Category Archives: Canada
Freeland concerned Canadian-made armoured vehicles used against Saudi citizens
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s “deeply concerned” about recent videos which appear to show Canadian-made armoured vehicles being used by Saudi Arabia ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017
Man apologizes for kissing Radio-Canada reporter on live TV at Montreal concert
MONTREAL - An unidentified man who kissed a Radio-Canada reporter on the cheek without her consent during a live broadcast last Friday has apologized for his actions. Journalist Valerie-Micaela Bain a...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

Freeland sees outline of softwood deal but can't predict when it'll be settled
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the outlines of a deal with the United States to resolve the softwood lumber dispute are in place. But she can’t predict whether the pers...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

U.S. dispute over Canadian wine sales restrictions on the table at NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has an issue with getting agricultural products to Canada, and it might not be the ones you think. “It’s an extraordinary problem for t...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

Toronto woman warns others about photos surfacing on image-sharing site
TORONTO - In the past month, Roxanne messaged more than two dozen Ontario women on Facebook to warn them that their photos had surfaced on the image-sharing site Anon-IB. It’s something the Toro...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017
Volunteer grave diggers, corpse storage: funeral homes asked to prep for pandemics
While Canadian health officials have extensive plans to ensure people survive a future influenza pandemic, they’ve also made macabre recommendations for the nation’s funeral homes for thos...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

Clean your water bottle: study finds bacteria in water storage containers
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Researchers studying higher rates of gastrointestinal illness in Inuit communities have a message for all Canadians: wash your water bottles and storage containers. “Peo...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

Fans sing 'Happy Birthday' to Sidney Crosby as he parades cup through Halifax
HALIFAX - NHL superstar Sidney Crosby said it’s “just a number,” as he turned 30 on Monday and brandished the Stanley Cup in a parade that wound through Halifax in his native Nova Sc...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

Ernst Zundel, deported from Canada on Holocaust denial charges, dies at 78
Ernst Zundel, a “patriarch” of the white supremacist movement whose numerous legal battles played a role in overturning a Canadian law against publishing “false news,” has died...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017
Crosby charms three-year-old with cancer during Halifax hospital visit
HALIFAX - A three-year-old girl battling leukemia could be a Pittsburgh Penguins fan in the making after Sidney Crosby placed her plush, toy pink kitten atop the Stanley Cup in her Halifax hospital ro...
Kayla Derkach Aug 07, 2017

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