Category Archives: Canada
Toddler found roaming Toronto in the middle of the night reunited with parents
TORONTO - A toddler who walked out of her family’s Toronto home in the middle of the night has been reunited with her parents after spending a few hours watching cartoons at a police station. Po...
Jul 25, 2016
Drinking water measures could be in place for months due to oil spill: official
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Communities affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River can expect precautionary drinking water measures to be in place for weeks or even months, says a Saskatchewa...
Jul 25, 2016
Dion sits down for first meeting with Russian foreign minister in years
OTTAWA - The Liberal government turned the page on two years of acrimony between Canada and Russia on Monday as Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion sat down for his first formal meeting with Russia...
Jul 25, 2016
Police, judges legislators meet to discuss balancing cybercrime with privacy
HALIFAX - Judges, lawyers, legislators and law enforcement officials from around the world are meeting in Halifax to discuss the unique challenges of delivering justice in the digital age. Members of ...
Jul 25, 2016
Parks Canada scales back recovery operation for missing Calgary boy
FIELD, B.C. - Parks Canada says it is scaling back the recovery operation for an 11-year-old Calgary boy who fell into the Yoho River in southeastern B.C. Two boys fell into the river near the Takkaka...
Jul 24, 2016
RCMP say 3 safe, waving, after helicopter lands hard in Alberta mountains
SUNDRE, Alta. - A search for a helicopter that began when an emergency beacon began transmitting has ended well with all three people on board being found safe on an Alberta mountain. RCMP Sgt. Jack P...
Jul 24, 2016
Outside the Democratic convention, opposition to Clinton makes itself heard
PHILADELPHIA - Republicans who dislike Donald Trump were mostly discreet at last week’s nominating convention. They grumbled in private conversations, expressed their unease through hand gesture...
Jul 24, 2016
Saskatchewan city builds long water pipeline while oil flows down river
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Provincial officials in Saskatchewan say a riverside city whose water supply is threatened by an oil pipeline spill is building a hose, dozens of kilometres long, to draw water ...
Jul 24, 2016
Quebec paralympic athlete has racing bikes stolen weeks before Rio
MONTREAL - A paralympic cyclist whose two racing bicycles were stolen in Quebec City just weeks before the Rio Olympics said on Sunday she’s overwhelmed by the support she’s received. Mari...
Jul 24, 2016
Steeves family's world record attempt falls short at reunion in New Brunswick
MONCTON, N.B. - A New Brunswick family has failed to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of individuals with the same last name. Susan Steeves estimates 1,900 members of the Stee...
Jul 24, 2016
