Category Archives: Canada
Search continues for B.C. fire chief who may have been swept away in creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - Hope is fading in the search for a missing British Columbia fire chief feared to have been swept away in swollen creek has resumed, the community’s mayor said. Clayton Cassid...
May 06, 2017
French nationals cast their ballot in Quebec a day before presidential showdown
MONTREAL - Thousands of French nationals who live in Quebec voted Saturday in their country’s presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Nadia Camus, an election volunteer wh...
May 06, 2017
Commons panel struggles to finalize report on how to help ailing news industry
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee studying Canada’s slumping media industry is struggling to finalize a long-awaited report that could, among other things, recommend Ottawa create a “digi...
May 06, 2017
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan takes campaign to Liberal heartland in Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia’s New Democrats took their campaign to the Liberal heartland in the province’s Okanagan on Saturday, targeting three ridings held by Liberal backbenchers. N...
May 06, 2017
Refugee claimants coming to Canada through the United States not new
MONTREAL - One spring morning, Alfredo Rivas and his wife, who was seven months pregnant, grabbed the small bags containing their remaining belongings and headed north to Canada, a place they’d ...
May 06, 2017
More than 400 soldiers helping with Quebec floods
MONTREAL - More than 400 soldiers headed to various regions of Quebec on Saturday to help cope with the heavy flooding caused by unrelenting rain in Central and Eastern Canada in recent days. The Cana...
May 06, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $19 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $19 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. It means the jackpot for next Friday’s draw on May 12 will grow to approximately $28 mill...
May 06, 2017
Some Aunt Jemima products being recalled for possible Listeria contamination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Pinnacle Foods Canada Corporation is recalling Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles and Frozen French Toast Slices due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contam...
May 05, 2017
Globe and Mail wins in 11 of 21 categories at National Newspaper Awards
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail won 11 of the 21 categories at the National Newspaper Awards on Friday, and the newspaper’s Mark MacKinnon was named 2016 Journalist of the Year. MacKinnon was chose...
May 05, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day 25
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day 25 of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: Liberals: - Liberal Leader Christy Clark’s bid to ban or tax thermal coal received ...
May 05, 2017