Category Archives: Canada

Feral cats running amok in Ontario's Norfolk County
A county in southern Ontario is looking for help with thousands of stray and feral cats. Norfolk County, on the north shore of Lake Erie, has a population of around 65,000 people and, according to the...
Kayla Derkach Jul 12, 2016
Six stories in the news today, July 12
Six stories in the news today from The Canadian Press: --- ANGLICANS VOTE DOWN SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A passionate debate on whether Anglicans should bless same-sex marriages came to a head Monday when del...
Kayla Derkach Jul 12, 2016

Comaneci, Leonard, Alekseyev among notable performers at 1976 Olympics
MONTREAL - While Canada became the only host country not to win a gold medal at a Summer Olympics, the 1976 Games had notable performances from athletes from around the world. Here are some of the sta...
Kayla Derkach Jul 12, 2016
Some of the problems that have plagued Montreal's Olympic Stadium since 1976
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opened in 1976 for that year’s Summer Games. A look at some of the problems that have plagued the Big O or, as some dub it, the “Big Owe”: July 1976:...
Kayla Derkach Jul 12, 2016
A by-the-numbers look at Montreal's Olympic Stadium
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium opened in 1976 for that year’s Summer Games. A by-the-numbers look at the Big O or, as some dub it, the “Big Owe”: 1: Number of papal visits. Pope Jo...
Kayla Derkach Jul 12, 2016
Immigration detainees on hunger strike; want meeting with public safety minister
TORONTO - A group advocating for full immigration status for all migrants says more than 50 immigration detainees began refusing food Monday in two Ontario centres. The End Immigration Detention Netwo...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2016

Immigration detainees on hunger strike; want meeting with public safety minister
TORONTO - A group advocating for full immigration status for all migrants says more than 50 immigration detainees began refusing food Monday in two Ontario centres. The End Immigration Detention Netwo...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2016

'Lives are going to be shortened:' Fort McMurray firefighters fear for health
Many Fort McMurray firefighters, unable to wear their usual air masks while battling a giant wildfire that attacked the northern Alberta city, are being screened for health problems because they spent...
Kayla Derkach Jul 11, 2016

Postal workers reject arbitration proposal
OTTAWA - The union representing some 50,000 postal workers says it’s rejecting a proposal to undergo binding arbitration in its labour dispute with Canada Post. In a statement released Thursday ...
Kayla Derkach Jul 07, 2016

Massive convoy underway to move Fort McMurray wildfire evacuees
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A massive convoy is underway to move evacuees stranded at oilfield camps north of Fort McMurray, Alta., through the fire-ravaged community to safe areas south of the oilsands ca...
Kayla Derkach May 06, 2016

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