Category Archives: Canada
Republican convention: Fear of turmoil stirs memories of 1968
CLEVELAND - Melancholic old memories of 1968 are being stirred this week as a political convention gathers under a cloud of concern, a toxic turn in race relations poisons the American atmosphere, and...
Jul 17, 2016
Red tape cutting law is putting safety at risk, must be repealed, says PSAC
OTTAWA - The largest union representing federal public servants is calling on the Liberal government to repeal a law it says compromises the health and safety of Canadians, a move the Opposition warns...
Jul 17, 2016
Newfoundland fossil trove wins bid to become UNESCO World Heritage Site
MISTAKEN POINT, N.L. - A rocky stretch of coastline along the southeastern tip of Newfoundland that holds secrets about the origins of complex life has been declared a world heritage site by the Unite...
Jul 17, 2016
Syrian refugee program sparks political push for other humanitarian settlement
OTTAWA - This fall, federal public servants are expected to go to Northern Iraq to figure out how to get hundreds of people from there to Canada as refugees. It’s the first time Canadian staff w...
Jul 17, 2016
Julie Snyder has been told who ordered her surveillance last month: lawyer
MONTREAL - A lawyer representing the estranged wife of former Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau says his client now knows who ordered a man to tail her. Mathieu Piche-Messier says Julie Snyd...
Jul 17, 2016
Swift Current, Sask., hit with flash floods after 6 cm of rain
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Heavy rainfall caused a flash flood in parts of Swift Current on Saturday leaving some homes in the southwest Saskatchewan city with flooded basements. Images on social media sh...
Jul 17, 2016
Researcher probes Canadian links to 'slave labour,' abuse at Magdalene laundries
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - They were called fallen women, and through much of the last two centuries they toiled in church-run Magdalene laundries as penance for often-petty crimes, “loose morals&...
Jul 17, 2016
Ribbons and bows: Daddies get schooled on how to style daughters' hair
Scott Dry faked his way through his first French braid and learned that the trick to a perfect bun is using more “whatever they’re called” - bobby pins. By the end of class, his smil...
Jul 17, 2016
Car dealers putting up tents to protect lots in Alberta's 'Hailstorm Alley'
CALGARY - “Hailstorm Alley” can be a very unforgiving place. The area - which runs from High River, just south of Calgary and north to central Alberta - hosts more than 40 hail storms ever...
Jul 17, 2016
Private equity firms zeroing in on Western Canada oilpatch bargains
CALGARY - The largest energy-focused private equity firm in Calgary is ramping up its oilpatch investing pace to take advantage of bargain prices and an expected recovery in oil prices next year. ARC ...
Jul 17, 2016
