Category Archives: Canada
Quebec woman and travel companion feared missing in Burkina Faso, family says
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was travelling in Burkina Faso with a friend hasn’t been heard from in three weeks and is feared missing, her family said Saturday. Sherbrooke native Edith Blais an...
Jan 05, 2019
U.S. Coast Guard says 11 of 23 crew members moved off burning ship
HALIFAX - The U.S. Coast Guard says 11 “non-essential” crew have been moved off of a large Halifax-bound container ship that’s been burning far off the Nova Scotia coast. Chief Petty...
Jan 05, 2019
Military expert suggests Canada may want to consider its own space force
MONTREAL - President Donald Trump’s push to create a U.S. space force is being welcomed by military experts in Canada, and the executive director of one defence think tank says Canada should con...
Jan 05, 2019
Ottawa man facing child pornography charges following mission trip to Nepal
OTTAWA - Police say a 62-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges after he allegedly brought child pornography back to Canada following a mission trip to an orphanage in Nepal. Police say the suspect was...
Jan 05, 2019
Russia: Too early to consider exchange of Canadian US spy suspect
MOSCOW - Russia’s deputy foreign minister is brushing back suggestions that an American with Canadian citizenship being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian. Pa...
Jan 05, 2019
No winning ticket for Friday night's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 11 will be approximately $18 million. The Canad...
Jan 04, 2019
B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who went to Syria seeking adventure has been detained in the war-ravaged country, and Canada’s foreign ministry says there is little it can do to help him. The...
Jan 04, 2019
22-year-old man dies following ski hill accident in Quebec's Lac-Saint-Jean region
MONTREAL - A 22-year-old man is dead following a fall at a ski hill in Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region. Quebec provincial police say the accident occurred Friday afternoon when the victim tried t...
Jan 04, 2019
BEAVER, MMMBEER: Some licence plates rejected by Manitoba Public Insurance
WINNIPEG - A “Star Trek” fan is in the middle of a legal challenge after Manitoba Public Insurance revoked his personalized ASIMIL8 licence plate in 2017 following complaints it was offens...
Jan 04, 2019
Lotto multimillionaire from Surrey, B.C., says jackpot win an 'amazing blessing'
VANCOUVER - After realizing she’d won a $39.5-million Lotto Max jackpot, Michelle De Roma did something most winners don’t - she put the ticket in an envelope in a safe place and waited a ...
Jan 04, 2019
