Category Archives: Canada
Fort McMurray newspaper to publish less often, more emphasis on website
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The newspaper that serves Fort McMurray is bracing for more change six months after a wildfire forced its staff to flee the northern Alberta city along with more than 80,000 oth...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016
Lawyer in Calgary sex assault case suggests penis size played role in consent
CALGARY - The lawyer for a man being retried after a judge’s controversial remarks in a sexual assault case has suggested his client’s penis size may have played a role in whether the woma...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016

TV docu-drama 'Black Watch Snipers' profiles vets from storied Canadian regiment
TORONTO - They suffered more casualties than any other Canadian regiment on the Allied Western Front during the Second World War. Now, their stories are being told in the docu-drama “Black Watch...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016

Employee at national disease lab in Winnipeg may have been exposed to Ebola
WINNIPEG - An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease may have been exposed to the Ebola virus. Dr. John Copps says the employee was working with six infected pigs Monday and notice...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016
Reports from commission looking into police shooting in Newfoundland delayed
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A commission of inquiry looking into the death of a Newfoundland man who was shot in his home by police has postponed the release of a series of reports, saying the delay is n...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016

Liberals name five-person panel to overhaul mandate of National Energy Board
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has named a diverse, five-person panel to make recommendations on overhauling the national energy regulator. The group appointed Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister J...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016

Stock markets rise slightly as investors await U.S. election results
TORONTO - North American stock markets rose modestly Tuesday as investors awaited the results of a U.S. presidential election that had traders around the world watching. Indices on Wall Street finishe...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016
Woodfibre LNG to become first LNG export project, but industry doubts persist
CALGARY - Woodfibre LNG is set to become the first liquefied natural gas export project in the country, but whether it marks the launch of a national LNG industry on a mass scale is clouded in doubt. ...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016
Case of juror seeking compensation as victim of crime resolved: lawyer
An Ontario woman who sought to be recognized as a victim of crime after developing post-traumatic stress disorder from serving as a juror in a horrific murder trial has reached a settlement in her leg...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016
For pro athletes, voting can require extra effort
Toronto Raptors coach Dwane Casey grew up in Kentucky in the 1960s, a child during the civil rights movement who witnessed the efforts of those in power to disenfranchise people of colour and slow the...
Kayla Derkach Nov 08, 2016

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