Category Archives: Canada
Remains found on B.C. farm property identified as missing woman Traci Genereaux
SALMON ARM , B.C. - Human remains found at a farm where RCMP have been conducting extensive searches have been identified as those of one of several women who have gone missing in British ColumbiaR...
Nov 01, 2017
Payette takes on climate change deniers and horoscopes at science conference
OTTAWA - One month into her new job as Canada’s Governor General, Julie Payette is taking on fake news and bogus science. Payette was the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Canadian Science Pol...
Nov 01, 2017
Poloz says Bank of Canada won't speculate on possible impact of NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada says that to avoid fuelling speculation, the central bank is resisting any in-depth study of what the sudden death of the North America Free Trade Agreement...
Nov 01, 2017
2 dead, 14 injured in 2-vehicle crash on Alberta reserve after trick or treating
SADDLE LAKE, Alta. - Two people have died and 14 people were injured when two vehicles on their way home from trick-or-treating crashed on a slippery road northeast of Edmonton. RCMP Cpl. Ron Bumbry s...
Nov 01, 2017
What awaits Bob Rae? Abused Rohingya living in epic squalor in Bangladesh
OTTAWA - Picture 2,300 football fields side-by-side, home to hundreds of thousands of people living under bamboo and plastic sheeting - no flushing toilets or running water to be found. More than two-...
Nov 01, 2017
Experts at international convention predict a safer future with self-driving cars
MONTREAL - Experts attending an international convention on intelligent transport systems say the increasingly interconnected world is good news for motorists. Claude Arpin, a Bell Mobility product sp...
Nov 01, 2017
Liberal info bill could hinder Indigenous land claim efforts, watchdog tells MPs
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government’s proposed changes to the Access to Information Act could hamper efforts to settle Indigenous land claims, the federal information watchdog says. Legislation that...
Nov 01, 2017
'Turning into a nightmare:' Alberta landlord looks to evict driveway squatter
CARDSTON, Alta. - A southern Alberta landlord is hoping the courts will help him with a squatter living in a small shack sitting on a trailer in the driveway of the man’s rental property. “...
Nov 01, 2017
Ballet Victoria cuts ties with choreographer facing nude photo allegations
VANCOUVER - Ballet Victoria has cut ties with a choreographer after renewed media attention to allegations that he took nude photographs of underage dancers in the 1980s and 1990s. Bruce Monk was fire...
Nov 01, 2017
Highlights of Ontario's new marijuana legislation
TORONTO - Ontario’s proposed marijuana legislation will, if passed, establish regulations to govern the sale of recreational pot in the province. Here are some highlights of the new bill: -Sets ...
Nov 01, 2017