Category Archives: Canada
Fisheries Department says more staff on waters to protect Canada's whales
VANCOUVER - New regulations to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises are in effect for all coasts in Canada as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans works to ensure more officers and patrol vessels ...
Jul 11, 2018
Montreal borough tries out 3D crosswalks in bid to improve pedestrian safety
MONTREAL - A Montreal borough is experimenting with 3D-style painted crosswalks in the hopes of getting drivers to slow down, but not everyone is sure the eye-catching street art will do much to impro...
Jul 11, 2018
Abbotsford, B.C., police make easy arrest after suspect helps to capture himself
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A 38-year-old man suspected of vehicle theft is under arrest in Abbotsford, B.C., but police say he actually captured himself. A tweet from the department says officers responded to...
Jul 11, 2018
Transport Canada to make seatbelts mandatory on new highway buses by 2020
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it will soon require all newly built highway buses to have seatbelts. The federal department said Wednesday it will make seatbelts mandatory on medium and large highway ...
Jul 11, 2018
Canada, U.S. express concern at NATO over Russian pipeline into Germany
The Trudeau government and the Trump administration have found a rare patch of common ground at the NATO summit in Brussels - shared concern about a proposed Russian pipeline that would cross through ...
Jul 11, 2018
Group opposed to SLAV show calls for commitment to discussion, diversity
MONTREAL - Various black actors and artists who spoke out about a Quebec-produced show featuring a largely white cast singing songs composed by black slaves say they want the broader conversation surr...
Jul 11, 2018
Family proud of B.C. man who helped rescue boys from Thailand cave
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia-born diver who braved perilous conditions to help save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave in Thailand is the kind of man who always helps others, says hi...
Jul 11, 2018
U.S., Canadian, officials to examine death of man who fell from cruise ship
VANCOUVER - Officials with the United States Coast Guard say they will work with Canadian officials to investigate the death of a passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship off the west coast of ...
Jul 11, 2018
Man stabbed after intervening in dispute over dog in Oshawa, Ont., police say
OSHAWA, Ont. - Police say a man was stabbed after intervening in a dispute over a dog in a community east of Toronto. Durham regional police say they responded to a report of a stabbing in Oshawa, Ont...
Jul 11, 2018
Develop funding plan to help Greyhound, NDP leader Singh urges Trudeau
OTTAWA - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberal government to come up with a way to keep Greyhound buses on Canadian highways and servicing remote northern communities. In a letter...
Jul 11, 2018