Category Archives: Canada
Three dead after helicopter crashes near Terrace, B.C.
TERRACE - A heli-skiing company says three people have died after one of its helicopters crashed in west-central British Columbia. Northern Escape Heli-Skiing, which is based in Terrace, B.C., confirm...
Jan 22, 2024
Ottawa skaters take advantage of Rideau Canal’s partial opening while they can
OTTAWA - Heavy snow blanketed some of the views and the ice was in rough shape, but that didn't stop skaters from gliding down the partially opened Rideau Canal Skateway today. About a kilometre-long ...
Jan 22, 2024
Provinces concerned about expanding assisted-dying for mental disorders: Holland
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland says some of his provincial counterparts have concerns about whether Canada is ready to extend medical assistance in dying to people with severe mental illnesses....
Jan 22, 2024
Tourists, workers, students stranded by Metro Vancouver bus strike
VANCOUVER - Tourists Jorge Correa and Roger Leyton wanted to go to Vancouver Island on Monday, but with no bus to get them to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, they had to make other plans. "We have to l...
Jan 22, 2024
Mary Robinson appointed as senator for Prince Edward Island
OTTAWA - Mary Robinson has been appointed as an independent senator in P.E.I. Robinson is the vice-president of the World Farmers' Organisation and is a managing partner of the Robinson Group of Compa...
Jan 22, 2024
Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, 'no way out' from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the b...
Jan 22, 2024
What is Canada's international student program and why is it being capped?
OTTAWA - Canada is capping the number of study permits it approves over the next two years to get a handle on a ballooning international student program. Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced new...
Jan 22, 2024
Quebec man pleads guilty to threatening Justin Trudeau and François Legault
SHERBROOKE, Que. - A Quebec man has pleaded guilty to uttering threats toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Franois Legault in a series of online videos. Prosecutor Genevive Crpeau ...
Jan 22, 2024
Quebec man suspected of killing 9-year-old suing police, eager to clear name: lawyer
MONTREAL - The lawyer for a Quebec man who police say is a suspect in the disappearance and death of a young girl 16 years ago says his client is eager to clear his name. Jonathan Bettez is at the Mon...
Jan 22, 2024
Canada and Mexico in diplomatic talks over asylum claims, immigration minister says
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the Trudeau government is holding diplomatic talks with Mexico to deal with an increase in asylum claims from that country. Miller says claims from Mexic...
Jan 22, 2024
