Category Archives: Canada
Grass fire in Metro Vancouver suburb leads to the discovery of a body
LANGLEY, B.C. - A grass fire in Metro Vancouver led emergency crews to discover a person’s body. Firefighters in Langley, B.C., were fighting a blaze on the eastern edge of the city less than th...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017

Parties reach tentative agreement in Halifax Chronicle Herald strike
HALIFAX - The Halifax Chronicle Herald and the union representing the paper’s striking newsroom workers have reached a tentative agreement in their 18-month-old labour dispute. The Saltwire Netw...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017

Sheltering refugees latest act for Montreal's much-maligned Olympic stadium
MONTREAL - Forty-one years after it first welcomed the world for the 1976 Games, Montreal’s Olympic Stadium has been asked to throw open its doors once again. The cavernous stadium, which is mor...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017

Man charged with second-degree murder after fatal fire in Quebec seniors' home
TERREBONNE, Que. - A 44-year-old Quebec man is facing a murder charge in connection with a fatal seniors’ home fire that left a 94-year-old woman dead last month. Quebec provincial police say Al...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017

NAFTA, the NDP and a new tag line: 3 ways federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Parliament Hill was absorbed by the scandal that was Anthony Scaramucci this week, with even the most focused of policy-makers wondering how their best-laid plans on NAFTA could possibly deli...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017
Canadian working with Kenya opposition party deported
A Canadian working on the opposition’s campaign in Kenya was deported Saturday ahead of the African country’s contentious presidential election, his wife says. Jennifer Mary Bell said she ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017

Trudeau takes unscheduled ocean dip while touring national park in kayak
SIDNEY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took an unscheduled dip on Saturday when he fell into the water trying to get into a kayak. He kept his head above water, but much of the rest of his body ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 05, 2017
Quebec ticket claims Friday night's $23 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - A single winning ticket was sold in Quebec for Friday night’s $23 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Aug. 11 will be approximately $10 million. The C...
Kayla Derkach Aug 04, 2017

Trudeau on Vancouver Island for summer social, kayak voyage, round table meeting
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his party must be ready and willing to have difficult and reasonable conversations with Canadians about the economy, environment and reconciliation with I...
Kayla Derkach Aug 04, 2017

B.C. woman files private charges over Mount Polley tailings spill
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous women has filed private charges in 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, days after British Columbia’s government announced that provincial charge...
Kayla Derkach Aug 04, 2017

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