Category Archives: Canada

13 British Columbia chinook salmon populations in decline: scientists
Nearly half of southern British Columbia’s chinook salmon populations are in decline, according to a science committee that monitors the health of wildlife populations. The Committee on the Stat...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Air force to contract out some fighter-jet work to free up frontline technicians
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is looking to contract out some maintenance work on the country’s aging CF-18 fighter jets as well as training to help address a shortage of experienced technician...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Halifax museum says sharing Austrians' immigration story was 'a mistake'
HALIFAX - The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax has removed a story on its website about two Austrian immigrants, saying sharing the personal memoir was “a mistake.” Spo...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

RCMP should have alerted PM's protective detail about Jaspal Atwal: Review
OTTAWA - The RCMP should have alerted Justin Trudeau’s protective detail that Jaspal Atwal - a man with a serious criminal record and a history of violence - might turn up during the prime minis...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Fake website launched in New Brunswick to educate investors about real scams
FREDERICTON - People who fell for a website hyping a too-good-to-be-true investment opportunity for New Brunswick’s coastline got lucky: The scam wasn’t intended to trap potential investor...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Some anxious moments as Canadian David Saint-Jacques successfully blasts off
LONGUEUIL, Que. - As David Saint-Jacques blasted off into space Monday, retired astronaut Robert Thirsk clinically explained the process to a packed crowd of Canadian Space Agency staff and guests. It...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Federal government needs to listen harder to scientists: letter
Three of Canada’s top environmental scientists want the federal government to listen harder to what their studies are saying about the future. In a letter released Monday, they say they want pol...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Scheer promises more funding for police forces to combat gun and gang violence
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising more money for police to combat gun and gang violence and says he will audit Canadian jail programs to make sure inmates are ready to rejoin soc...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Software glitch affected hundreds of patients across Canada, Telus says
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Patients across the country may have missed seeing timely medical results because of a software issue involving an electronic medical record program. Most of the patients were...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

Former Roughrider pleads guilty to pot possession, gets absolute discharge
SASKATOON - A former wide receiver with the Saskatchewan Roughriders has been given an absolute discharge after admitting to marijuana possession. Duron Carter’s lawyer appeared in Saskatoon pro...
Kayla Derkach Dec 03, 2018

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