Category Archives: Canada

STEPHENVILLE, N.L. - A series of alleged sex assaults. A frightening two-hour police lockdown as Mounties patrolled outside classrooms. And now a student-led protest Wednesday to give voice to at leas...

SAINTE-ANNE-DE-KENT, N.B. - It’s lunchtime at an elementary school in the bucolic village of Sainte-Anne-de-Kent. The children squeal with delight as they play tag and hopscotch on the playgroun...

KENTVILLE, N.S. - At first, Richard Kirk couldn’t hear the screams. The wind was howling, and rain battered the Nova Scotia carpenter’s face, as he looked down at a vehicle that had gone o...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan calls it “ridiculous” and “offensive” that a magazine in India is accusing Canada of being complicit in a rise in Sikh terrorism. Sajjan...

OTTAWA - Canada’s research community has long yearned for a consequential funding boost for science - and 2018 is poised to be its year. The Liberal government’s federal budget, now believ...

OTTAWA - It may have a scary name, but it’s intended to help - not frighten - already traumatized children. Project Arachnid is an automated system that crawls like a spider through online links...

Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 7 --- ALBERTA TO STOP IMPORTING B.C. WINE IN OIL FLAP Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her province is banning wine from British Columbia wineries effec...

EDMONTON - Alberta’s ecosystems and the natural beauty they create are still largely intact but parts are disappearing at rates that exceed deforestation in the Amazon rain forest. “We con...

WASHINGTON - Ontario is about to introduce a bill allowing it to retaliate against any state that adopts Buy American provisions, then plans to start a national conversation with other provinces about...

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 6 --- LEGAL POT ON TRACK FOR JULY, MINISTER SAYS: The Trudeau government insists it’s on track to legalize recreational pot in July - but that wil...