Category Archives: Canada
Friends mourn loss of N.B. fisherman who freed dozens of entangled whales
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, N.B. - A lobster fisherman with a passion for freeing whales from deadly fishing line was killed soon after he cut the last piece of rope from a massive whale in the waters off east...
Jul 11, 2017
B.C. wildfire situation ‘still deteriorating,’ official says
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The head of emergency management in British Columbia says the province's wildfire situation will remain challenging for several weeks. More than 200 fires burned across the province, ...
Jul 11, 2017
Air Canada jet in close call at San Francisco airport
SAN FRANCISCO - Information has emerged about an apparent close call involving an Air Canada flight at San Francisco International Airport the night of Friday, July 7. According to multiple media repo...
Jul 11, 2017
Close call for Air Canada plane in San Francisco, authorities investigate
TORONTO - Investigators looking into what caused an apparent close call involving an Air Canada flight at San Francisco International Airport are expected to examine whether human error or controller ...
Jul 11, 2017
Six stories in the news for today, July 11
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, July 11 --- NO SIGN OF WILDFIRES ABATING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA More than 215 wildfires fires are burning in British Columbia and one official says they are looking a...
Jul 11, 2017
Harrowing video captures terrifying drive from British Columbia wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - At first, the drive didn’t seem too bad. Sally Aitken and her husband decided to leave their cabin in British Columbia’s West Chilcotin region due to wildfires on Sunday. ...
Jul 11, 2017
Modest rate hikes will have little impact on sales of high-end homes: Sotheby's
TORONTO - The CEO of Sotheby’s International Realty Canada says a modest increase in the overnight lending rate will probably have very little impact on the Canadian housing market, particularly...
Jul 11, 2017
'He was picking up bloody money.' Medical student sentenced to life for murder
HALIFAX - William Sandeson arranged a drug deal to kill a fellow university student and steal nine kilograms of marijuana, a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge said Tuesday before sentencing the former m...
Jul 11, 2017
Tiny Saskatchewan town hosts unveiling of Marilyn Monroe dress exhibit
LUSELAND, Sask. - The most expensive, and arguably iconic, dress in the world made its Canadian public debut Monday at the community hall in Luseland, Sask. Marilyn Monroe wore the skin-tight, bejewel...
Jul 10, 2017
Saskatchewan families fight to have gender taken off birth certificates
REGINA - Three Saskatchewan families are continuing to battle for equality for their transgender and non-gender-identifying children. Fran Forsberg went to the Human Rights Commission requesting that ...
Jul 10, 2017