Category Archives: Canada
A look at the threat of starvation in Africa, by the numbers
OTTAWA - Canada has answered the UN’s call for urgent humanitarian aid to avert the prospect of starvation for some 20 million people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. A look at some o...
Mar 17, 2017
Northern Quebec teacher up for prestigious $1-million global teaching prize
MONTREAL - An educator from a remote northern Quebec community who is vying for a prestigious US$1-million teaching award wanted to keep the spotlight on her students - so she brought three of them to...
Mar 17, 2017
Canada answers UN call for urgent humanitarian aid to avert starvation
OTTAWA - Canada will provide almost $120 million to help avert the prospect of starvation for 20 million people in Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen. The pledge comes in response to a United Nat...
Mar 17, 2017
Canadian politicians outraged at Trump Great Lakes funding cuts
TORONTO - A White House proposal to eliminate all funding for a program protecting the Great Lakes from environmental harm is drawing outrage and calls of resistance from politicians in Canada and the...
Mar 17, 2017
Some foreign buyers get break from tax they face on Vancouver real estate
VICTORIA - A tax on foreign home buyers in Metro Vancouver is being changed to exempt people who have come to British Columbia as part of the provincial nominee program. Premier Christy Clark says the...
Mar 17, 2017
Funeral planned for man killed in car crash while being treated for PTSD:family
CHETICAMP, N.S. - A military veteran who died in an alleged hit and run in Cape Breton will be laid to rest Saturday, as a family member questions how he wound up walking on a highway near the hospita...
Mar 17, 2017
Alberta premier says balancing books quickly would mean laying off thousands
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley defended her NDP government’s spending plans on Friday by saying anyone who claims the province can balance its budget in two or three years is talking a...
Mar 17, 2017
Illicit drug deaths in B.C. dip slightly in February for second straight month
VICTORIA - The number of illicit drug overdose deaths dropped slightly for the second straight month in February in British Columbia, but the coroner’s service said the numbers are still much hi...
Mar 17, 2017
Federal budget to set aside billions for affordable housing
OTTAWA - Cities desperate for affordable housing money from the federal government are expected to find out in Wednesday’s budget that they will receive approximately half of the $22 billion in ...
Mar 17, 2017
Festival recalls Acadian-Mi'kmaq ties at national historic site in Nova Scotia
GRAND PRE, N.S. - A centuries-old friendship between the Mi’kmaq people and Acadians will be celebrated at a major festival scheduled for the Grand Pre national historic site this summer in Nova...
Mar 17, 2017