Category Archives: Canada
Ernst Zundel, deported from Canada on Holocaust denial charges, dies at 78
Ernst Zundel, a “patriarch” of the white supremacist movement whose numerous legal battles played a role in overturning a Canadian law against publishing “false news,” has died...
Aug 07, 2017
Crosby charms three-year-old with cancer during Halifax hospital visit
HALIFAX - A three-year-old girl battling leukemia could be a Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the making after Sidney Crosby placed her plush, toy pink kitten atop the Stanley Cup in her Halifax hospital ro...
Aug 07, 2017
Book prize creator Jack Rabinovitch dead at 87: Family
TORONTO - Jack Rabinovitch, the beloved businessman who created the lucrative and prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize literary award that boosted the profiles and sales of countless Canadian fiction a...
Aug 06, 2017
Campfire, off-road bans limited new long-weekend wildfires in B.C.: officials
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Restrictions meant to help stave off new wildfires in tinder-dry British Columbia appear to be working as people enjoy the long weekend, officials say. Kevin Skrepnek with the BC Wild...
Aug 06, 2017
How Trump administration ignores Trump: Presidential demands sometimes dismissed
WASHINGTON - Something strange has been happening lately in Washington when the most powerful man in town, the president of the United States, makes a headline-grabbing declaration on some new policy....
Aug 06, 2017
Montrealers gather outside Olympic Stadium to welcome asylum-seekers from U.S.
MONTREAL - Several hundred people shouted “refugees welcome!” in Creole as they gathered outside Montreal’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday to show support for the waves of asylum-seekers ...
Aug 06, 2017
Lawyers to ask New Brunswick court for delay in setting Oland murder trial date
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Prosecutors and lawyers for Dennis Oland will be back in New Brunswick court Tuesday for a hearing to set a date for a new second-degree murder trial, but it’s expected they...
Aug 06, 2017
Scheer keeps eye on next election in debut cross-country summer tour
OTTAWA - Rest and relaxation might top the agenda for most Canadians right now but newly-minted Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is going full-tilt on the barbecue circuit in a bid to introduce himse...
Aug 06, 2017
Canadian deported from Kenya says officials gave 'flimsy' excuse for detention
A Canadian deported from Kenya on Saturday while working for an opposition party in the African country says he was initially given a “flimsy” excuse about a visa issue. Andreas Katsouris ...
Aug 06, 2017
Sidney Crosby welcomes Stanley Cup to Halifax for third hometown celebration
HALIFAX - Sidney Crosby is welcoming the Stanley Cup to his native Nova Scotia for a third time. Phil Pritchard, the Cup’s keeper, tweeted a photo Saturday night of Crosby hoisting the trophy ab...
Aug 06, 2017