Category Archives: Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador residential school claimants want apology
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An apology from the prime minister is more important to many former residential school students in Newfoundland and Labrador than compensation payments, says one claimant. Dan...
Jul 18, 2016
One dead after plane crashes at air show in Cold Lake, Alta
COLD LAKE, Alta. - An airshow in Alberta took a tragic turn on Sunday when a plane crashed and “disintegrated,” killing the pilot. A public affairs officer at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lak...
Jul 18, 2016
Declined: Walmart kicks off Visa credit card ban in Thunder Bay, Ont.
MONTREAL - Three Walmart stores in Thunder Bay, Ont., are no longer accepting Visa, the payment company said Monday as it encouraged its customers to take their business elsewhere. After months of neg...
Jul 18, 2016
Fort McMurray residents may smell smoke but fires aren't close, officials say
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray, Alta. are reassuring residents that smoke they may be smelling is not from a nearby fire. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo issued a statemen...
Jul 18, 2016
Mobile sensation Pokemon Go officially launches in Canada, crashes app's servers
Prospective Pokemon trainers can officially download the mobile gaming sensation Pokemon Go in Canada as of Sunday afternoon. The augmented-reality game launched in the United States, Australia and Ne...
Jul 18, 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 18, 2016
Saskatchewan First Nation moving all residents over rising water
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The Red Earth First Nation in northern Saskatchewan is moving out its remaining residents due to rising water levels. Karen Hill, a Saskatchewan government official, says chief ...
Jul 18, 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 18, 2016
Montreal dog lovers, other Canadians march against breed specific legislation
MONTREAL - Hundreds of two-and-four-legged Montrealers took part in a march on Saturday to protest bans on pit bulls and other legislation that targets specific dog breeds. The event was part of a wid...
Jul 18, 2016
The troops, Brexit and health care: three ways fed politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - The political class was sent reeling again this week with the shock - now sickeningly familiar - of another apparent terrorist attack, this time in Nice, France. Sorrow quickly turned to desp...
Jul 18, 2016
