Category Archives: Canada
NewsAlert: Canada's Justin Kripps ties for gold with Germany in two-man bobsled
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Justin Kripps and Germany’s Francesco Friedrich tied for gold in men’s two-man bobsled at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The Summerland, ...
Feb 19, 2018

In the news today, Feb. 19
Three stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 19 --- ARCHIVISTS AIM FOR MORE INDIGENOUS SENSITIVITY Reconciliation is rewriting Canada’s memory banks as archivists across the country work to make t...
Feb 19, 2018

Canadian producers buoyant about 2018 as duties expected keep prices high
MONTREAL - Softwood lumber duties aren’t dampening the spirits of Canadian lumber producers as strong demand from rising U.S. housing starts and tight supply is expected to keep prices high thro...
Feb 19, 2018

Rewriting Canada's memory banks: Archivists 'decolonize' collections
Reconciliation is rewriting Canada’s memory banks as archivists across the country work to make their collections more open to and sensitive towards Indigenous people. Library and Archives Canad...
Feb 19, 2018
Petition wants GoFundMe to drop fundraiser for Gerald Stanley's family
An international advocacy group says it has collected thousands of names in a campaign calling for GoFundMe to remove a page that’s raising funds for Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley’s f...
Feb 18, 2018
Vacationing Calgary man dies in Mexico following sudden illness
CALGARY - A Calgary man who died in Mexico after suddenly falling ill while on vacation is being remembered for his loyalty. Troy Black was with his wife, Lindsay, in Puerto Vallarta when he began vom...
Feb 18, 2018

Montreal's Oreo cookie plant prepares to shut its doors after drawn-out closing
MONTREAL - There was a time when the whole neighbourhood surrounding an east-end Montreal bakery would smell like baking Oreos. But that era comes to an end this month when snack-maker Mondelez Intern...
Feb 18, 2018

Challenges ahead for NDP's Jagmeet Singh after rousing party convention
OTTAWA - Federal New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh emerged from his party’s national convention with a strong mandate to overcome the many challenges ahead for the NDP to beat the Libera...
Feb 18, 2018

'Weirdest thing': Trump expresses anger, but not over Russian election-meddling
WASHINGTON - A curious thing has unfolded since the release of details about a Russian campaign to interfere in U.S. politics, with a secretive unit that allegedly had 80 employees, a $1.2 million-a-m...
Feb 18, 2018

Angry Quebec nurses push for lower patient ratios and less overtime
MONTREAL - Veronique Brouillard says she loves being an auxiliary nurse. But between the constant requests to work overtime, calls that interrupt her vacations, and a heavy and stressful workload, the...
Feb 18, 2018