Category Archives: Canada
Investigators at Quebec reserve years after disappearance of Indigenous teens
OTTAWA - A well-known family member who has been providing advice to the painful national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women could be on the verge of discovering more details about her...
Jul 19, 2017
Rescinded elevator-safety order sparks anger, raises credibility issues
TORONTO - A decision by one of Canada’s key elevator-safety authorities to rescind a sweeping three-year-old upgrade directive has sparked both surprise and anger among those in the industry. Th...
Jul 19, 2017
RCMP investigating suspicious death of girl, 13, in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Police say they are investigating a possible murder after the body of a 13-year-old girl was found in a wooded area of a popular suburban Vancouver park. Cpl. Meghan Foster with the In...
Jul 19, 2017
Wildfire danger prompts fire bans in Alberta; air quality warnings issued
CALGARY - Fire bans were in place in many areas of Alberta on Wednesday as hot, dry conditions raised the risk of wildfires and one blaze scorched an area not far from a popular Rocky Mountain ski and...
Jul 19, 2017
Nova Scotia to offer free naloxone kits to the public as part of opioid response
HALIFAX - Health officials in Nova Scotia say free naloxone kits will be available to the public at 300 community pharmacies across the province beginning Sept. 1. The move to expand the $564,000 anti...
Jul 19, 2017
Indigenous Games 'empower' athletes from Pikangikum First Nation
TORONTO - Before hopping the overnight bus from Thunder Bay, Ont., to the North American Indigenous Games in Toronto, Lilly Kejick and Tyra King grabbed the green and blue flag from the high school fl...
Jul 19, 2017
Police identify victims in double homicide near Montreal
BROSSARD, Que. - Police near Montreal have identified the victims of a double homicide. Longueuil police say the men killed Monday night are Kevin Paul, 23, and Mohamed Odeh, 21. Authorities say both ...
Jul 19, 2017
PM 'happy' to share Canada's NAFTA negotiating strategy with opposition parties
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s willing to fill opposition parties in on Canada’s strategy as it heads into trilateral negotiations next month with the U.S. and Mexico on ...
Jul 19, 2017
Passenger trains cancelled after freight train derailment in Ontario
STRATHROY, Ont. - Via Rail says train service between Toronto and the city of Sarnia, Ont., near the U.S. border, has been cancelled for two days due to a freight train derailment early Wednesday morn...
Jul 19, 2017
Canadian Food Inspection Agency expands yogurt recall to Yoplait and Liberte
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added the Yoplait Minigo and Liberte brands of yogurt to a recall over concerns that pieces of plastic may be in the product. The national recall of Ge...
Jul 19, 2017