Category Archives: Canada
In the news today, Jan. 31
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Jan. 31 --- MINORITY NDP GOVERNMENT WINS KEY B.C. BYELECTION The New Democrats won a crucial provincial byelection in British Columbia on Wednesday that allows P...
Jan 31, 2019
Dizzying weather extremes a new fact of life for Canadians, experts say
As Ottawa limps across the finish line of its snowiest January on record, cherry blossoms are blooming at the legislature in coastal Victoria, B.C. Millions of Canadians were hiding out this week unde...
Jan 31, 2019
Police looking for suspect after transit officer shot at Vancouver-area station
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP asked residents of a neighbourhood in Surrey, B.C., to lock their doors and turn on their outdoor lights Wednesday night as they searched for a suspect in the shooting of a tra...
Jan 30, 2019
NDP struggles to raise money as rival parties boast of record fundraising hauls
OTTAWA - Federal Conservative, Liberal and Green parties all boasted record fundraising hauls as they headed into an election year, but the New Democrats continued to struggle to raise money. Accordin...
Jan 30, 2019
Military searching for missing plane with two people on board in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - The military is searching for a plane missing in the Northwest Territories with two people on board. RCMP say contact was lost with the aircraft at 9 a.m. near Wha ti about 160 kilometre...
Jan 30, 2019
Rural Quebec towns join movement against Quebec's struggling gun registry
MONTREAL - A revolt is brewing in small towns across Quebec against the provincial law forcing long-gun owners to register their firearms with the government. As the deadline to register shotguns and ...
Jan 30, 2019
'Joy sprang out of our grief:' Parents of misidentified Bronco describe mix-up
MELFORT, Sask. - The parents of a Humboldt Bronco hockey player misidentified after a deadly crash on a Saskatchewan highway say they weren’t convinced the battered body lying in the funeral hom...
Jan 30, 2019
Families of Humboldt Broncos victims share statements on how crash changed lives
MELFORT, Sask. - A sentencing hearing is being held this week for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded gui...
Jan 30, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
Montreal’s McGill University said Wednesday that it needs more time to decide what to do about its sports teams’ contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement that...
Jan 30, 2019
'Not out of the woods:' Alberta easing oil production cuts as price improves
EDMONTON - Alberta is easing mandatory production cuts as the price of oil increases, but industry players remain concerned about the underlying problem that drove the curtailment in the first place: ...
Jan 30, 2019
