Category Archives: Canada

Satellite shots show logging in moratorium areas: environmentalists
OTTAWA - Satellite imagery proves a much lauded agreement between Canada’s logging industry and environmental groups to protect boreal caribou habitat was a failure, says a U.S. environment grou...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017
An issue for upcoming NAFTA talks: Getting Mexicans a pay raise
WASHINGTON - The cost of Mexican labour will be an issue in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, participants acknowledged at an auto-industry conference, touching on one of t...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017

Funding gap for Syrian refugees manifests in more kids working, marrying: UNICEF
OTTAWA - Observers see a growing number of Syrian child brides as a tangible impact of the $3 billion gap between the financial needs of displaced Syrians in the Middle East and the funds available to...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017
Feds, provinces must reform foster care to tackle youth homelessness, study says
OTTAWA - A first-of-its-kind study in Canada has painted a national picture of homeless youth and drawn a link to the foster care system that researchers say could be playing a more active role in kee...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017

B.C. tourism businesses feeling affects of wildfires, reporting cancellations
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Tourism officials are starting to assess the impact of devastating wildfires in British Columbia and have received mixed feedback on the toll so far on the travel sector. Maya Lange o...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017
Multiple murder convictions that have led to consecutive sentencing for killers
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Derek Saretzky was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 75 years for killing a father, daughter and senior in 2015. Federal legislation allows a judge...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017

Canadian health advocates eye Portugal's drug model to combat opioid crisis
OTTAWA - Canadian health-care experts, including B.C.’s provincial health officer, want the federal government to strongly consider Portugal’s approach to drug policy, including the decrim...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017

Canada's next food guide opens up industry battle over beef and butter
VANCOUVER - Lobby groups for the meat and dairy sectors are up in arms over indications that Canada’s next food guide could discourage the consumption of beef, butter and cheese. The guide, expe...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017
Quebec blogger sentenced after defrauding a man with cystic fibrosis of $125,000
GRANBY, Que. - A Quebec blogger who swindled a man with cystic fibrosis of $125,000 has been sentenced to 18 months house arrest. In June 2014, a judge found Patrick Vaillancourt guilty of defrauding ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017
Great white shark 'a little too close for comfort' in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A great white shark has been detected near Halifax - the second great white spotted in Nova Scotia in a month - prompting at least some people to stay out of the water. One Twitter user joke...
Kayla Derkach Aug 09, 2017

Our Community
SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: Preserving local theatres
May 13, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Basket & Container Stuffers
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Approach to teaching - examining the meaning of being human
May 13, 2026
The Creative Edge
PEARCE: The quiet power of handwriting
May 12, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Caladiums
Question of the Week
Are you in favour of responsible alcohol consumption during the summer in Riverside Park?
May 11, 2026
1000 WAYS TO HEAL
1000 WAYS TO HEAL: Standing up in a good way
May 11, 2026