Category Archives: Canada
Fire truck catches fire en route to call: 'There's a degree of irony, yes'
Halifax firefighters got a surprise Thursday morning when flames started shooting from their own truck as they responded to a call. “Unbelievable - a fire truck actually caught on fire,” m...
May 11, 2017
Cape Breton crews working 'around the clock' to repair storm-damaged Cabot Trail
SYDNEY, N.S. - One of Atlantic Canada’s most stunning scenic roadways has been badly damaged by weather and is in need of major repairs weeks before a busy tourism season gets underway. Days of ...
May 11, 2017
Residents of Quebec town unfazed by prospect of heavy rains
YAMACHICHE, Que. - Christian Montigny’s two-storey home in the central Quebec town of Yamachiche is normally a lakefront cottage - but now it’s become an island. When the floods began in e...
May 11, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, May 11 --- QUEBEC GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO BOOST FLOOD COMPENSATION: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says his province will likely boost compensation for vic...
May 11, 2017
Quebec murder suspect set free due to trial delays wants to be deported
MONTREAL - The first murder suspect in Quebec to be set free after the length of his criminal proceedings exceeded the legal limit told immigration and refugee authorities Thursday he wants to be depo...
May 11, 2017
Absentee ballots have decided races before, but it's different this time in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Jim Benninger knows that a lot of people think the difference between a Liberal majority or minority government in British Columbia is resting on his shoulders. The Liberal candidate in Co...
May 11, 2017
Trudeau tabs career security official to head Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - David Vigneault, a senior government official with experience at several federal security agencies, will be the next head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Vigneault will assume ...
May 11, 2017
Five things to know about how the Conservatives will choose a new leader
OTTAWA - Conservative party members have begun voting to select their new leader, with mail-in ballots now returning to a depot in Toronto ahead of the official vote count on May 27. Here are five thi...
May 11, 2017
Four men found guilty in Toronto cafe killing
TORONTO - Four men accused of arranging a brazen daytime killing at a crowded Toronto cafe as part of a feud among drug traffickers were found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday. The conviction...
May 11, 2017
Peacekeeping mission must start with exit strategy, military officials warn
OTTAWA - Make sure you have a plan to get out before you actually get in. That is one of the main messages of an internal paper that military officials prepared last summer as they considered the chal...
May 11, 2017