Category Archives: Canada
Snow, wind to increase avalanche danger in southern B.C. mountains
VANCOUVER - Adventurers are being warned to use caution in the mountains north of Vancouver as a winter storm sweeps through the region, increasing the avalanche risk. Joe Lammers, a forecaster with A...
Dec 27, 2017
Supreme Court sets tentative hearing date for parents of boy in meningitis death
CALGARY - The Supreme Court of Canada has set a tentative hearing date for the parents of an Alberta toddler who were convicted after they failed to seek medical attention for their son who died of ba...
Dec 27, 2017
British Columbia court grants injunction to fish farm, ending protests
VANCOUVER - First Nations activists who lost a legal battle to continue protesting at a fish farm off British Columbia’s coast say the decision hasn’t dissuaded them from bringing an end t...
Dec 27, 2017
Group raises money to fund new home for survivor of Quebec City mosque shooting
MONTREAL - A fundraiser to find a new home for a man who lost use of his legs in the Quebec City mosque shooting earlier this year has reached almost half its goal. Aymen Derbali, a father of three, w...
Dec 27, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Dec. 29 --- SHERMAN FAMILY HIRES PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: The family of a billionaire philanthropist couple found dead earlier this month has hired a team of ...
Dec 27, 2017
Six sent to hospital in crash that closed Highway 1 in B.C. for hours
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Six people were taken to hospital Wednesday after a collision on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says three ground ambulances and an...
Dec 27, 2017
Feds axe $1,000 fee for certain families to hire foreign nannies, caregivers
OTTAWA - Some families seeking foreign caregivers to look after their children or family members with a disability will be exempt from paying a $1,000 application fee. The federal government published...
Dec 27, 2017
Energy company charged after two workers at Alberta plant killed in explosion
EDMONTON - Nexen Energy is facing workplace charges following the deaths of two oilsands workers in northern Alberta. The men had been doing maintenance work in a hydrogen compressor building at the c...
Dec 27, 2017
Gord Downie, Stuart McLean: Canadian newsmakers who died in 2017
A list of some Canadian newsmakers who died in 2017: JANUARY 1 – Yvon Dupuis, 90, Quebec Liberal MNA and MP. 1 – Stuart Hamilton, 87, opera coach and CBC radio host, of prostate cancer. 1 ...
Dec 27, 2017
Group of Montreal work colleagues win $60-million Lotto Max jackpot
MONTREAL - A somewhat secretive group of Montrealers who recently won the $60-million Lotto Max grand prize picked up their cheques Wednesday and were presented to the media. Quebec’s gaming aut...
Dec 27, 2017
