Category Archives: Canada
Metro Vancouver cities, residents to oppose Trans Mountain route at hearings
VANCOUVER - Municipalities and residents in British Columbia are set to argue that the proposed route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would damage sensitive ecosystems, harm public parks and ...
Jan 21, 2018
Final phase of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy trials to kick off in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Ed Thompson remembers the helplessness he felt each of the thousands of times his twin daughters would turn blue and go lifeless in his arms. The young girls suffered from acute breath-hol...
Jan 21, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $15.8 Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15.8 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jack...
Jan 21, 2018
B.C. school trustee vows to stay following controversial LGBTQ remarks
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A school board trustee in British Columbia is vowing to stay in his job, despite calls that he resign over controversial remarks he made about LGBTQ issues. Barry Neufeld says in a ...
Jan 20, 2018
TV station hires extra security after interview with Canadian prof prompts threats
A British news channel says it’s consulting security specialists because one of its presenters has been the target of threats following an interview with controversial Canadian professor Jordan ...
Jan 20, 2018
P.E.I. legion to apologize after Sikh man reportedly asked to remove headdress
TIGNISH, P.E.I. - The president of a P.E.I. branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is expected to apologize after a Sikh man was reportedly asked to remove his religious head covering and heckled with ra...
Jan 20, 2018
Women march a year after Trump inauguration with renewed calls for equality
Thousands of Canadian women looked to the future while acknowledging the past on Saturday as they took to the streets for a second co-ordinated round of protest marches. The scenes in dozens of commun...
Jan 20, 2018
Two Canadians, two Americans abducted in Nigeria are freed
YOLA, Nigeria - Two Canadians and two Americans who were kidnapped in Nigeria’s north-central Kaduna state on Tuesday have been freed and are in good condition, police said Saturday. Police and ...
Jan 20, 2018
Cdn-born Israeli MP espouses gender equality, pro-pot and LGBTQ agenda
OTTAWA - In a year when the Harvey Weinstein scandal enabled women to uncloak years of unspoken sexual misconduct by prominent men, Toronto-born Sharren Haskel recalls the moment when she found her po...
Jan 20, 2018
No winning ticket for Friday night's $15 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 16 will be approximately $24 million. The Canad...
Jan 19, 2018
