Category Archives: Canada
Quebec man petitions provincial government to legalize squirrel hunting
MONTREAL - Squirrel meat could soon be on the menu in Quebec if a Montreal university student succeeds in his quest to make it legal to hunt the furry rodents. Martin Poirier has started a petition to...
Jul 08, 2017
Fires rage through B.C. Interior
KAMLOOPS - For the latest update, click here. It will be a busy day for firefighters on the fire lines of a large number of fires in the B.C. Interior. Smoky skies are making it tough to pinpoint the ...
Jul 08, 2017
Trump comes on board anti-protectionist measures but not climate change at G20
HAMBURG - G20 leaders managed to bring U.S. President Donald Trump on side against protectionist trade policies, but he still stands alone when it comes to resisting action on climate change. The Pari...
Jul 08, 2017
Ontario ticket takes Friday night's $23.6 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $23.6 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw, and it was purchased somewhere in Ontario. The exact location has yet to be announced. The j...
Jul 08, 2017
Missing mushroom picker from Europe resurfaces in Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE - A woman from the Czech Republic who vanished while picking mushrooms in the Northwest Territories has resurfaced. Mounties say the woman walked into a search-and-rescue command post on h...
Jul 07, 2017
Carolyn Bennett promises Canada will not let down families of MMIW
CALGARY - Canada’s minister of Indigenous Affairs says she understands some families of missing and murdered aboriginal women are still frustrated about the pace of a national inquiry. But Carol...
Jul 07, 2017
Ontario teen dies in Cuba, family confirms
OTTAWA - An 18-year-old woman from Belleville, Ont., died while on a graduation trip to Cuba Thursday evening. Family members of Alex Sagriff confirmed her death in a statement widely distributed onli...
Jul 07, 2017
Legal experts weigh in on Ottawa's settlement with Omar Khadr
TORONTO - The federal government has reached a settlement with Omar Khadr for violations of his constitutional rights. The government also apologized for the treatment he received outside Canada, incl...
Jul 07, 2017
Four suicides in northern Ontario First Nations communities this week: spokesman
TORONTO - Three children and a 21-year-old man have died by suicide in a number of Indigenous communities in northern Ontario since last Friday. Deputy Grand Chief Anna Achneepineskum of the Nishnawbe...
Jul 07, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, July 7 --- KHADR WANTS TO MOVE ON: Omar Khadr is saying little about the federal government’s formal apology on what happened to him while he was in cus...
Jul 07, 2017
