Category Archives: Canada
Multibillion-dollar naval warship project hits another delay
OTTAWA - Hopes that the multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy’s warship fleet would move along quickly have taken a hit amid word the massive shipbuilding project has suffered another d...
May 26, 2017
Ontario community's work to prevent turtles, snakes being killed on roads a model for others
A rural Ontario community’s work to prevent endangered reptiles from being killed on a 3.6-kilometre stretch of road - once considered among the world’s deadliest for turtles - is being he...
May 26, 2017
Alleged Yahoo hacker to appeal ruling that denied him bail in June
A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will be back in court next month to contest a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Ontario Superior Court Justice Alan Whitten said last month ...
May 26, 2017
Newfoundland woman heartbroken after local SPCA puts down three-day-old moose
GANDER, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman who bottle-fed a baby moose after it got lost in the woods without its mother says she’s heartbroken after the local SPCA put the animal down. Brandi Calder s...
May 26, 2017
Maud Lewis painting 'Black Cats' sells for$36,800 at Consignor Art Auction
TORONTO - A Maud Lewis painting has been sold for well above its pre-auction estimate for the second time in a month. The Nova Scotia artist’s “Black Cats” fetched $36,800 at the Con...
May 26, 2017
Sides return to the bargaining table on Day 3 of Quebec construction strike
MONTREAL - An alliance of construction trade unions and employers’ groups returned to the bargaining table Friday as Quebec’s construction strike kept work sites quiet for a third day. The...
May 26, 2017
Rising program expenses propel fed 2016-17 deficit to $21.8B: preliminary estimate
OTTAWA - A $21.7-billion surge in federal program expenses was almost entirely responsible for the government’s expected 2016-17 deficit, according to a preliminary analysis of Ottawa’s bo...
May 26, 2017
Thirty herons killed at nesting site in Vernon, B.C., after powerful windstorm
VERNON, B.C. - More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird are dead after their nesting site in Vernon, B.C., was heavily damaged in a windstorm. Vernon-based wildlife expert Pete W...
May 26, 2017
Alberta woman jumps through glass window to safety in South Carolina
Police say an Alberta woman lured to the United States with a promise of modelling work was instead held against her will in a trailer and jumped through a plate-glass window to escape. “She sur...
May 26, 2017
Ottawa won't impose national threshold for electric car purchases, says Garneau
MONTREAL - Ottawa has appointed an advisory group to develop a plan for getting more zero-emission vehicles on the road, but it won’t follow Quebec in requiring automakers to sell a minimum numb...
May 26, 2017
