Category Archives: Canada

'Appalled' Trudeau calls for investigation of Canadian doctor in Gaza
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau added his voice Wednesday to the calls for an independent investigation into the shootings by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border that killed 59 Palestinians and wounded hundre...
May 16, 2018

CBC/Radio Canada warns employees their financial info may be at risk after theft
OTTAWA - Thousands of employees of Canada’s public broadcaster are being warned their personal information may have been compromised after a recent computer theft, the CBC said Wednesday. “...
May 16, 2018

Manitoba's proposed ban on spotlight hunting at night upsets Indigenous groups
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has introduced legislation to ban hunting with spotlights at night but some Indigenous groups say that infringes on their constitutional rights. The proposed legisla...
May 16, 2018

Ancient fish species discovered in Nova Scotia, opens door for future research
A species of fish that lived 350 million years ago has been discovered in Nova Scotia, casting new light on a little-understood time period. The discovery was made in 2015 by Jason Anderson, a vertebr...
May 16, 2018
3D-printed 'sex dolls' help Carleton biologist study turtle mating habits
OTTAWA - Using 3D-printed “sex dolls” a Carleton University researcher has answered a question biologists had been asking for years - what do northern map turtles find attractive in a fema...
May 16, 2018
British Columbia is just defending its interests on pipeline: Horgan
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - B.C. Premier John Horgan accused the federal government of unnecessarily putting taxpayers money at risk on Wednesday by offering financial protection for Kinder Morgan’s inve...
May 16, 2018
Gymnastics coach arrested in Edmonton for alleged sex crimes in Montreal
MONTREAL - An Alberta-based gymnastics coach is facing sexual assault charges in Montreal dating back to the 1980s and early ’90s, Quebec provincial police said Wednesday. Michel Arsenault was a...
May 16, 2018

Saskatchewan seeks climate change funds, despite carbon tax objections
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has applied for millions of dollars in federal funding to help fight climate change, even though the province admits it’s ineligible because it has refused t...
May 16, 2018
B.C. to match funds for Red Cross flood donations as water levels rise
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - As more evacuation alerts are issued and river levels rise in British Columbia, Premier John Horgan announced Wednesday his government will match Canadian Red Cross donations for th...
May 16, 2018

New pressure on Newfoundland and Labrador to cover abortion pill
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador - the only province that does not provide at least partial coverage of the abortion pill - is under renewed pressure to do so. Medical students and p...
May 16, 2018