Category Archives: Canada

Canada, First Nations express concern over U.S. Arctic drilling plans
The Canadian government, two territories and several First Nations are expressing concerns to the United States over plans to open the calving grounds of a large cross-border caribou herd to energy dr...
Kayla Derkach Jan 13, 2019

Collision with snowplow along Alberta highway results in death of six-year-old boy
EDSON, Alta. – A six-year-old boy is dead after police say the pickup truck he was in collided with a snowplow between Edmonton and Jasper National Park. RCMP say the truck was headed east on Hi...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2019

Conservationists want protection on "Canada's most magnificent" old-growth forest
VANCOUVER - Conservationists in British Columbia are pushing for protections on an area of old-growth forests they describe as “Canada’s most magnificent.” The grove is located on Cr...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2019

Underfunding, bad repairs, cited for why Canadian roads are breaking down
OTTAWA - Municipal and provincial governments in Canada are all looking for better ways to deal with their growing pothole problems, but none is properly tracking whether the repairs they do now are e...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2019

Foreign affairs minister welcomes "brave new Canadian" as Saudi teen lands in Toronto
TORONTO - A Saudi teen described as a “brave new Canadian” by an official from the government that granted her refugee status as she fled her allegedly abusive family is en route to her ne...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2019

No easy answers to questions swirling around fatal Ottawa bus crash: police chief
OTTAWA - The investigation into a deadly bus crash on a busy Ottawa route will not yield answers quickly, the city’s police chief said Saturday as he cautioned the public not to jump to conclusi...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2019
Ontario ticket claims Friday night's $18.2 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $18.2 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 18 wil...
Kayla Derkach Jan 12, 2019
Trudeau to move fewest possible ministers to fill void left by Brison departure
OTTAWA - Monday’s cabinet shuffle is expected to be very small, involving the fewest possible number of changes needed to fill the void left by veteran Nova Scotia MP Scott Brison’s resign...
Kayla Derkach Jan 11, 2019

Industry minister to meet General Motors CEO on Oshawa plant closure
OTTAWA - Canada’s industry minister will meet with General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Monday to urge her to find a solution for the auto giant’s soon-to-be-shuttered plant in Oshawa. Ont. A ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 11, 2019

Five things about what Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun was running from in Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada would accept 18-year-old Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun as a refugee after she fled Saudi Arabia for Thailand and launched a Twitter campaig...
Kayla Derkach Jan 11, 2019

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