Category Archives: Canada
Eight-year-old boy among four people killed in head-on Newfoundland collision
WHITBOURNE, N.L. - An eight-year-old boy is among four people who died after a head-on crash in eastern Newfoundland Sunday. Two SUVs collided on an undivided section of the Trans-Canada Highway on th...
Aug 28, 2017
Three stories in the news for today, Aug. 28
Three stories in the news for Monday, Aug. 28 --- CANADIANS HUNKER DOWN IN STORM-RAVAGED TEXAS: Canadian expats living in Texas say they’ve gone days without sleep as the remnants of hurricane H...
Aug 28, 2017
Canadian forestry company promises to help Houston rebuild with lumber shipment
MONTREAL - Texans forced from their flooded homes by unprecedented water levels may get help rebuilding from a Canadian forestry company. Seth Kursman, a vice president with Resolute Forest Products, ...
Aug 28, 2017
Campaign aims to reduce stigma, discrimination of kids, youth with disabilities
TORONTO - Like any typical teen, Jadine Baldwin loves spending time on her cellphone and laptop, the latter the vehicle for honing her skills as a wordsmith to fulfil her dream of some day becoming a ...
Aug 27, 2017
Three people killed, four seriously injured in Bruce Peninsula car crash
TOBERMORY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police say three people are dead and four are seriously injured following a head-on collision in Bruce County on Saturday night. Officers say a car driving erratic...
Aug 27, 2017
New Brunswick premier to make final push in Washington on softwood lumber
CHARLOTTETOWN - New Brunswick’s premier heads to Washington on Tuesday, to meet with a senior member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, in a final push to have his province exempt from h...
Aug 27, 2017
Canadian expats hunker down as remnants of hurricane Harvey ravage Texas
HOUSTON - Canadian expats living in Texas said they’ve gone days without sleep as the remnants of hurricane Harvey continue to deluge the southeast coast Sunday. Megan Giffin-Scheffers, who move...
Aug 27, 2017
Two people accused of setting fire that killed 5-month-old in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Charges have been laid against two people in connection with a fire that killed a five-month-old baby in Edmonton. Police allege patio furniture on the porch near the front door of the home...
Aug 27, 2017
Evacuees return home near Kelowna, B.C., as wildfire continues to burn
KELOWNA, B.C. - Hundreds of people forced from their homes by a wildfire burning east of Kelowna, B.C., have been allowed to return, but others remain displaced. The Central Okanagan Regional District...
Aug 27, 2017
NDP candidates face off during French-language debate in Montreal
MONTREAL - The four NDP leadership hopefuls trod carefully Sunday when they were asked to weigh in on Quebec’s ongoing discussion over religion and identity during a French-language debate in Mo...
Aug 27, 2017