Category Archives: Canada
Transport Canada says it wasn't feces that fell onto people and cars in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Transport Canada says a substance that fell from the sky and onto vehicles and people in two British Columbia communities was not human feces from aircraft, but one woman believes the foul...
Jun 15, 2018

Bernier raises $30K in just one day after being fired as Conservative critic
OTTAWA - Days after Conservative MP Maxime Bernier was turfed from his party’s shadow cabinet for continuing to promote his anti-supply management position, supporters are demanding he be reinst...
Jun 15, 2018

Giant chompers: Woman's squirrel dentistry saves rodent with overgrown teeth
BARRHEAD, Alta. - A squirrel named Bucky is back to chomping on seeds and nuts after a woman on a ranch northwest of Edmonton was able to cut back his overgrown teeth. Jannet Talbott, of the Double J ...
Jun 15, 2018
Strike threat on hold at Halifax shipyard building navy ships as talks resume
HALIFAX - With just hours to go before a threatened strike, the union at the Halifax shipyard building the next generation of Royal Canadian Navy vessels has agreed to go back to the bargaining table....
Jun 15, 2018

Manitoba politician sorry for saying crash that paralyzed colleague was a gift
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician apologized Friday for saying a highway crash that left former MP Steven Fletcher a quadriplegic was a gift. “I obviously hurt Mr. Fletcher and I deeply regret th...
Jun 15, 2018

Salmon farm protester yells at B.C. premier to protect wild stocks
VICTORIA - A heckler interrupted Premier John Horgan’s news conference on protecting British Columbia’s wild salmon by shouting the province is allowing the aquaculture industry to continu...
Jun 15, 2018
Student says sexual relationship with teacher had negative effect on his life
WINNIPEG - A former student who was sexually exploited by a Winnipeg educational assistant told his perpetrator’s sentencing hearing that every step forward now feels like multiple steps back. S...
Jun 15, 2018

Nova Scotia entrepreneur becomes latest appointee to Senate
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed entrepreneur, community volunteer and long-time political donor Colin Deacon as a senator for Nova Scotia. Deacon is perhaps best known as the foun...
Jun 15, 2018

Japan halts wheat imports after genetically modified wheat found in Alberta
CALGARY - The Canadian government is trying to reassure Japan and other trading partners that genetically modified wheat found in southern Alberta is limited to a few plants growing along a remote acc...
Jun 15, 2018
Wayne Millard 'very happy' weeks before his death, murder trial hears
TORONTO - A murder trial in Toronto has heard that an aviation executive was very excited about a new business venture in the weeks before he died from a single gunshot wound to the head. The death of...
Jun 15, 2018