Category Archives: Canada
Hundreds line the streets in Ontario to meet Prince Charles, Camilla
WELLINGTON, Ont. - Hundreds of royal-watchers lined the streets of a picturesque, eastern Ontario village Friday to try and get a glimpse of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on the second d...
Jun 30, 2017
Police get man to surrender after he allegedly challenges them to shoot him
HALIFAX - Police say they were able to encourage a knife-wielding man to surrender after he allegedly challenged them to shoot him. Officers say they were called at about 12:30 a.m. to Duffus Street i...
Jun 30, 2017
Order of Canada marks 50 years with quintessential Canadian additions
OTTAWA - Peter McAuslan was 21 in 1967 when he took three weeks to hitchhike from Vancouver to Montreal, stopping in local pubs to watch the Stanley Cup final along the way. The trip across the countr...
Jun 30, 2017
A quick glance at a few of the new recipients of the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Rideau Hall is adding 99 new members to the Order of Canada, which turns 50 this year. Gov.-Gen. David Johnston said the individuals on today’s list, just like those appointed half a ce...
Jun 30, 2017
The full list of additions to, and promotions in the Order of Canada
OTTAWA - The Order of Canada is receiving 99 new members. Here is the full list of new members and those who have received promotions (denoted by *) within the three levels of the order. Companions Pe...
Jun 30, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, June 30
Six stories in the news for Friday, June 30 --- NDP TO FORM MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN B.C. The NDP will form a minority government in British Columbia after the Liberals were defeated Thursday in a non-c...
Jun 30, 2017
B.C.'s new NDP premier wasn't always on the path to becoming a political leader
VANCOUVER - John Horgan’s fight for society’s underdogs started early in life. His father died from a brain aneurysm when he was 18 months old. Money was tight for his mother who struggled...
Jun 30, 2017
Oil price slump removes the 'outrageous' from Calgary Stampede party plans
CALGARY - Michael Werbisky fondly remembers getting the shaft at the posh Hyatt Regency Hotel during the Calgary Stampede about 10 years ago. The owner of Western Decor and Displays says he won a $50,...
Jun 30, 2017
A look at what B.C.'s new NDP government is promising, with help from the Greens
VICTORIA - Some of the key elements of a deal between the NDP and Green party on a minority government in British Columbia: - The legislature would be recalled within one month of the swearing in of a...
Jun 30, 2017
Prosecutor urges strong message with sentence of 18 months in child-bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A special prosecutor has asked a judge to send a strong message of denunciation in sentencing a man and woman who took a 13-year-old girl over the U.S. border to marry the now-impris...
Jun 30, 2017