Category Archives: Canada
Memorial held for children at orphanage who died in Halifax Explosion
HALIFAX - They came to the orphanage because their families could not care for them. Then, disaster struck. The wards of the Halifax Protestant Orphanage were as young as three and as old as 13 when a...
Dec 03, 2017
Two women, 55 and 75, killed in overnight stabbing in Montreal
MONTREAL - Police say two women, aged 55 and 75, are dead after an overnight stabbing in Montreal. Investigators say they were called to an apartment in the city’s east end at about 3:15 a.m. on...
Dec 03, 2017
Sri Lankan family makes final plea to stay in Montreal ahead of deportation
MONTREAL - A Sri Lankan family in Montreal that is set to be deported tonight is hoping for a last-minute reprieve from Ottawa. The Lawrence family arrived five years ago as refugee claimants and have...
Dec 03, 2017
University grapples with sexual-assault allegations against football players
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The bucolic university campus is set in a small Nova Scotia town: A cluster of steeples, ivy-covered brick and stone buildings and manicured sports fields. St. Francis Xavier Univer...
Dec 03, 2017
'It's very unusual:' Lake Louise in court over endangered species charges
CALGARY - A world-renowned Alberta ski resort faces some legal moguls in a Calgary courtroom Monday over charges it cut down a stand of endangered trees. But an environmental law professor says the ra...
Dec 03, 2017
Are you 'suitably paranoid' about your home devices' cybersecurity?
TORONTO - The proliferation of internet-connected home devices such as thermostats, baby monitors and fridges is creating an ever-expanding interconnected web known as the Internet of Things, or IoT. ...
Dec 03, 2017
'Particularly vulnerable:' Proposed law offers protection to Alberta pet owners
Davida Marantz got an unwelcome surprise when she got out of hospital in 2014 and went to pick up her beloved Sheltie Libby from friends. The dog needed $4,800 dollars in dental surgery while the Edmo...
Dec 03, 2017
Funeral held for Syrian refugee, 9, struck and killed by bus in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The parents of a nine-year-old Syrian refugee who was struck and killed by a bus in British Columbia on Friday thought their children were finally safe when they escaped the civil w...
Dec 03, 2017
Trudeau, Xi face off on future of trade as PM China trip begins in earnest
BEIJING - Smiles and warm handshakes, ceremony and splendour - all of it will be on vivid display on Monday when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang extends a red-carpet welcome to Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Dec 03, 2017
Not your typical dip in the ocean; Canadian swims across Strait of Magellan
An Ontario software developer has become the first Canadian to successfully swim across the Strait of Magellan. Madhu Nagaraja says he completed the swim across the treacherous open-water stretch on t...
Dec 02, 2017
