Category Archives: Canada

B.C. Liberals face balancing act on housing as 2017 election looms: experts
British Columbia’s Liberal government must walk a fine line between creating affordable housing and causing a crash, as real estate prices loom large over next year’s election, experts say...
Kayla Derkach Jul 24, 2016
Winning ticket for Saturday's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot sold in Ontario
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize was also w...
Kayla Derkach Jul 24, 2016
Calgary man detained in Turkey accused of plotting failed coup, friend says
TORONTO - A family friend says a Canadian man is being held in Turkey on accusations he was a leader of the failed July 15 military coup in that country. Davud Hanci, who lives in Calgary and works as...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016
Stranded in Manchester: Air Canada flight to Toronto delayed by 48 hours
TORONTO - Air Canada is taking heat from passengers spending two unexpected days in Manchester, England. The flight to Toronto was scheduled to leave on Friday, but Air Canada says the 197 passengers ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016
Calgary boy, 11, missing since Friday, fell in river at Yoho National Park
FIELD, B.C. - Parks Canada is leading an extensive search for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who has been missing since falling into a river in southeastern British Columbia. Two boys fell into the Yoho R...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016
Saskatchewan city gets backup water supply ready as oil spill approaches
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Officials in Saskatchewan are preparing a city of more than 35,000 people to treat storm pond water as a backup as oil from a pipeline leak makes it way along a major river in t...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016

Bains responds after 8-year-old Quebec girl applies to astronaut program
MONTREAL - When she heard the Canadian Space Agency is looking to recruit new astronauts, eight-year-old Sahana Khatri figured she just might be what they’re looking for. The Quebec girl spent a...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016
Trump, children and refugees: 3 ways Canadian politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - With most of the country’s MPs deep into riding work or away on summer holiday, it’s the chatter among civil servants that echoes the loudest these days in the parliamentary preci...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, two MaxMillions prizes of $1 million each were won by tickets purchased in Onta...
Kayla Derkach Jul 23, 2016
A list of the music played at the start of the Tragically Hip concert tour
VICTORIA - The Tragically Hip kicked off a 15-city tour in Victoria on Friday night. Here’s the setlist from the show: 1. Boots and Hearts (album: Up to Here) 2. New Orleans is Sinking (Up to He...
Kayla Derkach Jul 22, 2016

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