Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau becomes first sitting prime minister to march in Vancouver Pride parade
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is no stranger to Vancouver’s Pride parade, having taken part in the annual celebration for the past several years. But this year he set a milestone for...
Jul 31, 2016
Body of man abducted from Conception Bay South, N.L., home left in driveway
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland are looking for suspects they describe as “armed and dangerous” after a man was allegedly abducted from his home in Conception Bay South...
Jul 31, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There was no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto-649 draw. The draw’s guaranteed $1 million dollar prize was claimed by a ticket purchased on the ...
Jul 31, 2016
Air Canada flight makes emergency landing after hail cracks windshield
TORONTO - An Air Canada flight from Toronto to Calgary was forced to make an emergency landing in Lethbridge, Alta. Saturday afternoon after the aircraft’s windshield was cracked by hail. Air Ca...
Jul 30, 2016
Crews dig up breached Husky pipeline, but cause of oil leak still unknown
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government says the breach that leaked up to 250,000 litres of oil and other material into a river earlier this month has finally been found, but word on what c...
Jul 30, 2016
Entangled humpback whale released from 3,660-metre net after two-hour effort
BONAVISTA, N.L. - An entangled humpback whale has been freed from roughly 3,660 metres of gillnet after towing a rescue boat around a bay on the northeast coast of Newfoundland for more than six kilom...
Jul 30, 2016
Quebec man dies after pileup involving members of biker groups: N.B. police
EDMUNDSTON, N.B. - An employee at a New Brunswick campsite said the highway “looked like it had blown up” after a pileup involving nine motorcycles and an RV that left one man dead. Edmund...
Jul 30, 2016
Calls to emphasize education as Canadian military reviews transgender policy
OTTAWA - As the U.S. military prepares to open its doors to transgender people for the first time, the Canadian Armed Forces is looking at ways to improve its own transgender policy. Canadian military...
Jul 30, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. And only one of the 11 MaxMillions prizes available was won by a ticket purchased in Ontario. T...
Jul 30, 2016
Impact on RCMP is unclear after entrapment ruling in B.C. terror trial: lawyer
VANCOUVER - It’s unclear what the impact on law enforcement will be in the wake of a landmark court decision that slammed the RCMP for investigative methods it used during an elaborate undercove...
Jul 30, 2016
