near Penticton, B.C., opening new doors in astrophysics
VANCOUVER - A new radio telescope has allowed space watchers to see bursts of light travelling from a far-away galaxy in a discovery they say could open new doors in understanding the universe and the...
Aug 05, 2018
Two children among three people killed in Brampton, Ont., crash
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Police say two children and a woman were killed Saturday night in a multi-vehicle crash in Brampton, Ont., northwest of Toronto. Peel Regional Police said the crash occurred at the in...
Aug 05, 2018