Category Archives: Canada

Illicit gun sales made to Canadians through dark web, Mounties warn
OTTAWA - Criminals are using the darker corners of the internet, hard-to-track digital currency and creative shipping techniques to sell illicit guns to Canadians, the RCMP warns. The message comes as...
Mar 25, 2018

'Human skills' best way for workers to adjust to rise of the machines: study
OTTAWA - A year into its effort to help equip youth for the rapidly evolving workforce, one of the country’s largest banks says enhancing young Canadians’ human skills will be critical in ...
Mar 25, 2018
Rare cholera outbreak on Vancouver Island: 'We have not seen this before'
VANCOUVER - As many as four people have been infected with cholera in British Columbia, in what health officials are calling an extremely rare case. Dr. Shannon Waters, a medical health officer with I...
Mar 25, 2018

Afghan vet's friend says anti-malarial drug may have sparked violence
HALIFAX - The homicidal tendencies of a former Canadian soldier who killed his girlfriend and himself in their new Nova Scotia home last week could be linked to a drug he was required to take before s...
Mar 25, 2018

Ontario surveys university and college students on sexual violence
TORONTO - Students at post-secondary institutions across Ontario are taking part in a survey on sexual violence as part of the province’s efforts to combat sexual assault and harassment on campu...
Mar 25, 2018

Colten Boushie's family says farmer trying to 'exploit' Indigenous man's death
WINNIPEG - When Gerald Stanley testified in a Saskatchewan court last month he told a jury his version of what happened on the summer day in 2016 when Colten Boushie, a young Indigenous man, was fatal...
Mar 25, 2018

New Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili finding balance between politics, family
REGINA - Sleep has been hard to come by for Ryan Meili so far this year. The new Saskatchewan NDP leader has had to juggle a leadership race along with raising two young children with his wife, Mahli ...
Mar 25, 2018

Optimism shines bright at upbeat Juno Awards show in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - It was a night of positivity and resilience at the Juno Awards as the stars of Canadian music focused on celebrating the upsides of life. Host Michael Buble set the tone early on Sunday ni...
Mar 25, 2018
Better times in the oilpatch fail to impress stock market investors
CALGARY - Prospects are looking brighter in the Canadian oilpatch as commodity price increases drive higher profits and afford companies room to offer dividend hikes and share buybacks - but slumping ...
Mar 25, 2018

Alberta's stance on caribou a 'national test case' of Species at Risk Act
EDMONTON - A caribou researcher says Alberta’s decision to suspend portions of its draft plan to help the threatened animals recover is the first major test of the federal Species at Risk Act. T...
Mar 25, 2018