Category Archives: Canada
Matching charitable donation programs focus on international aid
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged people over the weekend to donate to the Canadian Red Cross to help British Columbians affected by raging wildfires and he made a similar appeal for O...
Jul 31, 2017
Young Nova Scotia men treated girls' intimate photos 'like baseball cards'
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Six young Nova Scotia men treated the sexual integrity of girls as young as 13 like “bartering chips or baseball cards” when they shared intimate images of them without...
Jul 31, 2017
Environmentalists prepared to fight new oil and gas regulations in Quebec
MONTREAL - Opponents of oil and gas development in Quebec say they’re prepared to ramp up their fight amid expectations that the provincial government could release new regulations on resource e...
Jul 31, 2017
Prime Minister Trudeau thanks crews for efforts fighting B.C. fires
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a helicopter tour of British Columbia’s charred landscape Monday left him awed by the destructive force of wildfires burning across the p...
Jul 31, 2017
PM's Canada 150 whistle stop in Calgary becomes a whistle not
CALGARY - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was upstaged by his eight-year-old daughter Ella Grace as the CP Canada 150 train chugged into Calgary Sunday afternoon. Prior to Trudeau speaking, CP Rail Pres...
Jul 30, 2017
Swissport says it's coping with workers strike at Pearson, union disagrees
TORONTO - There were widely differing accounts Sunday on how Canada’s busiest airport coped with the strike of 700 ground workers. Swissport, which employs the strikers at Toronto’s Pearso...
Jul 30, 2017
Two more North Atlantic right whales found dead on Newfoundland's west coast
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Two more dead whales have washed ashore on Newfoundland’s west coast. The federal fisheries department says the discoveries bring the total of confirmed North Atlantic r...
Jul 30, 2017
'Experts say N.S. intimate photos case unlikely to deter teens
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - It had all the trappings of a typical teen romance, until it became part of a high-profile case that shines a light on the consequences of mixing digital images and sexuality. The ...
Jul 30, 2017
'Buy America' policies to loom large as Canada gets ready for NAFTA talks
OTTAWA - The United States wants to maintain - and even expand - the Buy America provisions that restrict government procurement to companies using materials from within its borders, while making it e...
Jul 30, 2017
Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes
TOLEDO, Ohio - Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie’s surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins out of drinking water supplies in the shallowest of...
Jul 30, 2017
