Category Archives: Canada
Longtime Conservative New Brunswick, federal politician Keith Ashfield dies
FREDERICTON - Tributes were pouring in Monday for veteran New Brunswick and federal politician Keith Ashfield, whose death at the age of 66 was announced Sunday. Rick Lafrance, president of the Progre...
Apr 23, 2018
In the news today, April 23
Five stories in the news for Monday, April 23 --- BRONCOS OBITUARIES UPSET SOME FAMILIES Some families of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims are surprised to learn that error-riddled obituaries of the...
Apr 23, 2018
Broncos families surprised obituaries are on website selling services
Some families of Humboldt Broncos bus crash victims are surprised to learn that error-riddled obituaries of their loved ones have been posted on a website that’s selling flowers, as well as onli...
Apr 23, 2018
'It's limitless:' Paralyzed toddler moves from homemade wheelchair to treadmill
EDMONTON - Evelyn Moore sings the alphabet song as her tiny running shoes plunk down on the treadmill. The paralyzed 2 1/2-year old is strapped to the machine with a special harness, as two health wor...
Apr 23, 2018
Federal environment minister defends BP Canada's plans to drill in N.S.
HALIFAX - Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna is defending BP Canada’s plans to drill a deep-water exploration well roughly 330 kilometres off the coast of Halifax....
Apr 23, 2018
Mosque killer wanted 'grandiose act' to stop people mocking him: psychologist
QUEBEC - The man who murdered six Muslim men in a Quebec City mosque in January 2017 had been suffering with mental illness for years and wanted to kill, a psychologist who evaluated the gunman said i...
Apr 23, 2018
Shania Twain apologizes for saying she would have voted for Donald Trump
Shania Twain is apologizing after telling a British newspaper that she would have voted for U.S. President Donald Trump if she were eligible. In an article posted on The Guardian’s website Sunda...
Apr 22, 2018
Airplane makes emergency landing on B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway near Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Motorists driving on B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway were treated to a bizarre sight this afternoon when a small airplane landed on the highway median. Debra Sharkey was driving from V...
Apr 22, 2018
Tories demand government explain how much a carbon price will cost Canadians
OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre will ask the House of Commons this week to force the government to show Canadians how much more they can expect to pay for gas, heat and groceries...
Apr 22, 2018
Liberal MP Drouin says allegation made against him at party's Halifax convention
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Francis Drouin says an allegation has been made against him following an incident at the party’s convention in Halifax this weekend. Drouin, a 34-year-old MP from eastern Ont...
Apr 22, 2018