Category Archives: Canada
Spin yarn unspun: Research upends theory that Vikings taught Inuit fibre skills
New research is upending old assumptions about what the ancestors of today’s Inuit learned from Viking settlers. And the techniques researchers have developed to show that ancient Dorset and Thu...
Jul 22, 2018
Seniors and students living together to save on rent, find 'family'
TORONTO - After her husband died, Elizabeth Hill says she would lay awake listening for bumps in the night in her eerily empty home - so to get some shut-eye, she decided let a stranger live with her....
Jul 22, 2018
Female chefs say Canada's culinary industry changing for the better
TORONTO - It was an Instagram photo that caught long-time restaurateur Stacey Patterson’s eye: six chefs - all men - at a table together playing poker. It’s an image of camaraderie that Pa...
Jul 22, 2018
Crews continue battling dozens of forest fires in northeastern Ontario
KILLARNEY, Ont. - Crews from across the country continued to cut down dozens of raging fires in northeastern Ontario on Sunday, after evacuation orders left some property owners uncertain of whether t...
Jul 22, 2018
Recovery high schools could help teens before addiction takes hold: B.C. parents
VANCOUVER - Parents whose children started using drugs as teens and struggled through addiction to the point of fatally overdosing say recovery high schools that provide professional support for stude...
Jul 22, 2018
Haida Gwaii village faces housing crisis, targets short-term rentals
QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. - As more tourists flock to Haida Gwaii off the northern coast of British Columbia, the remote archipelago’s largest village is facing an unusual problem. Despite a declini...
Jul 22, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot ...
Jul 22, 2018
Israel rescues Syrian volunteers stranded in frontier area
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military said Sunday it had rescued members of a Syrian volunteer civil organization from the volatile frontier area and evacuated them to a third country, the first such Israe...
Jul 22, 2018
Evacuation numbers remain at nearly 1,000 as B.C. wildfires rage on
SUMMERLAND, B.C. - Officials in British Columbia’s Okanagan region were hopeful that fire crews could aggressively tackle the flames on Saturday, as the weather forecast called for more cloud co...
Jul 21, 2018
Quebec actor Edgar Fruitier charged with indecent assault against a minor
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Quebec actor Edgar Fruitier faces two charges of indecent assault against a minor in connection with alleged events dating back to the 1970s. The 88-year-old actor’s arrest was...
Jul 21, 2018