Category Archives: Canada
Preliminary inquiry in suspected Montreal compassion killing to resume in October
MONTREAL - A preliminary hearing for a Montreal man charged with murdering his wife in a suspected compassion killing has been put off until October. Michel Cadotte, 56, was charged in February with s...
Jul 26, 2017
Great white shark detected in N.S. Minas Basin to feast on abundance of seals
CHEVERIE, N.S. - A 300-kilogram great white shark affectionately known as Pumpkin has been cruising Nova Scotia’s Minas Basin to feast on an abundance of seals, captivating locals and possibly s...
Jul 26, 2017
'Why Can't He Be Our President?' Justin Trudeau on the cover of Rolling Stone
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau graces the cover of the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine accompanied by a provocative headline: “Why Can’t He Be Our President?” Trudeau...
Jul 26, 2017
Wildfire forces evacuations, threatens structures near Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A rapidly-moving wildfire has forced people to flee dozens of properties east of Kamloops, B.C. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District issued an evacuation order for 39 properties in M...
Jul 26, 2017
Nova Scotia town bids farewell to derelict environmental ship with cake, coffee
SHELBURNE, N.S. - Residents of a small Nova Scotia town gathered on the local wharf on Wednesday to eat cake, sip coffee and bid a celebratory farewell to MV Farley Mowat, the one-time flagship of an ...
Jul 26, 2017
EU court: EU-Canada passenger data deal breaches privacy
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s top court says in an advisory opinion that a deal between the EU and Canada on sharing airline passenger data breaches citizens’ privacy and cannot be concl...
Jul 26, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, July 26
Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, July 26 --- PACIFIC NORTHWEST LNG PROJECT SCRAPPED Malaysian energy giant Petronas and its partners have pulled the plug on the Pacific NorthWest LNG megaproje...
Jul 26, 2017
'A blindness to risk:' Board calls for mandatory life-jackets for fishermen
MONCTON, N.B. - Before sunrise on June 16, 2016, three bleary-eyed lobster fishermen boarded a small fishing boat in northern New Brunswick and set out on Chaleur Bay. What would unfold in the early m...
Jul 26, 2017
High court gives red light for Clyde River but green light for Line 9 pipeline
OTTAWA - The Inuit Hamlet of Clyde River won a nearly six-year-long battle Wednesday to stop seismic testing in the Arctic that could kill or maim the marine mammals upon which they rely for food and ...
Jul 26, 2017
Residential school cemetery in Regina gets provincial heritage designation
REGINA - A residential school cemetery has become the first in Saskatchewan to be designated as a provincial heritage site. Culture Minister Ken Cheveldayoff formally recognized the cemetery on the ed...
Jul 26, 2017