Category Archives: Canada

'No one dies alone': Military family provides comfort and memorial to veteran
STRATHMORE, Alta. - Former Master Cpl. Thomas McKenzie was a solitary man almost to the end of his life. McKenzie, 55, was a Canadian Forces vehicle tech for 12 years before leaving the military. For ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
B.C. changes tenancy regulations to limit rent increases to match area rates
VANCOUVER - Renters in British Columbia no longer need to worry about their landlords hiking up rates to match high rents in hot neighbourhoods. The NDP government announced it’s closing another...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
Public memorial to be held Saturday for Good Samaritan killed in Hamilton
HAMILTON - Community members will gather at Hamilton City Hall tonight to grieve the death of Yosif Al-Hasnawi, a 19-year-old Good Samaritan who police say was killed after trying to intervene in an a...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
Alpine Canada apologizes to victims of former national ski coach Bertand Charest
MONTREAL - The chair of the board of Alpine Canada has apologized to the victims of a former national ski coach convicted of sexual assault. Martha Hall Findlay says the organization failed to support...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
Viral video of starving polar bear likely the product of climate change: expert
The effects of climate change, such as a shorter feeding season and less seal to eat, could have caused the emaciation of a bear shown in a viral video, a polar bear expert says. The video, shot by Na...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
'Shut It Down': How the fate of 800,000 migrants could shut down U.S. government
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of thousands of young lives have suddenly become bargaining chips, the fate of undocumented migrants like Francis Madi now hanging in the balance of high-stakes haggling between ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017

Halifax man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in 2016 deaths
HALIFAX - A man who was already behind bars has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one of attempted murder more than a year and a half after the incidents, Halifax police said on ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017

More barred owls sightings in Vancouver bad news for rats and mice
VANCOUVER - A spike in owl sightings in downtown Vancouver could be good news for ridding the city of pesky rodents, a wildlife group says, but there’s a downside for the birds. Photos of barred...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
Documents outline Liberal lobbying plan to promote Gordie Howe bridge in U.S.
OTTAWA - Federal officials have been on a months-long campaign to surreptitiously slip the name Gordie Howe into conversations with top-level American counterparts to promote the new border crossing t...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in last night’s Lotto Max draw. There were also four Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up grabs, and one was claimed by a tic...
Kayla Derkach Dec 09, 2017

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