Category Archives: Canada
Precautionary evacuation alert issued for Alberta national park over wildfire
WATERTON, Alta. - Parks Canada issued a precautionary evacuation alert on Tuesday evening for all of Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta due to potential danger from an expanding wildfire...
Sep 05, 2017
Trial begins for Calgary senior accused of negligence in death of daughter
CALGARY - A 38-year-old disabled woman who died while under the care of her 70-year-old mother had not received medical treatment for the last four years of her life and weighed just over 50 pounds wh...
Sep 05, 2017
Downie, Nishnawbe Aski Nation offer condolences after mother of Chanie Wenjack dies
GERALDTON, Ont. - The mother of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who died while trying to escape an Ontario residential school in 1966, has died. The Nishnawbe Aski Nation says Agnes Wenjack, 89, d...
Sep 05, 2017
Riders receiver Carter not looking for more punishment against Bombers fan
Regina Police say they aren’t pursuing any criminal investigations following reports that Roughriders receiver Duron Carter was spit on and Saskatchewan’s mascot Gainer the Gopher was roug...
Sep 05, 2017
Nova Scotia home damaged in ground collapse in area for sink holes:geologist
FALMOUTH, N.S. - An official with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources says the area near a home in Falmouth that was damaged after a large hole appeared underneath it, is already considere...
Sep 05, 2017
Trudeau blasts Boeing to U.S. governor over cross-border aerospace dispute
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken up the federal government’s showdown against Boeing Co. with the governor of Missouri, where the U.S. aerospace giant builds its Super Hornet fig...
Sep 05, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Sept. 6 --- NEGOTIATORS REPORT PROGRESS AT NAFTA TALKS: The latest round of NAFTA negotiations has wrapped up with the three countries saying they’ve m...
Sep 05, 2017
Negotiators report progress in latest round of NAFTA trade talks in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY - The latest round of NAFTA negotiations wrapped up Tuesday with the three countries declaring they have made progress, and committing to work through the harder negotiating issues in time...
Sep 05, 2017
Canada faces political risk at United Nations over treaty to ban nuclear weapons
OTTAWA - The unfolding North Korean nuclear crisis is exposing Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to international criticism that it is too soft on nuclear disarmament - and too close to the sa...
Sep 05, 2017
Man accused of using drone to get drugs into Montreal prison denied bail
MONTREAL - A man suspected of using a drone to get drugs into the courtyard of a Montreal prison has been denied bail. Tyree Virgo, 46, has been in custody since his arrest Aug. 3. He was charged the ...
Sep 05, 2017