Category Archives: Canada
Kids not getting enough exercise, spend too much time with screens: new data
New data shows most Canadian children and youth are still not getting the recommended amount of daily physical activity. Two studies from Statistics Canada reveal they are also spending more time in f...
Oct 18, 2017
Crews access part of B.C. arena after ammonia leak
FERNIE, B.C. - Emergency crews gained access to part of an arena in Fernie, B.C., on Wednesday more than 24 hours after three workers died following an ammonia leak while emergency maintenance was bei...
Oct 18, 2017
Indigenous leaders urge Canadians to unite, honour Downie's legacy
OTTAWA - Canadians can unite on reconciliation efforts to honour Gord Downie’s legacy, Indigenous leaders said Wednesday. In the final months of his life, the Tragically Hip frontman became an o...
Oct 18, 2017
'It will devastate the community:' Alberta firefighter dies battling wildfire
A volunteer firefighter was killed and two men trying to beat back flames on their property were injured in wind-whipped wildfires that scorched parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan and forced the evacua...
Oct 18, 2017
Prime Minister Trudeau pays tearful tribute to Gord Downie: 'It hurts."
OTTAWA - There was an uncommon slowness in Justin Trudeau’s step Wednesday morning as he walked toward the weekly Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill, his thoughts weighed heavily with the...
Oct 18, 2017
Quebec lawmakers pass controversial law obliging citizens to uncover their faces
MONTREAL - Calling it a North American first, the Quebec government passed legislation Wednesday forbidding anyone from receiving or giving a public service with their face covered - and even while ri...
Oct 18, 2017
A list of ammonia leaks at arenas in Canada
Three people have died in Fernie, B.C., after a possible ammonia leak at an arena in the community. Here is a list of ammonia leaks at other Canadian arenas: April 2017: Three employees of an arena in...
Oct 18, 2017
Feds scale back contentious tax proposal in bid to calm business owners
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau has scaled back one of the most contentious elements of the Trudeau government’s tax-reform plan in yet another effort to calm infuriated small business ow...
Oct 18, 2017
Amazon would save $1.5B a year if new HQ located in Greater Toronto Area: Clark
TORONTO - Setting up its second headquarters in the Greater Toronto Area would save Amazon $1.5 billion a year, the man heading up Ontario’s bid for the project said Wednesday, as the deadline l...
Oct 18, 2017
Gord Downie, Hip frontman, dies at 53
TORONTO - Gord Downie, the poetic lead singer of the Tragically Hip whose determined fight with brain cancer inspired a nation, has died. He was 53. Downie died Tuesday night “with his beloved c...
Oct 18, 2017
