Category Archives: Canada
B.C. NDP leader John Horgan takes campaign to Liberal heartland in Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia’s New Democrats took their campaign to the Liberal heartland in the province’s Okanagan on Saturday, targeting three ridings held by Liberal backbenchers. N...
May 06, 2017
Refugee claimants coming to Canada through the United States not new
MONTREAL - One spring morning, Alfredo Rivas and his wife, who was seven months pregnant, grabbed the small bags containing their remaining belongings and headed north to Canada, a place they’d ...
May 06, 2017
More than 400 soldiers helping with Quebec floods
MONTREAL - More than 400 soldiers headed to various regions of Quebec on Saturday to help cope with the heavy flooding caused by unrelenting rain in Central and Eastern Canada in recent days. The Cana...
May 06, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $19 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $19 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. It means the jackpot for next Friday’s draw on May 12 will grow to approximately $28 mill...
May 05, 2017
Some Aunt Jemima products being recalled for possible Listeria contamination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Pinnacle Foods Canada Corporation is recalling Aunt Jemima Frozen Waffles and Frozen French Toast Slices due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contam...
May 05, 2017
Globe and Mail wins in 11 of 21 categories at National Newspaper Awards
TORONTO - The Globe and Mail won 11 of the 21 categories at the National Newspaper Awards on Friday, and the newspaper’s Mark MacKinnon was named 2016 Journalist of the Year. MacKinnon was chose...
May 05, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day 25
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day 25 of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: Liberals: - Liberal Leader Christy Clark’s bid to ban or tax thermal coal received ...
May 05, 2017
Search on for B.C. fire chief who may have been swept away in swollen creek
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The RCMP says the fire chief of Cache Creek in British Columbia’s Interior is missing and may have been swept away in a swollen creek. Searchers, including the Kamloops Searc...
May 05, 2017
Crown defends reliability of evidence in final day of B.C. polygamy trial
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The trial of two fundamentalist church leaders charged with polygamy wrapped up in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday with the Crown arguing the bulk of marriage and personal records enter...
May 05, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 5 --- MANY REGIONS BRACING FOR WEEKEND FLOODING: Persistent, steady rains soaking swaths of Central and Eastern Canada that have already endured record pr...
May 05, 2017
