Category Archives: Canada
Former friend: Mother of dead Alberta girl faces accused killer in court
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The mother of a dead two-year-old girl sat trembling in the witness box Wednesday as she faced her daughter’s accused killer in court. Cheyenne Dunbar testified at the trial ...
Jun 21, 2017
Cape Breton school board suffers its third student death this year
HALIFAX - The parents of a 13-year-old Cape Breton girl who took her own life on Father’s Day are speaking out about their ordeal, as the local school board also looks for more support in the wa...
Jun 21, 2017
Newfoundland woman plans own funeral, gets celebrated band to re-do song for it
PETLEY, N.L. - An 80-year-old woman who planned her own funeral has managed to convince a celebrated Newfoundland and Labrador band to re-record a song so it would be more appropriate for her eventual...
Jun 21, 2017
No cutoff to finish NAFTA talks as U.S. hunts for best deal: Trump's trade czar
OTTAWA - President Donald Trump’s point person on trade says the administration’s top priority is locking down the best deal possible for the U.S. in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation- and ...
Jun 21, 2017
Red Deer cleaning up from wind storm after declaring state of emergency
RED DEER, Alta. - People in Red Deer were cleaning up Wednesday after a violent windstorm that knocked out power and prompted the central Alberta city to declare a local state of emergency. Homes wher...
Jun 21, 2017
New Brunswick to freeze property assessments for 2018 while review is completed
FREDERICTON - Seeking to contain a festering scandal involving “thousands and thousands of errors,” New Brunswick is freezing property tax assessments and assigning the task to a new indep...
Jun 21, 2017
Father of Confederation's name stripped from Prime Minister's Office building
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined indigenous leaders across from Parliament Hill on a sun-drenched Wednesday and said the building housing his office will no longer bear the name of Hector...
Jun 21, 2017
New Brunswick working group suggests 19 as minimum age to buy cannabis
FREDERICTON - The legal age limit for recreational marijuana use in New Brunswick should be set at 19, a provincial working group recommended Wednesday in a report that also calls for sales to be hand...
Jun 21, 2017
Oilsands through the hourglass: Defining moments that shaped an economic juggernaut
The Canadian oilsands industry is beset with environmental concerns and low crude prices. Nonetheless, production is expected to grow. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers estimates that oi...
Jun 21, 2017
Oilsands pioneers recall big promise, big problems with industry's first mine
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The launch of Canada’s first large-scale oilsands mine began on a cold and overcast September day in 1967, with speeches to a crowd of about 600 VIPs predicting incredible...
Jun 21, 2017