Category Archives: Canada
Northeastern B.C. towns see Montney natural gas drilling recovery
CALGARY - Increasingly empty industrial yards around the northeastern B.C. city of Fort St. John are a welcome sign for Jennifer Moore. Moore, a regional economic development officer, says the return ...
Apr 17, 2017
Five stories in the news today, April 17
Five stories in the news for Monday, April 17 --- DEFENCE MINISTER HARJIT SAJJAN VISITS INDIA Military matters, trade, culture and innovation are among the issues Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will b...
Apr 17, 2017
Organized rhyme: How Halifax's poet laureate became 'a change-maker'
HALIFAX - A poet didn’t make history in Halifax last week, but she might have been the catalyst for changing how the city commemorates its history. Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s 31-year-old ab...
Apr 17, 2017
Police stop car held together by rope, deem it a 'road safety concern'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - It was likely not what police expected to find when they pulled over a Newfoundland driver for a routine traffic violation: a car held together by rope. Officers say they stop...
Apr 17, 2017
Geologist matches headstones in Titanic cemetery to quarry in New Brunswick
HALIFAX - A geologist using aerial photos appears to have solved a mystery over the origin of the headstones for victims of the Titanic buried in a Halifax cemetery. There are 150 Titanic headstones i...
Apr 17, 2017
Rabbit rescues prepare for peak season, expecting Easter bunnies to be abandoned
Rabbit rescue organizations are preparing for an influx of surrendered and stray bunnies as Easter weekend comes to an end. Kaylie Ngo, president of London, Ont.,-based Hoppy Hearts, said the peak sea...
Apr 17, 2017
Five stories in the news today, April 17
Five stories in the news for Monday, April 17 --- DEFENCE MINISTER HARJIT SAJJAN VISITS INDIA Military matters, trade, culture and innovation are among the issues Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will b...
Apr 17, 2017
Conservative rivals O'Toole, Leitch following divergent paths to leadership
OTTAWA - When Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was speaking in Parliament last week, Kellie Leitch gave her seat to Conservative leadership rival Erin O’Toole’s daughter Mollie so...
Apr 17, 2017
One year after girl's death, her community holds vigil and seeks answers
Family and supporters of a young girl found dead near a Kenora, Ont., hospital last year held a vigil Monday to renew a demand for an inquest into her death. Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, 14, from Grassy...
Apr 17, 2017
Warm summer means increased risk of forest fires, meteorologists say
Nearly a year after the massive wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, Alta., a climate scientist says there may be more forest fires in Canada this summer. “If the forecast’s right that ...
Apr 17, 2017