Category Archives: Canada
Moose takes midnight ramble across Calgary Transit station pedestrian overpass
CALGARY - An antlered midnight-rambler is a bit of a social media star after casually walking through a Calgary light-rail transit station. Calgary Transit says a moose showed up on its closed-circuit...
Oct 04, 2017
Bombardier could eventually join Siemens-Alstom, says French finance minister
MONTREAL - The merger between European railway manufacturers hasn’t ended with Alstom and Siemens, and could eventually see other players such as Bombardier joining the fold, France’s fina...
Oct 04, 2017
Federal government contributes additional $3M for refugees from Myanmar crisis
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canada will contribute another $3 million to relief efforts to help refugees fleeing into Bangladesh from northern Myanmar. She say...
Oct 04, 2017
Business applauds Alberta consideration of private cannabis retailing option
CALGARY - Business leaders are welcoming Alberta’s decision to not decide yet whether recreational cannabis will be sold through private or government owned retail shops when it becomes legal ne...
Oct 04, 2017
Ontario to create safe zones around abortion clinics, homes of those who perform services
TORONTO - Ontario will create safe zones around abortion clinics to protect women who seek their services and the health-care workers who perform them, Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said Wednesday. Naq...
Oct 04, 2017
B.C. Wildfire Service offers preliminary tally of costs from disastrous summer
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia has spent more than $500 million battling dozens of wildfires during the 2017 forest fire season. Fire information officer Kevin Turcott says total suppression costs ...
Oct 04, 2017
Controversial U.S. education secretary cancels visit to Ontario
TORONTO - U.S. President Donald Trump’s education secretary, who is a vocal proponent of private schools and religious education, has cancelled a visit to Ontario, where she was to learn about i...
Oct 04, 2017
Man admits sneaking snakes over Canada-U.S. border in socks
An Ontario man who was caught trying to smuggle snakes into Canada in his socks has pleaded guilty in an American court. Chaoyi Le, 28, is facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesd...
Oct 04, 2017
Paralympian and politician Michelle Stilwell can't find gold medal in her office
VICTORIA - Former paralympian and politician Michelle Stilwell says one of her gold medals has gone missing from an office at British Columbia’s legislature. The former cabinet minister says whe...
Oct 04, 2017
Justin Trudeau berated at Hill gathering over missing, murdered women inquiry
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood quietly with his head down Wednesday as families expressed extreme anger toward him about the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls....
Oct 04, 2017
