Category Archives: Canada
Did a Canadian shoot down the Red Baron? A century later, the debate hasn't quit
Capt. Roy Brown had ordered the young airman not to engage the enemy, but Lt. Wilfrid “Wop” May - a school chum from Edmonton - couldn’t help himself. It was April 21, 1918 - a centu...
Apr 19, 2018
High cost of dental services prompting some patients to seek alternative options
MONTREAL - An unaffordable price tag kept Melanie Laxson out of the dentist's chair until the pain became unbearable. With no access to insurance, the 38-year-old says there’s no way she could a...
Apr 19, 2018
Sohi defends Liberal infrastructure plan, says 20,000 projects underway
OTTAWA - The Liberals’ multibillion-dollar plan to spur the economy through work on the country’s roads, bridges, transit and water systems is rolling out as planned, Infrastructure Minist...
Apr 19, 2018
Still investigating: RCMP say too early to know what happened in Broncos crash
REGINA - It could be weeks or even months before police know why a truck was in a rural Saskatchewan intersection when it crashed with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. “There are...
Apr 19, 2018
Trudeau sidesteps questions on straw ban as U.K. takes aim at plastic products
LONDON - Canada will heartily endorse an international declaration aimed cleaning up the oceans, Justin Trudeau said Thursday - but the prime minister stopped short of committing his government to a b...
Apr 19, 2018
Mall plotters believed they were reincarnations of Columbine shooters: report
HALIFAX - They weren’t just inspired by the Columbine shooters - two teenage gunmen with a mission to kill students and teachers at a suburban high school in Littleton, Colo. Lindsay Souvannarat...
Apr 19, 2018
Baloney Metre: do Canadian youth smoke more pot than anyone else?
OTTAWA - “The reasons we set the minimum age of 18 are because we recognize that Canadian youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are among the highest users of cannabis in all developed countries. ...
Apr 19, 2018
Baloney Meter: do Canadian youth smoke more pot than anyone else?
OTTAWA - “The reasons we set the minimum age of 18 are because we recognize that Canadian youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are among the highest users of cannabis in all developed countries. ...
Apr 19, 2018
Feds ordered savings review for Gordie Howe bridge over cost concerns: documents
OTTAWA - Officials overseeing construction of a new cross-border bridge in Windsor, Ont., cobbled together a variety of cost-saving measures on government orders over concerns that expenses were in da...
Apr 19, 2018
Supreme Court upholds law in cross-border beer case, averting trade shakeup
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of a New Brunswick law that ensnared a man who brought home a trunkload of beer and liquor from neighbouring Quebec. The unanimo...
Apr 19, 2018