Category Archives: Canada
Never-before seen images beamed live from the bottom of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
CHETICAMP, N.S. - A scientific expedition in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is revealing never-before seen images of odd and valuable marine life. Federal researchers have joined with the non-profit group O...
Aug 28, 2017
Federal cabinet: Liberals split Indigenous Affairs, add O'Regan, Petitpas Taylor
OTTAWA - A look at the changes announced Monday to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal cabinet table: - The existing department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs is being replaced b...
Aug 28, 2017
Two Toronto-area men charged with human trafficking in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Two Toronto-area men have been charged in an 18-month, seven-province investigation into a human trafficking ring that allegedly forced ”numerous” Nova Scotia women into the sex ...
Aug 28, 2017
Gasoline future prices jump in Harvey's wake due to refinery disruptions
CALGARY - Canadian gasoline prices are expected to rise this week after widespread flooding from tropical storm Harvey forced many refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast to shut down. Wholesale gasoline p...
Aug 28, 2017
Hillary Clinton book tour stopping in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
Hillary Clinton is stopping in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver to promote her upcoming book “What Happened.” Her publisher Simon and Schuster says the book is Clinton’s “most p...
Aug 28, 2017
B.C. premier, forests minister, tours several wildfires, including Kelowna
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia’s premier spent Monday touring some communities affected by this year’s unprecedented wildfire season, promising financial assistance but cautioning it wi...
Aug 28, 2017
Yukon reality TV star sentenced on charges linked to 'Gold Rush' filming
WHITEHORSE - A reality TV star in Yukon has been ordered to pay $31,000 in fines for violating the territory’s Waters Act. Tony Beets was sentenced in Whitehorse last week after being convicted ...
Aug 28, 2017
Judge orders mental health assessment for woman facing terror charges
TORONTO - An Ontario judge has ordered a mental health assessment for a Toronto-area woman facing terror charges in an alleged attack at a Canadian Tire store. Justice Kimberley Crosbie said Monday th...
Aug 28, 2017
Ontario Provincial Police say massive cocaine seizure is largest in its history
The cocaine was hidden inside hollowed-out quartzite stones packed onto shipping containers coming from Argentina - the drugs were concealed so well that even police dogs couldn’t detect them. I...
Aug 28, 2017
Health-care, harm reduction workers call on Ontario to declare opioid emergency
TORONTO - More than 700 doctors, nurses, harm reduction workers and academics are calling on Ontario to declare opioid overdoses and deaths an emergency, as British Columbia did last year. The front-l...
Aug 28, 2017