Category Archives: Canada

Five things you need to know about blue-green algae
Last weekend, three dogs died almost immediately after playing in the Saint John River near Fredericton. Though officials are still trying to determine if blue-green algal toxicity killed the animals,...
Jul 27, 2018
B.C. government protects pension money at Catalyst Paper operations
VICTORIA - Looming forest industry tariff increases and deteriorating trade relations between Canada and United States prompted British Columbia’s government to protect the pensions of retirees ...
Jul 27, 2018

'Tinpot dictator stuff:' Calgary mayor attacks Ontario premier's Toronto plan
CALGARY - The mayor of Calgary says Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan to cut the number of Toronto city councillors and cancel votes for other municipal elections is “tinpot dictator stuff....
Jul 27, 2018

Feds ramp up brainstorming on handgun crime following Toronto shooting
OTTAWA - Following the recent mass shooting in Toronto, the federal government is eyeing tighter restrictions on handguns - possibly by making certain firearms harder to buy and allowing municipalitie...
Jul 27, 2018
BC Summer Games athletes report inappropriate touching at dance
VICTORIA - Police and the BC Games Society are investigating allegations of inappropriate touching involving teenaged athletes who were part of the BC Summer Games that ended Sunday on Vancouver Islan...
Jul 27, 2018

Family feud over $1.2 million Chase the Ace jackpot lands in court
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A family feud over a million-dollar lottery jackpot has landed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, as a woman followed through on her claim that she never intended to split the Chase...
Jul 27, 2018

'Everybody tried to save her': Toronto shooting witness recounts violent night
TORONTO - Md Ashaduzzaman was working a routine kitchen shift at a cafe in Toronto’s Greektown when he heard the gunshots. The screams broke out moments later - among them were cries of a woman ...
Jul 27, 2018

Calgary police chief apologizes for past discrimination against LGBTQ community
CALGARY - The chief of police in one of Alberta’s major cities has apologized for the force’s past discrimination against the LGBTQ community and promises to keep working to build trust an...
Jul 27, 2018

Jacques Corriveau, 'central figure' in sponsorship scandal, dead at 85
MONTREAL - Ex-federal Liberal party organizer Jacques Corriveau, who was eventually convicted after being described by a judge as a central figure in the sponsorship scandal, has died at the age of 85...
Jul 27, 2018

Two Quebec men arrested after boat with cocaine set ablaze near Martinique
MONTREAL - Two Quebec men remained in a Martinique jail Friday after a sailboat, brimming with cocaine, was set ablaze on open water earlier this month in what authorities say was a desperate attempt ...
Jul 27, 2018