Category Archives: Canada
Olympic boxer Mary Spencer has fond memories of North American Indigenous Games
TORONTO - Every time Mary Spencer looks at her ankle, she’s reminded of what she calls one of the most important events of her sporting career. It’s not the London Olympics, where she repr...
Jul 21, 2017
Federal Court of Appeal ruling deals setback for Pacific NorthWest LNG project
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board must reconsider whether a proposed natural gas pipeline critical to the development of the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project falls within provincial...
Jul 21, 2017
Agriculture ministers reach five-year, $3-billion deal to boost farm sector
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Agriculture ministers signed a $3-billion partnership with Ottawa aimed at strengthening the industry and developing new markets as federal officials prepare for looming trade...
Jul 21, 2017
Beep Beep! Toronto Blind Jays hit the road for Beep Baseball World Series
TORONTO - With the crack of the bat, an umpire’s call and the hustle and bustle on the basepaths, baseball boasts a soundtrack all its own. At a Toronto Blind Jays practice, the collection of so...
Jul 21, 2017
Kenny Shields, leader of classic rock band Streetheart, dies
WINNIPEG – Canadian rock music legend Kenny Shields, the lead singer of Streetheart, has died, according to a Facebook post from one of his bandmates. Jeff Neill wrote Shields died early Friday,...
Jul 21, 2017
More charges laid in case of alleged assault involving Toronto police officer
TORONTO - Ontario’s special investigations unit has laid more charges in a case in which a Toronto police officer is accused of assaulting a 19-year-old man. Toronto police Const. Michael Theria...
Jul 21, 2017
Thunder Bay, Ont. mayor, wife and one other person charged with extortion
The mayor of Thunder Bay, Ont., was charged with extortion and obstructing justice Friday, almost two months after the northern Ontario city’s police chief was arrested in the same case. Ontario...
Jul 21, 2017
Newfoundland Supreme Court orders assessment for major aquaculture project
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ordered a major aquaculture project proposed for Placentia Bay to undergo an environmental assessment after the provincial g...
Jul 21, 2017
North Atlantic right whale to be examined on New Brunswick island
MISCOU ISLAND, N.B. - Marine mammal experts began carving up the remains of another endangered North Atlantic right whale on Friday in a bid to determine what caused the death of the latest whale to b...
Jul 21, 2017
Sears Canada liquidation sales begin at 54 locations across the country
TORONTO - Shoppers queued up Friday in hopes of finding a deal as Sears Canada Inc. began liquidation sales at 54 locations that will be closed as part of a court-supervised restructuring that began l...
Jul 21, 2017