Category Archives: Canada

Alzheimer's story from wife of Spirit of the West singer takes the stage
VICTORIA - Jill Daum says writing a play about a family’s struggles with Alzheimer’s helped her get out of bed some days as she fought to accept her husband’s diagnosis of the cruel ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 28, 2018
Ontario ticket claims Saturday night's $23 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $23 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw, and it was sold in Ontario. A ticket purchased in Ontario also claimed the draw’s guar...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018

Former Ottawa-area Conservative MP Royal Galipeau dies of cancer at age 71
ORLEANS, Ont. - Former Conservative MP Royal Galipeau, who represented the Ottawa-area riding of Orleans for nearly a decade, has died at the age of 71. His wife, Anne Pallascio, confirmed her husband...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018

Quebec City mosque hosts emotional gathering to mark anniversary of massacre
QUEBEC - Widows and loved ones of the victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting fought back tears on Saturday as they attended an emotional gathering in the place where six Muslim men lost their live...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018
B.C. health officials issue overdose alert following seven deaths
KELOWNA, B.C. - Health officials are urging B.C. residents to take extra caution when using drugs, following a string of suspected overdose deaths. Interior Health says the BC Coroners Service has rep...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018

Green party defending leader Elizabeth May from accusations of bullying
The Green party is defending leader Elizabeth May amid allegations of bullying from former employees, arguing that she wouldn’t be criticized for similar behaviour if she were a man. The allegat...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018
Family of 19-year-old Good Samaritan shot and killed in Hamilton sue paramedics
HAMILTON - The family of Yosif Al-Hasnawi, the 19-year-old Good Samaritan who police say was killed while trying to stop an altercation, is suing Hamilton’s paramedics and alleging they failed t...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018
Nova Scotia court rules on neighbourly dispute over security cameras
SYDNEY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia judge says it’s not the court’s place to enforce good manners, in ruling on a case that pitted a homeowner’s interests in monitoring her property against...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018

NAFTA talks 'more positive': Signs point to emerging back-and-forth negotiation
MONTREAL - The single biggest question looming over the current round of NAFTA negotiations was whether the talks might survive the phase where countries started seriously engaging each other on the m...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018

Scott Moe wins on fifth ballot to replace Wall as Saskatchewan premier
SASKATOON - Immediately after he was chosen as the next premier of Saskatchewan Saturday night, Scott Moe threw down the gauntlet on the threat of a federal carbon tax by using a line from the prime m...
Kayla Derkach Jan 27, 2018

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