Category Archives: Canada
Search suspended for entangled right whale in Bay of Fundy because of fog
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - An entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Bay of Fundy is proving elusive for rescue crews trying to find it. Heavy fog forced searchers to suspend their hunt Tuesday,...
Jul 31, 2018
Death on N.B. First Nation not considered a criminal matter: Mounties
ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. - Police say they don’t believe criminality was involved in the death of a 22-year-old woman on a New Brunswick First Nation last weekend. Police found the woman...
Jul 31, 2018
Trial for Montreal man accused in U.S. airport stabbing put off until November
FLINT, Mich. - The trial of a Montreal man facing charges stemming from an airport stabbing attack in Michigan in June 2017 has been put off until November. Tunisian native Amor Ftouhi was in court Mo...
Jul 31, 2018
Ontario family recalled for philanthropy, business success after crash deaths
Joe Robertson helped create a dental supply firm and sold it for millions before he turned 40, and then with his wife Anita became a major philanthropist in southern Ontario. The couple, both 58, and ...
Jul 31, 2018
Phoenix 'disaster' due to government culture of avoiding responsibility: Senate
OTTAWA - The pay “fiasco” affecting federal government employees was largely the result of a bureaucratic culture of avoiding responsibility that will require closer political oversight be...
Jul 31, 2018
Billy Talent to host benefit concert for victims of Danforth shooting with
TORONTO - Canadian rockers Billy Talent will host a benefit concert next month in Toronto to support the victims of the deadly shooting on Danforth Avenue. The band say they’ll join fellow music...
Jul 31, 2018
Vancouver police search for man who pushed victim into traffic during assault
Vancouver police are appealing for help as they investigate a strange assault where a man was seriously injured when he was pushed into the path of an oncoming vehicle. Police say it happened on East ...
Jul 31, 2018
"Something special about this boy:" Davies goes from refugee camp to soccer pitch
EDMONTON - Soccer phenom Alphonso Davies and his former Edmonton Strikers coach, Nick Huoseh, often talk or text after his matches with the Vancouver Whitecaps. Huoseh said they usually go something l...
Jul 31, 2018
Veterans' access to benefits a persistent problem, ombudsman says
OTTAWA - Canada’s veterans ombudsman says that while the federal government has implemented a number of his recommendations over the years, veterans are facing difficulty accessing some benefits...
Jul 31, 2018
In the news today, July 31
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, July 31 --- ADULT DOSE EpiPen TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY NEXT MONTH The maker of the EpiPen says its adult-dose auto-injector will be in “very limited” supp...
Jul 31, 2018