Category Archives: Canada
Stage commander: Confident Streetheart frontman Kenny Shields dies at 69
Kenny Shields, the brash lead singer of Canadian rock band Streetheart who swaggered across the country’s stages for decades, died of heart failure Friday. He was 69. The Juno-winning artist was...
Jul 21, 2017
Husky Energy set to repair pipeline that spilled crude into river a year ago
CALGARY - Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) says it has been granted permission to repair and replace a section of pipeline that leaked 225,000 litres of crude in Saskatchewan just over a year ago. Chief executi...
Jul 21, 2017
Elections watchdog says Tory golf shirt at child benefit event broke rules
OTTAWA - If he had to do it all over again, Pierre Poilievre would have worn a suit. Canada’s election watchdog said Friday that the former Conservative cabinet minister’s decision in 2015...
Jul 21, 2017
Two Canadian employees of Cavalia equestrian show jailed in China: report
MONTREAL - Two Canadians detained in Beijing are receiving assistance from the federal government amid reports Friday that employees of the equestrian-themed show Cavalia had been arrested for alleged...
Jul 21, 2017
City removes homemade stairs in Toronto park, promises new set of stairs
TORONTO - His handiwork may have been torn down, but a Toronto man who took it upon himself to build a staircase to help residents get down a steep park embankment says he’s just happy his effor...
Jul 21, 2017
Manitoba government ensures Churchill won't be left in cold this winter
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says the northern port town of Churchill will have enough propane to get it through the winter heating season, but the future of the community and its rail link to t...
Jul 21, 2017
FedEx Office stores closing in Canada at the cost of 214 jobs
TORONTO - Shipping giant FedEx is closing its FedEx Office stores in Canada after 32 years in the country. Spokeswoman Stacey Sullivan says FedEx Office will close its 24 stores, a manufacturing plant...
Jul 21, 2017
National program brings exceptional students together for learning, competition
FREDERICTON - Eighty teenagers screamed, squealed and jumped for joy Friday in a theatre at the University of New Brunswick, but instead of watching their favourite music or movie star, they were taki...
Jul 21, 2017
Canadian military aircraft have not flown in Syria for weeks: commander
OTTAWA - Canadian military aircraft involved in the fight against Islamic State militants have not flown over Syria for the past few weeks, though a senior officer denied any links Friday to Russian t...
Jul 21, 2017
MP on Canada-U.S. file says sharing NAFTA goals gives up negotiating advantage
OTTAWA - It would not make any sense for the Liberal government to divulge what they hope to get out of a new North American Free Trade Agreement, said Andrew Leslie, the parliamentary secretary for C...
Jul 21, 2017