Category Archives: Canada

Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer at 56
Alena Sharp will be reminded of Dawn Coe-Jones every time she hits a golf ball next week. Coe-Jones, a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame who helped blaze a trail for Canadian women on the pro t...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016

Denial, anger, bargaining: A gloomy capital goes through stages of Trump grief
WASHINGTON - A gloomy American capital has been grappling with its stages of grief this week over the election of a man almost universally detested within a dozen zip codes of the White House. In soli...
Kayla Derkach Nov 12, 2016
Winning ticket for Friday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot sold in Prairies
TORONTO - A single winning ticket for Friday night’s $50 million jackpot was sold somewhere in the Prairie provinces. There were also five MaxMillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016

Powerful, essential, cliche: The complex life of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'
TORONTO - There was a time when Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” wasn’t even a footnote in the Montreal performer’s music career. The 1984 synth track fumbled its way into re...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016
Canada still committed to NATO, Sajjan says, after Trump's campaign threats
VANCOUVER - The federal defence minister says Canada’s commitment to NATO remains unwavering after comments on the campaign trail from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump put the future of the mil...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016
Edmonton-area teen gets conditional discharge for sex assault in high school
EDMONTON - A boy has been given a six-month conditional discharge for grabbing the breasts and buttocks of a girl in an Edmonton-area high school and trying to kiss her. Youth court Judge Danielle Dal...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016
Massive theft of Ontario's Casino Rama data sparks proposed class action
TORONTO - Class-action lawyers wasted little time Friday in jumping on word of a cyberattack on an Ontario casino in which sensitive information was stolen. The lawyers announced plans for a proposed ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016
Trump, trade and parental leave: three ways politics touched Canadians this week
OTTAWA - There were more than a few quiet tears shed this week in political Ottawa. First, Donald Trump’s win shook up politicos across the spectrum, prompting a fundamental rethinking of so man...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016

The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 11 --- THOUSANDS GATHER ON CHILLY REMEMBRANCE DAY IN OTTAWA: Thousands of people gathered in chilly, windy weather Friday at the National War Memorial in...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016
Mental health organizations urge openness on targeted federal funds
OTTAWA - Three leading mental health organizations want provincial and territorial health ministers to be open to targeted federal investments. In a letter, the heads of the Mental Health Commission o...
Kayla Derkach Nov 11, 2016

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