Category Archives: Canada
Americans crossing into Canada carrying guns with 'alarming frequency'
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Six Americans have been charged with bringing handguns across the New Brunswick border so far this summer, as a Canadian prosecutor says it’s proving difficult to let otherwis...
Aug 08, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Aug. 8
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 8 --- FREELAND ORDERS SAUDI PROBE Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s “deeply concerned” about recent videos which appear ...
Aug 08, 2017
Canada's hope to get climate change into NAFTA could prove difficult
OTTAWA - A frank report on climate change in America leaked to the New York Times a week before the U.S. sits down to begin renegotiating NAFTA may give some weight to Canada’s push to get clima...
Aug 08, 2017
Environment Canada confirms second tornado in Ontario on Friday
TORONTO - Environment Canada has confirmed two tornadoes touched down near Huntsville, Ont., on Friday. The agency says the first one struck on the south side of the central Ontario town just before 4...
Aug 07, 2017
No end in sight for B.C. wildfires one month after state of emergency declared
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Wildfires are continuing to tear through British Columbia one month after the provincial government declared a state of emergency. Chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said t...
Aug 07, 2017
New Brunswick seniors' home limits toilet paper to two rolls per person a week
MONCTON, N.B. - Residents of a New Brunswick seniors’ home have been informed they will each be limited to two rolls of toilet paper a week. The Manoir Notre-Dame in Moncton said in a written no...
Aug 07, 2017
Freeland concerned Canadian-made armoured vehicles used against Saudi citizens
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s “deeply concerned” about recent videos which appear to show Canadian-made armoured vehicles being used by Saudi Arabia ...
Aug 07, 2017
Man apologizes for kissing Radio-Canada reporter on live TV at Montreal concert
MONTREAL - An unidentified man who kissed a Radio-Canada reporter on the cheek without her consent during a live broadcast last Friday has apologized for his actions. Journalist Valerie-Micaela Bain a...
Aug 07, 2017
Freeland sees outline of softwood deal but can't predict when it'll be settled
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the outlines of a deal with the United States to resolve the softwood lumber dispute are in place. But she can’t predict whether the pers...
Aug 07, 2017
U.S. dispute over Canadian wine sales restrictions on the table at NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has an issue with getting agricultural products to Canada, and it might not be the ones you think. “It’s an extraordinary problem for t...
Aug 07, 2017