Category Archives: Canada
Debate over cultural appropriation a centuries-old battle for indigenous groups
TORONTO - The work of Toronto painter Amanda PL is infused with bright colours and bold outlines often associated with an indigenous art style. But for many of those familiar with the Woodland School ...
May 07, 2017
100 years later, Toronto genealogists help soldier's family find his burial site
TORONTO - After a search that spanned nearly a century, genealogists in Toronto have helped a Scottish family track down the unmarked grave of a relative who died after serving in the First World War ...
May 07, 2017
B.C. Green leader making bold predictions about multiple seats in Tuesday's vote
DUNCAN, B.C. - It’s a warm spring night and Green party Leader Andrew Weaver is standing in the middle of a paved road on a Vancouver Island First Nation talking about vote splitting in British ...
May 07, 2017
Clark still smiling about chances as B.C. election enters homeward stretch
PRINCETON, B.C. - Christy Clark appears unruffled by the rebuff of a shy one-year-old outside a cafe in southern British Columbia, who buries his head in his father’s shoulder. Unfazed, the B.C....
May 07, 2017
Montreal traffic czar seeks to ease anger, mistrust about never-ending road work
MONTREAL - In Montreal it is not uncommon for a section of road to be closed for repair work, asphalted and reopened to traffic for a short period of time, only to be excavated once again for more con...
May 07, 2017
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan bets that people-focused campaign will pay off
VANCOUVER - On a recent day on the campaign trail in British Columbia, New Democrat Leader John Horgan chatted with seniors and university students inside a locally owned diner in Kamloops, met laid-o...
May 07, 2017
A QuickSketch profile of B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark
VANCOUVER - A sketch of B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark: Age: 51. Born: Burnaby, B.C. Education: Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and Universite de la So...
May 07, 2017
A QuickSketch profile of B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan
VANCOUVER - A sketch of John Horgan, leader of British Columbia’s New Democratic Party: Age: 57. Born: Victoria. Family: Married Ellie in 1984; two grown sons, Nate and Evan. Education: Bachelor...
May 07, 2017
A QuickSketch profile of B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver
VANCOUVER - A sketch of B.C. Green party Leader Andrew Weaver: Age: 55. Born: Victoria. Education: Bachelor of science in mathematics and physics from the University of Victoria in 1983, a masters in ...
May 07, 2017
A list of campaign promises in the British Columbia election
VANCOUVER - A look at some of the three main parties major promises in the B.C. election campaign: Liberals: - $157 million in new spending over three years. - A personal income tax freeze and new tax...
May 07, 2017