Category Archives: Canada
CBC to reveal hosts of flagship news program 'The National' on Tuesday
TORONTO - CBC’s “The National” plans to reveal its new anchors on Tuesday, giving viewers more insight into the direction it hopes to take with its flagship news program. The announc...
Jul 31, 2017
Homes remain evacuated after forest fire in northeast New Brunswick
MISCOU ISLAND, N.B. - Crews have knocked down a large forest fire on Miscou Island in the province’s northeast, but 25 people who fled the flames can’t return to their homes just yet. Roge...
Jul 31, 2017
Wynne shuffles cabinet as Glen Murray leaves for Pembina Institute
TORONTO - Ontario’s premier had to shuffle a few members of her cabinet Monday as her environment minister announced his resignation, a move she insisted should not be interpreted as evidence of...
Jul 31, 2017
Muskrat Falls activists released from St. John's penitentiary amid protests
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Three Labrador protesters jailed after refusing to obey a court injunction ordering them to stay away from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project site are to be released. The...
Jul 31, 2017
Toronto Islands reopen after nearly 3-month closure due to spring flooding
TORONTO - The Toronto Islands, a popular summer destination for both city residents and tourists, reopened to the public on Monday after a nearly three-month closure due to flooding. Mayor John Tory w...
Jul 31, 2017
Ousted Manitoba backbencher plans legal challenge for right to cross the floor
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus says he’s planning a court challenge against a law that forbids him from joining another part...
Jul 04, 2017
Ontario museum sees dialogue opportunity after Canadian flag vandalized
KITCHENER, Ont. - Police are investigating it as an act of vandalism, but the director of an Ontario museum where a giant Canadian flag was stained with black paint over the Canada Day weekend says it...
Jul 04, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 4 --- OMAR KHADR TO GET $10M, APOLOGY, SOURCE SAYS: The Canadian government will pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million and...
Jul 04, 2017
Auto sales hit one-million mark by midway point of year for first time
TORONTO - Despite slumping passenger car sales, for the first time more than one million new vehicles have been sold in Canada by the midway mark of the year. DesRosiers Automotive Reports says overal...
Jul 04, 2017
Lost German shepherd is returned to B.C. owner with three nails in its head
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The X-rays leave no doubt about what happened, but Maureen Yeo says she still can’t fathom why anyone would shoot three construction nails into her dog’s head. Kuma, ...
Jul 04, 2017