Category Archives: Canada
'I have trouble with that:' Manitoba's child-welfare changes worry First Nations
WINNIPEG - Some Manitoba First Nations say they are worried some of the reforms planned for the province’s troubled child-welfare system could worsen the problem of having Aboriginal children ra...
Nov 26, 2017
A cybersecurity checklist for industrial, mining or oil and gas systems
CALGARY - Mining and oil and gas companies not only face threats from cybercriminals hoping to gain financially but may also be targeted by “hacktivists” who want to make a political or en...
Nov 26, 2017
Sales soar for marijuana advent calendars as health experts issue warning
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver cannabis company is scrambling to keep up with a flood of orders for marijuana-filled advent calendars, but the novel take on a popular Christmas tradition has some health expe...
Nov 26, 2017
Ontario ticket takes Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - The $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a ticket sold somewhere in Ontario. And the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in British Colu...
Nov 25, 2017
Activists applaud vote to remove cops from Toronto schools
TORONTO - A group of activists called on the Ontario government to ban the practice of stationing uniformed police officers at high schools across the province after the Toronto District School Board ...
Nov 25, 2017
Trudeau calls on men to help end violence against women
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says men must do more to put an end to gender-based violence against women and girls. Calling such violence a human rights violation, he said men need to hold t...
Nov 25, 2017
Grey Cup roster causing Stampeders coach Dickenson a little stress
OTTAWA - The final practice is over and gameplans have been set but it’s hardly the calm before the storm for Dave Dickenson. The Calgary head coach conducted his team’s last walkthrough S...
Nov 25, 2017
Convicted child abductor Randall Hopley still at risk to reoffend: parole board
VANCOUVER - A convicted child abductor will stay behind bars after a parole board determined he is still likely to harm a child if released from prison. A federal parole board decision issued earlier ...
Nov 25, 2017
Several arrests in Quebec City near duelling right-wing and anti-fascist rallies
QUEBEC - Tensions flared during rival demonstrations by right wing groups and their opponents in Quebec City on Saturday, prompting police to arrest dozens of people as they worked to keep the two sid...
Nov 25, 2017
Canada's McMorris returns to slopes with big air gold after devastating crash
BEIJING - Regina’s Mark McMorris made his triumphant reutrn to the slopes on Saturday, winning gold in the men’s big air competition at the Beijing World Cup. It was McMorris’s first...
Nov 25, 2017
