Category Archives: Canada
Muslim prayers at Quebec zoo upset some people
HEMMINGFORD, Que. - A Quebec zoo is defending itself after receiving criticism for allowing a group of Muslims to pray on its premises. Parc Safari says it has been the subject of hateful and racist c...
Jul 04, 2017
City of Toronto apologizes for rapper's language during Canada 150 performance
TORONTO - The City of Toronto is apologizing for the “inappropriate content” during a rapper’s closing performance to the city’s Canada Day festivities at Nathan Phillips Squar...
Jul 04, 2017
Vancouver councillor, banker, strategist appointed to B.C. NDP leadership team
VICTORIA - British Columbia premier-designate John Horgan started putting a stamp on his new minority NDP government Tuesday, appointing three people to his inner team including a Vancouver city counc...
Jul 04, 2017
Health Canada testing Banana Boat sunscreen products as complaints mount
VICTORIA - A British Columbia mother says her 12-year-old son suffered burn injuries after using a Banana Boat sunscreen product. Patrizia Fitch, of Victoria, said Tuesday that her son Daniel was left...
Jul 04, 2017
Groups welcome Alberta court ruling in Gladue case, hope it leads to change
EDMONTON - Advocates are hoping an Alberta court ruling will help change the way courts deal with Indigenous women and sexual offences. The province’s Appeal Court has ordered a new trial for Br...
Jul 04, 2017
Ousted Manitoba backbencher plans legal challenge for right to cross the floor
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician who was kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus says he’s planning a court challenge against a law that forbids him from joining another part...
Jul 04, 2017
Ontario museum sees dialogue opportunity after Canadian flag vandalized
KITCHENER, Ont. - Police are investigating it as an act of vandalism, but the director of an Ontario museum where a giant Canadian flag was stained with black paint over the Canada Day weekend says it...
Jul 04, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 4 --- OMAR KHADR TO GET $10M, APOLOGY, SOURCE SAYS: The Canadian government will pay former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr more than $10 million and...
Jul 04, 2017
Auto sales hit one-million mark by midway point of year for first time
TORONTO - Despite slumping passenger car sales, for the first time more than one million new vehicles have been sold in Canada by the midway mark of the year. DesRosiers Automotive Reports says overal...
Jul 04, 2017
Lost German shepherd is returned to B.C. owner with three nails in its head
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The X-rays leave no doubt about what happened, but Maureen Yeo says she still can’t fathom why anyone would shoot three construction nails into her dog’s head. Kuma, ...
Jul 04, 2017
