Category Archives: Canada
Peter Mansbridge promises low-key sign-off as he leaves 'The National' anchor chair
TORONTO - Peter Mansbridge doesn’t want to make a fuss about leaving the anchor’s chair at CBC’s “The National.” Nearly a year after telling viewers he planned to retire ...
Jun 28, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, June 28
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, June 28 --- FEDS CONFIDENT OF SOFTWOOD VICTORY New U.S. anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood announced this week were lower than expected and that has Natu...
Jun 28, 2017
The text of the speech "A Lament for Confederation" by Chief Dan George
VANCOUVER - The text of Chief Dan George’s speech “A Lament for Confederation:” How long have I known you, Oh Canada? A hundred years? Yes, a hundred years. And many, many seelanum m...
Jun 28, 2017
Canada 150: Chief Dan George's powerful indigenous-rights speech, 50 years later
VANCOUVER - Leonard George remembers the first time he heard his father, Chief Dan George, deliver his moving and prophetic speech on indigenous rights, “A Lament for Confederation.” It wa...
Jun 28, 2017
'That stuff lives with you:' Juror advocate sympathizes with triple-murder jury
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A female juror who was randomly dismissed in the trial of Derek Saretzky erupted in anger as she left court Wednesday, leaving her compatriots to find the 24-year-old guilty of bru...
Jun 28, 2017
Jury finds Alberta's Derek Saretzky guilty of killing father, toddler and senior
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It took a jury just three hours Wednesday to convict a young southern Alberta man of the horrific murders of a 69-year-old woman, a young father and his two-year-old daughter, alon...
Jun 28, 2017
Fibre-optic device can detect stray cancer cells, improve tumour removal: study
TORONTO - A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and ...
Jun 27, 2017
Calgary businessman gets five years for defrauding oil and gas company
CALGARY - The co-founder of an Alberta oil and gas company has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding Arcan Resources Ltd., which he established with his brother and another man. Ian Wi...
Jun 27, 2017
Man dies in hospital after being shot by Montreal police
MONTREAL - Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating a police shooting in Montreal on Tuesday evening that claimed the life of a 58-year-old man. The Independent Investigations Bureau say police...
Jun 27, 2017
Tweet spurs conversation about farmer suicide, mental health supports
REGINA - The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says concerns about suicide rates among farmers and mental health supports are starting to get some attention. On the weekend, Kim Kelle...
Jun 27, 2017