Category Archives: Canada
Man charged with second-degree murder in Newfoundland woman's death
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A court appearance for a man accused in the death of a Newfoundland woman took a dramatic turn as members of the deceased’s family gave voice to their grief. Steve Bragg...
Dec 23, 2017
Residents, businesses still struggling after precedent-setting B.C. fire season
ASHCROFT, B.C. - Little remains of the wreckage from Angie Thorne’s home after a wildfire tore through her reserve in central British Columbia earlier this year. The blackened concrete, twisted ...
Dec 23, 2017
Yukon stops putting warning labels on liquor labels at after industry concerns
WHITEHORSE - Concerns from national alcohol companies have prompted the Yukon Liquor Corp., to stop putting warning labels about the risk of cancer on all bottles and cans sold in the Whitehorse liquo...
Dec 23, 2017
A by the numbers look at B.C.'s record setting 2017 wildfire season
VANCOUVER - The 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia set records as the most destructive in the province’s recorded history. Here is a look at the season by the numbers: 12,164 square kilome...
Dec 23, 2017
Quebec ticket takes Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - It will certainly be a holiday season to remember for someone in Quebec. That’s where the winning ticket for the enormous $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was...
Dec 23, 2017
Feds ground northern Saskatchewan crash airline citing operational deficiencies
OTTAWA - Transport Canada says it has grounded the airline that operated the plane that crashed in northern Saskatchewan earlier this month. A West Wind Aviation ATR42-320 with 25 people on board went...
Dec 22, 2017
Yukon to apply 'ice Band-Aid' to cross river, reach stranded residents: minister
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - The Yukon government plans to apply an “ice Band-Aid” to the Yukon River outside Dawson City after the channel failed to freeze sufficiently for the second year in a r...
Dec 22, 2017
Bail hearing wraps for Jamie Bacon as B.C. Supreme Court judge reserves decision
VANCOUVER - A bail hearing ended Friday in the British Columbia Supreme Court for Jamie Bacon, who is accused of counselling the murder of an individual. Bacon’s lawyer, Kevin Drolet, said outsi...
Dec 22, 2017
With stroke of pen signing major bill, Trump caps a consequential first year
WASHINGTON - Love him, hate him, debate all you want about him. But with the stroke of a pen Friday, before he hopped onto a helicopter and left Washington for the holidays, Donald Trump cemented one ...
Dec 22, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 22 --- CANADA GAINS EXTRA BRONZE FROM THE 2014 OLYMPICS: Canada’s luge relay team is in line to get a bronze medal from the 2014 Olympics. It’...
Dec 22, 2017
