Category Archives: Canada
Unicorn drinks, rabbit pizza and lobster poutine on offer at Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - The annual reveal of new foods coming to the Calgary Stampede has been released, and the list includes both the sickeningly sweet and the simply weird. The Unicorn White Hot Chocolate offers...
May 17, 2017
Montreal police take to the streets to protest three-year wait for new contract
MONTREAL - Several thousand police officers held a march in Montreal during the city’s 375 birth celebrations on Wednesday to draw attention to the fact they’ve been without a contract for...
May 17, 2017
Canada backs recommendation for Magnitsky Act targeting rights abusers
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government has agreed to create a so-called Magnitsky Act that would expand Canada’s international sanctions law to target gross huma...
May 17, 2017
Family of child who died in government care say police haven't spoken to them
EDMONTON - The grandfather of a four-year-old girl who died under suspicious circumstances in government care in 2014 says police have yet to ask the family about it. The man, who can’t be ident...
May 17, 2017
Opposition parties try to block Trudeau's pick for languages commissioner
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are trying to block the nomination of Madeleine Meilleur as the country’s new official languages commissioner. Conservatives and New Democrats accuse Prime Minister J...
May 17, 2017
U.S. teen's death after caffeine binge sparks concern over energy drinks
TORONTO - The death of a 16-year-old South Carolina boy from a probable caffeine-induced heart arrhythmia has renewed concerns about the risks of young people consuming energy drinks and other beverag...
May 17, 2017
Dog cull being planned on northern reserve where woman fatally mauled
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba aboriginal leader says culls of stray dogs in remote communities are a necessary measure when people’s safety is at risk. The community of Little Grand Rapids was planning ...
May 17, 2017
The I-word: As Trump troubles spiral, Washington starts whispering 'impeachment'
WASHINGTON - The I-word has entered the Washington vocabulary. That forbidden word - the 11-letter pathway to political damnation, is suddenly, timidly, tiptoeing onto the tongues of capital-dwellers....
May 17, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, May 17 --- EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FROM SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS: An assistant principal shot at a school in northern Saskatchewan says the teenage gunman must...
May 17, 2017
Nova Scotia teachers formally file for court to end imposed labour contract
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union has formally notified the province it is going to court to challenge a law that has imposed a labour agreement on its members. The public sector union submitte...
May 17, 2017
