Category Archives: Canada
Wikipedia founder talks fake news and the need for neutrality at Montreal event
MONTREAL - Once dismissed as unreliable, Wikipedia has emerged as a trusted source of information in an era of fake news, its founder said Friday. Jimmy Wales said the free online encyclopedia has bec...
Aug 11, 2017
Liberals target autumn for release of homeless veterans strategy
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to release this fall a long-awaited strategy to tackle veterans’ homelessness, which in its one of its most recent versions has placed a heavy focus on prov...
Aug 11, 2017
Reservist accused of 'racial slur' not guilty of bad conduct, striking superior
KENTVILLE, N.S. - A reservist accused of using an inappropriate term for a black co-worker’s hair and of later striking a supervisor has been found not guilty. The Aug. 3 court martial decision ...
Aug 11, 2017
On the rise: Get to know budding tennis rising star Denis Shapovalov
Canadian teen tennis sensation Denis Shapovalov had the biggest win of his young career on Thursday night when he upset top-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the round of 16 at the Rogers Cup. While the...
Aug 11, 2017
At The Turn: Golfers hone shorts game at PGA as game's legwear fixation continues
OTTAWA - “In my prime,” Jack Nicklaus once wrote, “my legs were very strong.” That was true in more ways than one, it turns out: in 2014, Golf Digest published never-before-see...
Aug 11, 2017
Ontario police looking for those responsible in raccoon burning
An Ontario police force is looking for whoever was responsible for burning a baby raccoon, calling the treatment of the animal a senseless and inhumane act. Barrie, Ont., police said a severely injure...
Aug 11, 2017
Quebec police probe blaze that gutted iconic former Le Studio recording facility
MONTREAL - The founder of the once-iconic recording studio that served to open Canada to the rest of the music world said he made his peace a long time ago with the old building that once housed it. A...
Aug 11, 2017
Right whale deaths: Ottawa orders ships to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
POINTE-DU-CHENE, N.B. - The federal government is ordering large vessels to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as it tries to protect right whales who frequent the waters. Ten of the endangered ma...
Aug 11, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Aug. 11
Six stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 11 --- B.C. JOINS LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST TRANS MOUNTAIN British Columbia says it will join the legal fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, while wa...
Aug 11, 2017
Judge sends message to polygamous community with sentences in child-bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A British Columbia judge who sentenced a former husband and wife to jail for taking a 13-year-old girl to the United States to marry the leader of their religious sect says he wants ...
Aug 11, 2017