Category Archives: Canada
Hundreds attend memorial for dead girl in small Saskatchewan town
CHOICELAND, Sask. - Hundreds of mourners gathered in a small Saskatchewan town to remember the life of a seven-year-old girl who was found dead. Nia Eastman was the subject of an Amber Alert on Nov. 1...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
Indigenous input needed in fight against climate change: Manitoba chief
WINNIPEG - A regional chief from Manitoba says indigenous voices are crucial to the fight against climate change. Kevin Hart of the Assembly of First Nations says climate change disproportionately aff...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac's latest annual report
OTTAWA - Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac’s annual report for 2015-16 tabled Thursday: Financial transaction reports received: 23,727,393. Disclosures of actionable intellige...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
MPs told local reporting required to overcome Canada's news blues
OTTAWA - The publisher of a small southern Manitoba family of weekly newspapers made an appeal for back-to-basics local reporting Thursday to a group of MPs examining Canada’s beleaguered news i...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
Margaret Atwood compares UBC probe of Steven Galloway to Salem witch trials
VANCOUVER - Margaret Atwood says the University of British Columbia’s investigation of fellow author Steven Galloway was flawed and failed both sides, comparing it to the Salem witchcraft trials...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016

Husky Energy says ground movement to blame for spill into N. Saskatchewan River
CALGARY - Husky Energy says shifting ground is to blame for a pipeline burst in July that leaked crude oil into the North Saskatchewan River and jeopardized the drinking water of thousands downstream....
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
Native women's group wants public inquiry on police assault claims in Quebec
VAL D’OR, Que. - The Quebec government must launch a public inquiry into allegations of police assault against aboriginal women in northern Quebec, a group of native women said Thursday. Despite...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
Canadian soldier Maj. Scott Foote found dead in military gym in Jordan
OTTAWA - A Canadian soldier who was looking at ways to train the Jordanian military as part of Canada’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has died, the Department of Nationa...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 17 --- CMHC SOUNDS INTEREST RATE WARNING: Canada’s federal housing agency says stress tests it has performed indicate a sudden rise in interest r...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016

Former Alberta Tory leadership candidate Sandra Jansen crosses floor to NDP
EDMONTON - Alberta Progressive Conservative member Sandra Jansen crossed the floor to the governing NDP Thursday, saying the moderate party she called home for 30 years is moving to embrace a far-righ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 17, 2016

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