Category Archives: Canada
Massachusetts requests to carry Canadian renewable energy
MONTPELIER, Vt. - A request by the state of Massachusetts for a supply of clean, renewable electricity could give a boost to proposals to carry Canadian renewable energy to southern New England via pr...
Apr 09, 2017
Vimy Ridge: 'What free people are capable of when the essential is at stake'
VIMY RIDGE, France - They came together from coast to coast to coast, by the thousands, to say thank you and to remember. Canadians of all ages and all walks of life, they gathered under the soaring p...
Apr 09, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for t...
Apr 09, 2017
5 hikers missing on Mount Harvey near Lions Bay, B.C.: Squamish RCMP
LIONS BAY, B.C. - A search for five people missing along B.C.’s North Shore Mountains will resume at first light. Squamish RCMP Staff Sgt. Jolaine Percival says six hikers got into trouble Satur...
Apr 08, 2017
Trans Mountain agreement includes investment deadline, hiring priorities
MERRITT, B.C. - A deal reached between British Columbia and Kinder Morgan reveals new details about the company’s timeline to approve investments for a proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain p...
Apr 08, 2017
Activist, author seeks to lead Manitoba NDP as it struggles for money, support
WINNIPEG - When indigenous activist and author Wab Kinew officially launches his bid for the leadership of Manitoba’s New Democrats this week, he will try to take the helm of a party struggling ...
Apr 08, 2017
Canadian aid agencies prepare for influx of Syrian refugees after U.S. airstrikes
Canadian aid workers in the Middle East are preparing for an influx of asylum-seekers into already crowded camps, fearing U.S. military action in Syria could drive more people out of the wartorn count...
Apr 08, 2017
Man faces murder charge in Winnipeg woman's disappearance last year
WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg say they’ve made an arrest and a man faces a murder charge in the case of a woman who disappeared last year. Christine Wood, from Oxford House First Nation, was las...
Apr 08, 2017
Ship runs aground near Newfoundland, coast guard says no pollution reported
ARGENTIA, N.L. - A vessel that ran aground near Newfoundland and Labrador has been freed. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says that bulk carrier Kure Harbour was freed from a shoal near Argenti...
Apr 08, 2017
Montreal cop who handled crime scene 'outraged' after charge stayed over delays
MONTREAL - The Montreal police officer who was first on the scene in the slaying of a woman in 2012 says he’s outraged that proceedings against the woman’s husband aren’t going ahead...
Apr 08, 2017