Category Archives: Canada
Desmond family brings call for inquiry into military murder-suicide to Ottawa
OTTAWA - The family of an Afghan war veteran who shot and killed his mother, wife and daughter before taking his own life earlier this year has taken their call for an inquiry to the steps of Parliame...
Oct 20, 2017
B.C. community shuts operations to mourn three men who died in ice arena
FERNIE, B.C. - The City of Fernie, B.C., closed its operations for a day of mourning on Friday as colleagues and loved ones remembered three dedicated workers and devoted family men who died on the jo...
Oct 20, 2017
Airbus, Bombardier plan for long C Series partnership despite take-out clause
MONTREAL - Airbus and Bombardier plan to remain strategic partners on the C Series program even after the European aerospace giant is able to buy out its minority partners, the chief executives of bot...
Oct 20, 2017
NAFTA: U.S. hasn't done analysis on what happens if free-trade treaty ends
WASHINGTON - American policy-makers admit they have not worked to analyze the economic impact of the end of the North American Free Trade Agreement, even as President Donald Trump threatens to cancel ...
Oct 20, 2017
Various packaged vegetable products recalled over listeria concern
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says numerous packaged vegetable products have been recalled over concerns about listeria contamination. The agency says 26 Mann’s products, two Comp...
Oct 20, 2017
Mother of missing woman says police said daughter was probably drinking
WINNIPEG - Feeling abandoned by police, the family of a Manitoba Indigenous woman who disappeared in 2008, has been digging through fields, ditches and garbage dumps for any sign of her. The effort ha...
Oct 20, 2017
Support in wake of Gord Downie's death 'helps with the sadness': brother Mike
TORONTO - The outpouring of public support in the days since Gord Downie’s death has brought comfort to the Tragically Hip frontman’s family, his brother said Friday. “It helps with ...
Oct 20, 2017
Pollution more deadly than smoking, AIDS and war, new report says
OTTAWA - Pollution kills more people around the world than war and infectious diseases, says a new report - proof, environmental lobbyists say, of why Canada needs enforceable national air quality sta...
Oct 20, 2017
Premier vows to address 'systemic racism' as N.S. releases report on inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has suffered from institutional racism, Premier Stephen McNeil acknowledged Friday as the government released a report outlining its role in an inquiry into decades of abuses at ...
Oct 20, 2017
B.C. SPCA says noteworthy singing pig tips the scales in search of forever home
VANCOUVER - A pig with personality is searching for a forever farm after being seized during a cruelty investigation in British Columbia. The B.C. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says Lyl...
Oct 20, 2017
