Category Archives: Canada
Officials 'scrambling' to meet needs of B.C. wildfire evacuees: minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Fast-moving wildfires in British Columbia are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flames from more than a dozen communities, officials said Sunday, July 16. As ma...
Jul 17, 2017
Royal Canadian Navy vessel returns to Halifax after six-month NATO mission
HALIFAX - A Halifax-based navy frigate has returned to its home port after a six-month deployment with NATO forces in Europe. HMCS St. John’s and its 240-member crew participated in Operation Re...
Jul 17, 2017
Home sales across Canada fall 6.7 per cent, biggest monthly drop in seven years
OTTAWA - Home sales in June posted their largest monthly drop in seven years, driven by a plunge in the Greater Toronto market, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday, the latest evidence th...
Jul 17, 2017
Dominion Diamond to be taken over by Washington Cos. in US$1.2B agreement
CALGARY - The Washington Companies has won over the board of Dominion Diamond Corp., one of the world’s largest diamond producers, with a sweetened US$1.2-billion bid. The privately held Montana...
Jul 17, 2017
Five stories in the news for today, July 17
Five stories in the news for Monday, July 17 --- RESOURCES STRETCHED AS B.C. WILDFIRES RAGE Fast-moving wildfires in the B.C. Interior are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flam...
Jul 17, 2017
Officials 'scrambling' to meet needs of B.C. wildfire evacuees: minister
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Fast-moving wildfires in British Columbia are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flames from more than a dozen communities, officials said Sunday. As many as 37,...
Jul 16, 2017
Offers of accommodation, supplies and entertainment pour in for B.C. fire evacuees
As thousands of British Columbians are forced from their homes by wildfires, hundreds of people are stepping up to offer whatever support they can. Kristi McLean posted to an Facebook evacuee support ...
Jul 16, 2017
By the numbers for wildfires burning across British Columbia
Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes as wildfires burn next to their communities in British Columbia. Here is a list of latest numbers for the wildfire situation. 162: Wildfires b...
Jul 16, 2017
Polar bear rescued as cub with brother and brought to Winnipeg zoo dies
WINNIPEG - A polar bear that was rescued as a cub and brought to a zoo in Winnipeg has died, zoo officials say. The Assiniboine Park Zoo says in a news release that Eli, a three-year-old polar bear th...
Jul 16, 2017
Couillard wants to talk about his constitutional document with other premiers
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has contacted several of his counterparts to discuss his constitutional initiative and says he wants to raise the topic at the Council of the Federation meeting in Ed...
Jul 16, 2017