Category Archives: Canada
Consortium aims to have Champlain Bridge built by December amid reports of delay
MONTREAL - The consortium building the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal says it is aiming to have the structure ready as planned by the end of 2018. The reassurances came Thursday as a published repor...
Feb 22, 2018
Fire marshal releases cause of fatal Pubnico Head fire that killed four children
HALIFAX - A fast-moving fire that claimed the lives of four children in rural Nova Scotia last month was ignited by heat coming from a wood stove, the province’s fire marshal confirmed Thursday ...
Feb 22, 2018
More trouble for Trudeau India trip over invitation error, claims of Modi snub
OTTAWA - The stunning oversight that allowed a man convicted of attempted murder to be invited to a party in New Delhi with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rocking Canada’s ties with India just...
Feb 22, 2018
First Nations group gets share of clam fishery, breaks Clearwater monopoly
OTTAWA - A company made up of First Nations members from Quebec and Atlantic Canada - and led by the brother of a Liberal MP - has ended a decades-long monopoly on a multimillion-dollar clam fishery d...
Feb 22, 2018
NewsAlert: Canada's Kevin Koe falls to U.S. in Olympic curling semifinal
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Kevin Koe will have to settle for a chance at winning a bronze medal in men’s curling at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The Calgary skip fell 5-3...
Feb 22, 2018
Baloney Meter: Coal curbing benefits claim mostly accurate, say experts
OTTAWA - “The proposed amendments will result in 260 avoided premature deaths, 40,000 fewer asthma episodes, and 190,000 fewer days of breathing difficulty and reduced activity - resulting in he...
Feb 22, 2018
NewsAlert: Canada's short-track speedskating team wins bronze in men's 5,000 relay
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s short-track speedskating team has captured bronze in the men’s 5,000-metre relay final at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. The Canadian team of Samuel...
Feb 22, 2018
Boy fascinated with garbage trucks gets one of his own from sanitation crew
EASTERN PASSAGE, N.S. - A Nova Scotia boy who every week waits wide-eyed for the local garbage truck now has a truck of his own - just on a slightly smaller scale. Hiro Getson turned three on Wednesda...
Feb 22, 2018
CP NewsAlert: Canada's Boutin wins silver in women's 1,000 short track
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Kim Boutin has won the silver medal in the women’s 1,000-metre short-track speedskating race at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. It’s Boutin&...
Feb 22, 2018
In the news today, Feb. 22
Seven stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 22 --- U.S. ENDS CANADIAN GOLD MEDAL STREAK IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY Canada’s drive for a fifth straight gold medal in women’s hockey ended earl...
Feb 22, 2018