Category Archives: Canada
Publisher recalling workbook after Indigenous history section comes under fire
An Ontario publishing company is recalling a children’s educational workbook that critics say misinforms kids about injustices faced by First Nations when European settlers arrived in Canada. Th...
Oct 03, 2017
N.S. doctors threaten province with legal action over contract disputes
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia doctors are threatening to take the province to court, saying alleged contract breaches by the Liberal government have eroded the goodwill needed to fix a fragile health-care sys...
Oct 03, 2017
Hilton the celebrity great white appears to be ending his stay in N.S. waters
HALIFAX - A 600-kilogram great white shark who enthralled Nova Scotians for months as he cruised East Coast waters appears to be ending his northern sojourn and heading south. A group tracking the 3.7...
Oct 03, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, Oct. 3
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 3 --- TWO CANADIANS AMONG 57 DEATHS IN LAS VEGAS MASSACRE Two Canadians, a mother of four and a man just days away from his 24th birthday, were among dozens o...
Oct 03, 2017
Yukon judge says former Speaker not guilty of sexual assault and assault
WHITEHORSE - Former Speaker of the Yukon legislative assembly David Laxton has been found not guilty of both sexual assault and assault. Territorial Court Judge John Faulkner says in a written ruling ...
Oct 02, 2017
Study on 'America First' attitudes: Trump fans hate NAFTA, not trade with Canada
WASHINGTON - While trade tensions between the countries might be rising, a new study suggests Americans hold an overwhelmingly positive view of the commercial relationship with Canada and that the opi...
Oct 02, 2017
Canadians returning from Las Vegas recount tales of panic, horror
VANCOUVER - Canadians who were in Las Vegas during Sunday’s deadly mass shooting are returning home, bringing with them stories of chaos and terror. Toronto resident Ryan Bedrosian was in Nevada...
Oct 02, 2017
By the numbers: a look at a breakdown of the NDP leadership vote
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was elected federal NDP leader on Sunday. Here is a look at the voter turnout of card-carrying members of the party: Alberta - 43 per cent of 10,188 members B.C. - 51 per cent o...
Oct 02, 2017
Man charged after pet dog shot during robbery in rural Manitoba
TEULON, Man. - Police have charged an 18-year-old man following a robbery in rural Manitoba in which a family’s pet dog was shot and killed. RCMP say a suspect broke through a window at a home n...
Oct 02, 2017
Equifax revises down to 8,000 number of Canadians affected in data breach
Equifax Inc. said Monday that it has revised down the number of Canadians affected by its high-profile data breach and now puts the number at about 8,000 customers. The company previously estimated th...
Oct 02, 2017
