Category Archives: Canada
'Moving from megabytes to gigabytes:' Ottawa pledges $50M for Arctic internet
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The federal government has promised to contribute nearly $50 million to bring high-speed internet to Nunavut where some of the poorest and most expensive service in Canada has long ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Court order against man who vomited on B.C. firefighter offering overdose help
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia law designed to protect emergency responders and Good Samaritans has been used for what’s believed to be the first time against a man who vomited on a firefigh...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Equifax faces growing scrutiny as CAA says thousands may be impacted
TORONTO - Equifax Canada is facing intensifying calls for transparency on its massive cyberhack as the Canadian Automobile Association informs thousands of its members that their data may have been co...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
'The light of all our lives:' Six-year-old Saskatchewan boy dies in dog attack
RICETON, Sask. - A Saskatchewan family says it has “lost the light” of their lives after a little boy was killed in a dog attack. The six-year-old boy was found dead after RCMP and emergen...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Wilson-Raybould raises criminalization of HIV non-disclosure with counterparts
OTTAWA - The issue of whether criminal charges are the right way to deal with people who fail to disclose their HIV-positive status to sexual partners is on the table as Justice Minister Jody Wilson-R...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Alberta wildlife expert says animals well adapted to survive wildfires
WATERTON, Alta. - As wet, cool weather provided some relief to crews battling a wildfire in southwestern Alberta, a wildlife official said animals in and around Waterton Lakes National Park are well-a...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

NAFTA: U.S. wants to insert 5-year termination clause in the agreement
WASHINGTON - The United States is seeking to insert a so-called sunset clause into a new NAFTA, a controversial proposal that would automatically terminate the agreement after five years unless all th...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Police deem Alberta man offside after alleged hockey-stick shootout
AIRDRIE, Alta. - A Calgary-area man was sent to the RCMP penalty box after he allegedly used a hockey stick as a pretend gun to shoot at passing vehicles. Mounties at Airdrie got word late Tuesday aft...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017
Winnipeg mayor wants senator to resign for 'ignorant' First Nations comments
WINNIPEG - The mayor of Winnipeg is calling for the resignation of a senator who wants Indigenous people to give up their status cards in exchange for Canadian citizenship. Brian Bowman said the comme...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

Disclosure wrangling persists in Ontario gas plants trial; new delay possible
TORONTO - The long-awaited gas plants trial of two top aides to Ontario’s former premier in Toronto could be delayed yet again. As happened earlier in the week, the defence complained Thursday a...
Kayla Derkach Sep 14, 2017

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