Category Archives: Canada

Conservative leadership rivals debate best path to reviving party fortunes
GREELY, Ont. - A two-hour debate Sunday among nine rivals for the federal Conservative leadership often morphed into an autopsy of the party’s ill-fated 2015 election campaign. Candidates clashe...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2016

Unlimited vacation: The ultimate work perk, but experts warn of pitfalls
PARADISE, N.L. - Terry Hussey has never forgotten how Sunday nights used to feel: anxious dread, before another week at a job he hated. So when he became CEO of Vigilant Management in Paradise, N.L., ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2016

'Challenging language:' Edmonton academic studies versions of 1st Inuit novel
EDMONTON - The story reaches out of an Arctic past stretching back to long before Europeans came, a world when a hunter’s fate was determined by snow and ice, claws and courage. An academic is d...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2016

Red Cross funds study into how Fort McMurray wildfire affected indigenous people
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Melanie Dene still remembers the harrowing ordeal of driving through fiery hell during the evacuation of Fort McMurray six months ago with her two young daughters. The chaos of ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2016

Dads on the Hill: Male MPs with kids work hard to mix fatherhood with politics
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Peter Schiefke checks his schedule carefully each week, as one would expect from anyone with a busy job, asking himself one question in particular. Will the timing of a vote in the...
Kayla Derkach Nov 13, 2016

Man shot by Vancouver police had 'criminal intentions,' took hostage: chief
VANCOUVER - A “very large man” shot and killed by officers during a robbery and hostage-taking may have had further criminal intentions after trying to steal firearms from a Canadian Tire ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016
Environmental impact of sunken tug to be shared after investigation completed
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The federal government says it can’t comment on the environmental impact of a diesel spill off British Columbia’s central coast even as the removal of the sunken tug re...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016
Medical nasal device recalled because it may not deliver full dose
OTTAWA - Health Canada says nasal device is being recalled because a defect may prevent patients from receiving the full dose of medication it’s supposed to deliver. The agency says there haven&...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016
Ferry named for N.S. heroine's quest for justice nearly 200 years ago
BRIER ISLAND, N.S. - A ferry in Nova Scotia has been dubbed “Margaret’s Justice” in honour of a 63-year-old widow who fought for the right to her land - and won. The Grand Passage fe...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016
Call for removal of Ontario judge who reportedly wore Donald Trump hat in court
A city councillor in Hamilton says a judge who reportedly wore a hat showing support for Donald Trump in the courtroom should step down or be removed from the bench. Coun. Matthew Green spoke out on s...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016

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