Category Archives: Canada
Canadian man tried to ship live snakes in mail: U.S. officials
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Federal prosecutors in New York say a Canadian man attempted to ship live snakes to China through the mail. The U.S. attorney’s office in Buffalo says 28-year-old Chaoyi Le, of M...
Aug 15, 2017
Senior Armed Forces officials reviewing probe into 'Proud Boys' incident
HALIFAX - The Armed Forces says the investigation has concluded into the Canada Day incident in which a group of military members identifying themselves as “Proud Boys” disrupted an Indige...
Aug 15, 2017
Canadians killed in Burkina Faso remembered for wanting to bring change
MONTREAL - Two Canadians killed in a terror attack in Burkina Faso are being remembered for their efforts to bring about change in the West African country. Tammy Chen and Bilel Diffalah died after th...
Aug 15, 2017
Canadian consulates in the U.S. to discuss policies with would-be asylum seekers
OTTAWA - Canadian consulates in the United States have been told to set the record straight about Canada’s immigration policies as the flow of asylum seekers continues unabated. “We have m...
Aug 15, 2017
Home sales may be starting to "bottom out" in Golden Horeshoe: CREA
OTTAWA - The number of homes sold in July fell for the fourth consecutive month as sales in what have been the hottest and most expensive markets - Toronto and Vancouver - slowed. The fewer number of ...
Aug 15, 2017
Sobey family gives critical habitat for endangered species to N.S. nature trust
SHERBROOKE, N.S. - A critical habitat for several endangered species along an ecologically rich Nova Scotia river has been protected following a land donation from a well-known family with a special c...
Aug 15, 2017
Canadian athletes enter tricky doping landscape with pending legalization of weed
CALGARY - Canada’s elite athletes are smoking, eating and investing in marijuana. Is a toke before stepping to the start line far off? The Canadian government intends to legalize recreational ca...
Aug 15, 2017
Canada's NAFTA demands: Good luck with that, say skeptical U.S. trade vets
WASHINGTON - Some of Canada’s key demands in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will be a tough sell in the United States, according to former American trade officials who say they will be difficu...
Aug 15, 2017
Wayward Bullock's oriole to fly home to B.C. on Air Canada flight
OTTAWA - A Bullock’s oriole that landed in eastern Ontario in 2015 will finally be flying home to British Columbia - by plane. The little western bird drew national attention when she arrived in...
Aug 15, 2017
Trade experts agree Canada has plenty of leverage in NAFTA negotiations
OTTAWA - With NAFTA negotiations set to begin Wednesday, it’s tempting to think of Canada as the proverbial 90-pound weakling about to get a faceful of sand kicked up by the body-building, muscl...
Aug 15, 2017