Category Archives: Canada
Whoo to turn to? Regina wildlife centre caring for snowy owl stuck in SUV grille
REGINA - A snowy owl that was hit and then got stuck in the grille of an SUV is recovering at a wildlife centre in Regina. Megan Lawrence, director of Salthaven West Wildlife Rehabilitation, says the ...
Jan 05, 2018
Flimsy fences, ferocious dogs: Canada's top pot expert on weed's path to legalization
TORONTO - Even though Ernest Small was the biggest legal grower of legal marijuana in North America back in the 1970s and is the federal government’s foremost pot expert, the Canadian researcher...
Jan 05, 2018
Marineland 'the author of its own misfortune': OSPCA says in response to lawsuit
Ontario’s animal welfare agency says a lawsuit by Marineland alleging the organization targeted the theme park to boost fundraising and appease animal activists is an abuse of process and should...
Jan 05, 2018
Cause of fatal crash at Alberta air show will remain a mystery: investigator
EDMONTON - No one will ever know what caused the fatal crash of a private single-engine vintage plane in front of horrified spectators at an air show in Alberta. The Transportation Safety Board of Can...
Jan 05, 2018
Scientists warn of vanishing oxygen in oceans, including Canadian waters
Almost two dozen marine scientists from around the world have issued a warning about an often-overlooked side effect of climate change and pollution. In a paper published this week in Science, they sa...
Jan 05, 2018
Skating trail opening under busy Toronto highway as new winter attraction
TORONTO - Skaters in Toronto will soon be able to glide along a new ice track running under a busy elevated highway as the city opens its latest winter attraction this weekend. The Bentway Skate Trail...
Jan 05, 2018
Body parts found with bomb matched to torso belonging to missing Ontario teen
Police expect to be poring over a home east of Toronto for the next month after revealing Friday that body parts found in the residence belonged to an 18-year-old woman whose torso was found in Lake O...
Jan 05, 2018
Muslim group asks for Jan. 29 day of remembrance for 2017 mosque shooting
OTTAWA - One of Canada’s most prominent Muslim groups is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate the anniversary of the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting as an official day of remembran...
Jan 05, 2018
Polar night draws to an end in Inuvik; festival marks return to longer days
INUVIK, N.W.T. - The sun is returning to the horizon in the Northwest Territories town of Inuvik, even as Atlantic Canadians dig out from a powerful winter storm and many other parts of the country sh...
Jan 05, 2018
Federal ministers reconnect with pro-NAFTA allies in U.S. as new stage nears
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers have fanned out south of the border in hope of energizing U.S. supporters of the beleaguered NAFTA deal as yet another critical round of talks is set to begin in Mon...
Jan 05, 2018
