Category Archives: Canada
Put risky ice rescue courses on hold, jury at coroner's inquest into firefighter deaths recommends
TORONTO - Risky ice rescue courses that send firefighters and firefighting students into treacherous, fast-moving currents should be put on hold until they can be performed safely, a coroner’s i...
May 25, 2017
Maud Lewis painting 'Three Black Cats' goes 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 “Three Black Cats” fetched $36,800 at t...
May 25, 2017
RCMP still looking for boy's remains 38 years after he was murdered
STEINBACH, Man. - RCMP have issued an appeal asking for the public’s help in finding the remains of a 13-year-old boy who vanished in July 1978. David Wiebe was last seen by his mother, riding a...
May 25, 2017
City costs for Vancouver 4-20 marijuana protest more than $245,000
VANCOUVER - This year’s 4-20 marijuana day of protest in Vancouver cost the city more than $245,000. The city says estimates 40,000 people were at Sunset Beach Park and the Vancouver Art Gallery...
May 25, 2017
Kinder Morgan announces final investment decision on Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan says it will proceed with the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as long as it secures satisfactory financing for the project through its initial public offering....
May 25, 2017
Body-slamming the press: Gianforte skirmish marks spike in media hostility
WASHINGTON - A reporter being slammed into the ground by a Republican politician, prompting criminal charges on the eve of his election to Congress, is putting a new spotlight on mounting hostility be...
May 25, 2017
Mailman urged to do CPR on unresponsive woman with white powder on shirt
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg mail carrier who discovered an unresponsive woman says he was asked to perform CPR despite expressing concerns about white powder on her shirt. Corey Gallagher discovered the wom...
May 25, 2017
Hair stylist Rinaldo, made famous by Mila Mulroney's bob, dead at 82
OTTAWA - An Ottawa hair stylist whose scissors tended to the tresses of some of the country’s biggest political players has died. Rinaldo Canonico died Wednesday after undergoing heart surgery a...
May 25, 2017
Former military medic gets nine months in prison for inappropriate breast exams
OTTAWA - A former military medical technician convicted of conducting inappropriate breast exams on female recruits has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Chief military judge Col. Mario Dutil t...
May 25, 2017
Investigation in fatal military parachute accident looks at training, procedures
YORKTON, Sask. - A report on the death of a search-and-rescue technician in a parachute training accident says the investigation is focusing on human factors, including training and emergency procedur...
May 25, 2017
