Canada

Parks Canada re-opens beach on Vancouver Island after wolf attack last week

UCLUELET, B.C. - A popular section of a national park on Vancouver Island that was closed following a wolf attack last week has re-opened. Parks Canada says Wickaninnish Beach in Pacific Rim National ...

Syndicated Author Mar 25, 2017

PM: UN peacekeeping mission possible in 2017, even though Canada mum on details

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not ruling out sending troops to a peacekeeping mission this year, even though Canada has not yet told the United Nations what it is up to. “We have a d...

Syndicated Author Mar 25, 2017

Three ways federal politics touched Canadians this week, the Budget 2017 edition

OTTAWA - It’s been dubbed the innovation-and-skills budget, the feminist budget, the do-nothing budget, the do-it-later budget, the wait-and-see budget. Whether or not you think the 278-page emp...

Syndicated Author Mar 25, 2017

No winning ticket for $15 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $15 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on March 31 will be approximately $24 million. The Canadian Press

Syndicated Author Mar 25, 2017

Canadians urged to spend time in the dark tonight to mark Earth Hour

TORONTO - Many Canadians will be spending an hour with the lights out tonight as they join people around the world in marking the tenth annual Earth Hour. The event is aimed at drawing attention to cl...

Syndicated Author Mar 25, 2017

Calgary man convicted with wife in diabetic son's murder files appeal

CALGARY - A Calgary man who was found guilty along with his wife of murder in the death of their diabetic teenage son has joined her in filing an appeal of his conviction. Emil and Rodica Radita of Ca...