Category Archives: Canada
A QuickSketch profile of B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver
VANCOUVER - A sketch of B.C. Green party Leader Andrew Weaver: Age: 55. Born: Victoria. Education: Bachelor of science in mathematics and physics from the University of Victoria in 1983, a masters in ...
May 07, 2017
A list of campaign promises in the British Columbia election
VANCOUVER - A look at some of the three main parties major promises in the B.C. election campaign: Liberals: - $157 million in new spending over three years. - A personal income tax freeze and new tax...
May 07, 2017
Battle against floods continues in Central, Eastern Canada and British Columbia
Thousands of Canadians across the country spent the weekend in a desperate struggle with rising floodwaters caused by unusually persistent rainfall. Quebec has been hardest hit, with nearly 1,900 floo...
May 07, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $25 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $25 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackp...
May 07, 2017
Nova Scotia NDP leader promises to reopen talks with province's teachers
HALIFAX - In the first full weekend of campaigning, Nova Scotia’s New Democrats took aim at the Liberal government’s rocky track record with teachers. NDP leader Gary Burrill pledged to re...
May 06, 2017
Man, 76, missing following mudslide in B.C. Interior, Mounties say
SALMON ARM , B.C. - A elderly man is missing following an overnight mudslide in the southern Interior of British Columbia. RCMP say local fire officials responded to the slide in the community of Tapp...
May 06, 2017
Trump administration: softwood threat from Trudeau government 'inappropriate'
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration says it won’t be pressured by trade threats from the Canadian government, responding Saturday to a warning that the northern neighbour could start targeting...
May 06, 2017
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