Category Archives: Canada
Despite cost, building warships in Canada good for navy: government official
OTTAWA - Canadians don’t have to look any farther than the navy’s troubled submarines to see the advantage of building warships here, says the head of military procurement at National Defe...
Jul 10, 2017
Warm sound: Scientists create commercial 'molecular' product for guitars
EDMONTON - For years, serious guitar players have clung to their tube amplifiers, saying the rich sound is worth the hassle of old-school electronics. Now, scientists at the University of Alberta have...
Jul 10, 2017
Manitoba pork farmers scramble to contain virus that's fatal for piglets
Farmers in Manitoba, Canada’s third-largest pork producing province, are scrambling to contain a mysterious outbreak of a rapidly spreading virus that’s deadly to piglets and threatens to ...
Jul 10, 2017
Single Atlantic police watchdog proposed, though questions raised on mandate
HALIFAX - Plans are in the works to create a single, civilian-led agency to police the police in Atlantic Canada, though a debate is brewing on whether bigger changes are needed to build trust in the ...
Jul 10, 2017
Summer rain leads to spike in turtle deaths: conservation centre
TORONTO - Heavy rain in Ontario this summer might be a nuisance for residents, but it’s proving to be fatal for the province’s turtles. A turtle conservation group in Ontario said Monday i...
Jul 10, 2017
'Disappointing' results: Statoil says exploration wells off Newfoundland empty
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Statoil says two exploration wells drilled about 500 kilometres off Newfoundland’s east coast have come up empty. Trond Jacobsen of Statoil Canada says the results are &...
Jul 10, 2017
Ontario city targeted over topless ban
CORNWALL, Ont. – An eastern Ontario city is facing a human rights complaint over its policy prohibiting women and girls 10 and older from being topless in municipal pools. Cornwall Mayor Leslie ...
Jul 10, 2017
'It's creepy:' Three bodies discovered after burning vehicle put out in Calgary
CALGARY - The Calgary police homicide unit is investigating after three bodies were found Monday in a burned-out vehicle at a construction site on the city’s northwestern edge. Acting Insp. Paul...
Jul 10, 2017
New Brunswick firefighters set to help battle wildfires in British Columbia
FREDERICTON - A crew of 21 firefighters from New Brunswick is headed across the country to help battle forest fires in British Columbia. At least 220 fires are burning and more than 8,500 people have ...
Jul 10, 2017
Human rights complaint targets Ontario city's pool policy on female toplessness
CORNWALL, Ont. - An eastern Ontario city is facing a human rights complaint over its policy on female toplessness in pools, more than two decades after it became legal for women bare their breasts in ...
Jul 10, 2017