Category Archives: Canada
Sajjan to talk defence, trade and innovation with Indian officials this week
OTTAWA - Military matters, trade, culture and innovation are among the issues Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will be talking about during a trip to India. Sajjan arrives in India today and this week h...
Apr 17, 2017
Premier Clark boasts about B.C.'s overall low jobless rate, but rural areas struggle
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark often highlights the fact British Columbia has the lowest jobless rate in Canada, but rural and remote areas in the province are struggling with major industry downtur...
Apr 16, 2017
Number of asylum claims lodged in Canada from Mexico rose again in March
OTTAWA - The number of people seeking asylum in Canada from Mexico continues to rise. New figures from the Immigration and Refugee Board show that March recorded the highest number yet of new claims i...
Apr 16, 2017
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 16, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for th...
Apr 16, 2017
B.C. party leaders take election campaign to annual Sikh celebration
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Liberal and NDP leaders largely kept the politics out of their speeches while addressing the Sikh community at the annual Vaisakhi celebration this weekend. The le...
Apr 15, 2017
Teens' thoughts on pot unchanged after legalization news, they say
TORONTO - Some teens say their likelihood of using weed hasn’t changed since the Liberal government announced details of its legalization plan - though they say it’s made them more aware o...
Apr 15, 2017
How American politics might be overhauled by a little-noticed procedural change
WASHINGTON - A potentially transformative event for American politics occurred a few days ago, gaining little attention amid the glare of cruise-missile strikes in Syria. But it could have far-reachin...
Apr 15, 2017
High end Lamborghini sports car goes up in smoke in Toronto
TORONTO - A section of Toronto’s Lakeshore Boulevard was shut down Friday evening after a very expensive Lamborghini sports car crashed and burned. The high end machine reportedly hit a guardrai...
Apr 15, 2017
Escaped inmate from B.C.'s Mission Institution recaptured
MISSION, B.C. - A convicted killer who went missing from the minimum security unit of the Mission Institution in British Columbia has been recaptured. The Correctional Service of Canada says Robert Ra...
Apr 15, 2017