Category Archives: Canada
New RCMP chief's philosophy: 'Be kind and take care of others, have fun'
OTTAWA - When she ran the RCMP’s training academy in Regina, Brenda Lucki told graduating cadets to make the communities they serve better, to be kind and take care of others, to look after them...
May 07, 2018
In the news today, May 7
Six stories in the news for Monday, May 7 --- NEW BRUNSWICK FLOODING RAISING HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS Water levels are expected to continue rising in southern New Brunswick over the next few days - ...
May 07, 2018
'Serious glitches' mean a fail in Quebec, Ontario for emergency warning system
The company operating Canada’s new national public alert system for mobile devices said it would investigate after a test of the system misfired in Quebec on Monday and was hit and miss in Ontar...
May 07, 2018
Damage becoming clear amid historic flood: 'Oh my God, your heart is broken'
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - For 48 years, Jerry McFarland’s rustic cottage on New Brunswick’s Grand Lake was a cherished refuge for family and friends, where precious summertime memories were caref...
May 07, 2018
B.C. high school students who suffered in silence now helping others
VANCOUVER - At his lowest point in Grade 10, Joshua Ramos would walk the streets of his neighbourhood at midnight wearing headphones and wish for the music to drown out the dark thoughts that followed...
May 07, 2018
'We're quite frustrated:' Red tape threatens growing Arctic space industry
Years of federal bureaucratic delay may cost the North millions of dollars in investment in an emerging high-tech industry. A Norwegian company has been waiting since 2016 for Ottawa to grant an opera...
May 07, 2018
'Send him home:' Death row Canadian's father breaks silence weeks before dying
RED DEER, Alta. - Ronald Smith’s father still had a bedroom and a vintage car waiting for the day his son might come home to Alberta from the Montana prison where he has been on death row for 35...
May 07, 2018
B.C. First Nation preparing to vote on 'historic' $37 million treaty agreement
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Negotiators have signed off on a new treaty agreement between the federal and provincial governments and the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation near Prince George, B.C. Represent...
May 06, 2018
Hundreds attend visitation for 45-year-old victim of Toronto van attack
TORONTO - Hundreds of mourners came together at a chapel north of Toronto on Sunday, where they sang songs and said prayers in remembrance of one of 10 people who died in last month’s deadly van...
May 06, 2018
Conservative women: go call them feminists, but don't call them Liberals
OTTAWA - Rachael Harder took it as a personal insult. “Women and girls from across this country had a prime minister stand up and say, ‘As the prime minister of Canada, it is up to me to d...
May 06, 2018