Category Archives: Canada
Wildfire danger forces evacuation of Waterton Lakes National Park
WATERTON, Alta. - A popular national park in the southwestern corner of Alberta was under a mandatory evacuation order Friday because a forecasted shift in wind was expected to heighten the wildfire d...
Sep 08, 2017
Some background on the new Speaker of the B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - Political observers were surprised Friday when Opposition Liberal member Darryl Plecas accepted the role of Speaker, despite earlier reassurances he’d given that he would not consider...
Sep 08, 2017
Other Nobel winners failed to persuade Suu Kyi to speak up for Rohingya in 2013
OTTAWA - Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed three fellow Nobel laureates who tried in a private meeting four years ago to persuade her to speak up for Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority, The Canadian P...
Sep 08, 2017
Some quotes in reaction to Ontario's plan to sell marijuana
TORONTO - A proposed plan on the sale of marijuana unveiled Friday by the Ontario government stirred a lot of reaction. Here’s are some quotes: - “I have made it clear that while I support...
Sep 08, 2017
Fix the rail line to Churchill now or sell it, Carr tells Omnitrax
OTTAWA - The federal government laid down an ultimatum Friday to the U.S. company that owns the only rail line serving the isolated northern Manitoba town of Churchill: Fix it or sell it to someone wh...
Sep 08, 2017
Man charged with second-degree murder, robbery in N.S. businessman's death
SYDNEY, N.S. - A 28-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and robbery with violence in the death of a prominent Nova Scotia businessman. Jim Matthews - co-founder of a financial plan...
Sep 08, 2017
Calgary man charged with impaired driving in death of his own daughter
CALGARY - A Calgary man has been charged with impaired driving in the death of his own daughter. Police say a man was driving with two teens in a Jeep Liberty last October when the SUV spun into a med...
Sep 08, 2017
Five things to know about the Avro Arrow fighter jet program
TORONTO - Five things to know about the much vaunted but secretive Avro Arrow fighter jet program that was scrapped in 1959: - The CF-105, known as the Avro Arrow, was a globally leading-edge intercep...
Sep 08, 2017
'Secret' Avro Arrow test model found in Lake Ontario for the first time
TORONTO - A somewhat beaten-up test model used in the development of Canada’s much vaunted but secretive Avro Arrow fighter jet has been found covered in zebra mussels upside down on the bottom ...
Sep 08, 2017
Snipers compete at N.B. base: 'The coolest thing in the world basically'
CFB GAGETOWN, N.B. - Some of the world’s best snipers are gathered at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, to compete against their peers in an elite profession that is the stuff of movies and myths. ...
Sep 08, 2017