Category Archives: Canada
Group's plans to re-enact de Gaulle's 'Quebec libre' speech thwarted by city
MONTREAL - Charles de Gaulle may have made history when he shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” from the balcony of Montreal’s city hall in 1967, but 50 years later the city doesn’t ...
Jul 13, 2017
Canadian dollar soars as Bank of Canada hikes interest rate, while TSX dips
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar soared to a level not seen in nearly a year Wednesday after the Bank of Canada announced it was hiking its key lending rate for the first time since 2010. The loonie was ...
Jul 13, 2017
'Discrepancies' over why no video in alleged guards' attack on inmate:investigation
TORONTO - A federal prison guard failed to capture crucial video footage that could have shown whether colleagues attacked a prisoner without provocation, an independent investigation has found. The p...
Jul 13, 2017
Not 'man-eating beasts:' Study suggests attacking polar bears young, hungry
Jim Wilder was a young researcher on the frozen Beaufort Sea when he had his first polar bear encounter. “We were camped out on the sea ice in front of a maternal den waiting for (mama bear) to ...
Jul 13, 2017
Abducted Saskatchewan girl dropped off in woods, walked to nearby farm: police
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Police say a Saskatchewan girl abducted from a playground last week was dropped off in a wooded area outside the city of Prince Albert. Insp. Jason Stonechild says the eight-yea...
Jul 13, 2017
Four years after donation, Annie Leibovitz photographs remain in storage
HALIFAX - Four years after the country’s largest collection of photographs by famed American artist Annie Leibovitz was donated to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the images of celebrity and pop...
Jul 13, 2017
Families want more resignations from missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry
WINNIPEG - Cries from frustrated families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls grew louder Wednesday as advocates in different parts of the country called for a reboot of the study follo...
Jul 13, 2017
American agency suspends large whale rescues in U.S. following rescuer death
FREDERICTON - An American agency that responds to marine mammals in distress has halted its efforts to free large whales trapped in fishing gear following the recent death of a whale rescuer in New Br...
Jul 13, 2017
Federal government announces $1 million in funding for Acadian cultural projects
MONCTON, N.B. - The federal government is spending $1 million on dozens of projects that celebrate Acadian culture in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly was in Moncton, N.B., to ...
Jul 13, 2017
Bank of Canada rate hike can quickly influence consumer behaviour
TORONTO - Tarek Mnaimne has been considering dipping his toes into the Canadian real estate market, particularly in Toronto or Montreal, but the rate hike from the central bank is giving him pause. &#...
Jul 13, 2017