Category Archives: Canada
Evacuation order lifted after B.C. wildfire destroys dozens of homes
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Hundreds of people are being allowed to return to Loon Lake, B.C., more than a month after flames forced them from their homes and destroyed dozens of buildings in the community....
Aug 20, 2017
Protesters opposing a right wing group clash with Quebec City police
MONTREAL - Tensions boiled over in Quebec City on Sunday, as police were pelted by beer bottles and smoke bombs set off in garbage cans in an ugly end to a weekend of pro and anti-immigrant rallies. T...
Aug 20, 2017
NAFTA: 'Great deal of negotiation' still required after Round 1 of talks ends
WASHINGTON - North American countries concluded their first round of negotiations toward a new continental trade agreement Sunday with a statement that suggested major issues needed to be sorted out i...
Aug 20, 2017
Right whale found dead off Cape Cod: researchers
BOSTON - Researchers at the New England Aquarium in Boston say another North Atlantic right whale has died. The aquarium’s right whale research team tweeted that the dead whale was a female name...
Aug 20, 2017
Status of Women Canada pushing for procurement to support female entrepreneurs
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is thinking about using its massive purchasing power to support women in business. “Inclusive federal procurement is a potential avenue through which the Governme...
Aug 20, 2017
Federal appointee to race relations board under scrutiny for writings on Islam
OTTAWA - A board member with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, an arms-length federal government agency with a mandate to combat racial discrimination, is in jeopardy of losing her post over her...
Aug 20, 2017
New Nova Scotia data raises concerns about use of solitary confinement
HALIFAX - Close to a quarter of solitary confinements in Nova Scotia’s jails are due to medical issues or protection from other inmates, according to recent figures offering a glimpse of why off...
Aug 20, 2017
Trudeau takes aim at 'racist' rallies, urges trust in immigration system
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians should maintain confidence in the immigration system even as thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into the country. Speaking to reporter...
Aug 20, 2017
Ontario university students touring nuclear disaster site in Japan
A handful of Ontario university students are touring parts of Japan to better understand the devastating effects of the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster and the problems that persist. Five gradua...
Aug 20, 2017
Canadians plan to attend various viewing events to catch a partial eclipse
Clayton Uyeda and his wife Jo will be on a ferry - en route from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island to Tsawwassen on the mainland - when the partial solar eclipse in Canada begins in Victoria at 9:08 a.m....
Aug 20, 2017