Category Archives: Canada
Trump's soothing comments on NAFTA talks relieve supporters of trade pact
WASHINGTON - A string of calming comments from Donald Trump about NAFTA has trade proponents across the continent breathing some relief that the U.S. president’s trigger finger may not be about ...
Jan 12, 2018
Move to add Indigenous name to iconic 'Welcome to Cape Breton' sign
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Cape Breton mayor wants the island’s traditional Mi'kmaq name added to the iconic sign welcoming visitors to the island. The updated sign on bridge linking the island t...
Jan 12, 2018
Nova Scotia report calls for reckoning on history of systemic racism
HALIFAX - A culture of silence and shame allowed the abuse of orphans to persist for decades at the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, according to a new report that calls for a province-wide reck...
Jan 12, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 12
Eight stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 12 --- ANOTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR QUITS MMIW INQUIRY The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has lost another executive director. Th...
Jan 12, 2018
Wannabe rabbit and cat cuddlers inundate City of Toronto with applications
Toronto Animal Services says it has been overwhelmed by responses to its call for rabbit and cat cuddlers and is no longer looking for volunteers - for now. The city has ongoing volunteer opportunitie...
Jan 12, 2018
Storm blew historic building to Canada; Maine wants it back
LUBEC, Maine - A fishing-industry building on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is half-submerged in waters near a Canadian island, and conservationists fear it could disintegrate before l...
Jan 12, 2018
In the news today, Jan. 12
Eight stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 12 --- ANOTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR QUITS MMIW INQUIRY The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls has lost another executive director. Th...
Jan 12, 2018
Ex-B.C. health minister says pot promising substitute for opioid addiction
VANCOUVER - Terry Lake, the former British Columbia health minister who oversaw the declaration of a public-health emergency amid the deadly fentanyl crisis, is urging more research on the effects of ...
Jan 12, 2018
Sisters found dead on Christmas Day symbolized by butterflies at funeral
VICTORIA - The deaths of two sisters at Christmas have left many people confused, vulnerable and grasping for answers about why their young lives were cut short, a funeral service heard Friday. More t...
Jan 12, 2018
Man found guilty of assaulting man, stealing from him and taking baby
TORONTO - For decades, a Toronto man took advantage of a man with limited intelligence, treating him like a servant, taking his disability cheques and eventually stealing his baby in order to raise th...
Jan 12, 2018
