Category Archives: Canada

Ottawa considered speeding up new seatbelt rule after Broncos crash: documents
The father of a teen who died in a crash that killed 16 people on a junior hockey team bus is questioning why Ottawa is waiting two years to make seatbelts on new highway buses mandatory. Documents ob...
Jul 29, 2018

Public visitation held for young woman killed in Danforth shooting
TORONTO - Crowds of tearful mourners gathered to remember Reese Fallon at a public visitation on Sunday, a week after she was killed in a shooting rampage in Toronto’s bustling Greektown neighbo...
Jul 29, 2018

Numerous lawsuits claim baby powder causes ovarian cancer, so is it safe or not?
TORONTO - Baby powder maker Johnson & Johnson has been the subject of a string of lawsuits, including two pending class-action cases in Canada, over allegations its product caused ovarian cancer i...
Jul 29, 2018

Ancient B.C. Indigenous settlement to become outdoor history classroom
NORTH COWICHAN, B.C. - Near the foot of sacred Mount Prevost where Indigenous people say their ancestors first landed on earth lays buried a 2,000-year-old settlement with archeological evidence of an...
Jul 29, 2018

Dozens of fires out of control in Ontario; most pressing in northeast is 82 square kilometres
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources says dozens of forest fires remain out of control, with the most pressing in the province’s northeast now measuring more than 82 square kilometres. ...
Jul 29, 2018
Two winning tickets for Friday night's $35 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - Two winning tickets were sold for the $35 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. One winning ticket was purchased in Ontario and the other in Quebec. Each is worth $17.6 mil...
Jul 29, 2018
B.C. parents urged to check immunization records after Chinese vaccine recall
VANCOUVER - Health authorities in British Columbia are urging parents of toddlers who were vaccinated in parts of China last year to check their records for a recalled vaccine. The BC Centre for Disea...
Jul 28, 2018
New plaque in Lytton, B.C., to honour early Chinese-Canadian settlers
LYTTON, B.C. - Chinese settlers to British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon are being honoured for the role they played in the province’s history with a commemorative plaque unveiled in the town o...
Jul 28, 2018
22-year-old woman found dead in N.B. First Nation, one man in custody
ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION, N.B. - Police say a 22-year-old woman was found dead outside a home in a New Brunswick First Nation. RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh says police found the woman̵...
Jul 28, 2018

Richmond, B.C., wildfire burning underground, challenging firefighters
RICHMOND, B.C. - Officials say a wildfire that broke out early Friday in the Vancouver suburbs presents a more hidden challenge for crews than some of the blazes burning across the rest of the provinc...
Jul 28, 2018