Category Archives: Canada
Pilot injured as small plane crash lands in Medicine Hat cemetery
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A small plane crash landed in a cemetery in Medicine Hat, Alta. Saturday night. Sgt. Jeff Wieschorster (WEE’-chess-ter) of the Medicine Hat Police Service said the pilot - ...
Oct 22, 2016
Bad weather damages booms, spreads diesel spill from sunken tug off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Heavy weather conditions are causing a diesel spill from a sunken tugboat to spread in the waters off British Columbia’s remote central coast. A spokeswoman for Kirby Offshor...
Oct 22, 2016
Former Habs coach and Senator Jacques Demers hospitalized: Office confirms
OTTAWA - Senator and former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers has been hospitalized, but his office said Saturday it was too early to provide any details. His director of parliamentary affairs c...
Oct 22, 2016
Protesters break into Muskrat Falls site, more form blockade outside
Protesters broke into the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric site in Labrador and formed a blockade around it, Nalcor Energy confirmed Saturday. Nalcor spokeswoman Karen O’Neill said protesters and veh...
Oct 22, 2016
Get used to 'job churn,' Morneau tells Liberal meeting
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadians should get used to so-called "job churn" - short-term employment and a number of career changes in a person's life. Morneau made the ...
Oct 22, 2016
Two arrested in alleged sexual assaults at Universite Laval residence
Quebec City police have arrested two men in connection with alleged break-ins and sexual assaults at a university residence. One of the accused has been released on a promise to appear in court at a l...
Oct 22, 2016
Freeland departs Belgium after one more Canada-EU free trade deal meeting
OTTAWA - International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland was returning to Canada Saturday but not before she left her European counterparts with one more warning to do what it takes to save the Canada-...
Oct 22, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $25 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Friday night’s $25 million Lotto max jackpot. That means the grand prize for next Friday’s draw on Oct. 28 will rise to approximately $34 million. ...
Oct 21, 2016
NDP says Ottawa not funding enough mental-health workers after youth suicides
SASKATOON - A New Democrat MP says the federal government is failing to address the mental-health problems of indigenous people. Charlie Angus, the NDP critic for indigenous and northern affairs, made...
Oct 21, 2016
Trudeau predicts Liberals will beat the odds in Alberta byelection
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - The Prime Minister says his party will be able to recapture a southern Alberta riding in an upcoming byelection, despite the fact that a Liberal hasn't been elected to that seat ...
Oct 21, 2016
