Category Archives: Canada
Atlantic Canada recovers from flooding, outages and evacuations after deluge
Dozens of people from a rural New Brunswick community were set to return home Sunday night as authorities in many parts of Atlantic Canada worked to clean up the aftermath of a deluge that flooded bas...
Jan 14, 2018
Crown wants convictions for B.C. pair earlier accused of terror-related crimes
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge was wrong to throw out findings of guilt against a pair of accused terrorist sympathizers who planted what they thought were pressure-cooker bombs on the lawn of t...
Jan 14, 2018
Lac-Megantic jurors to deliberate for fifth day Monday
SHERBROOKE, Que. - The jurors at the trial of three men charged with criminal negligence causing death in the Lac-Megantic railway disaster will deliberate for a fifth day Monday after failing to reac...
Jan 14, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $9 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $9 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Ontario. The jac...
Jan 13, 2018
Alberta MLA in Hawaii says false missile alert was 'really, really frightening'
LAHAINA, Hawaii - An Alberta politician who is vacationing in Hawaii says the minutes she spent believing a missile attack was imminent may have been the most afraid she’s ever been. Karen McPhe...
Jan 13, 2018
Surging water levels wash away part of railway bridge east of Montreal
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Surging water levels in a Quebec river have washed away part of a railway bridge east of Montreal. Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., which owns the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railwa...
Jan 13, 2018
Chan wins record 10th Canadian title, Daleman wins gold on 20th birthday
VANCOUVER - Patrick Chan has accomplished what no other Canadian skater has, absolutely dominating his event in this country for a decade. The 27-year-old from Toronto captured a record 10th national ...
Jan 13, 2018
Swiss law that prohibits boiling live lobsters raises eyebrows in Quebec
MONTREAL - A new Swiss law that bans the practice of boiling lobsters alive is eliciting more smiles than concern on this side of the Atlantic. The rules, which come into effect in March, stipulate th...
Jan 13, 2018
Government moves endangered caribou off island where they were hunted by wolves
The Ontario government has launched an operation to relocate an endangered herd of caribou off the remote island on which they have been systematically hunted down by recently arrived wolves. The oper...
Jan 13, 2018
Government launches operation to move endangered caribou herd off wolf-laden island
The Ontario government has launched an operation to relocate an endangered herd of caribou off the remote island on which they have been systematically hunted down by recently arrived wolves. The oper...
Jan 13, 2018
