Category Archives: Canada

Children across the country can help name the RCMP's new foals
LETHBRIDGE – The RCMP are hoping children across the country can help them name 14 foals to Celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. The foals will be born this spring at the RCMP breeding farm ...
Mar 05, 2017

Local planning, area benefits key to wind-farm buy-in, study finds
TORONTO - Involving community members in wind-farm planning and ensuring nearby residents benefit from turbines would go a long way toward winning local buy-in for such projects, a new Canadian study ...
Mar 05, 2017
Smoking pot as a medicine raises questions for doctors about side effects
VANCOUVER - Not all medicinal marijuana is created equal. That’s what some experts are saying as they warn about the health risks and curtailed effectiveness associated with smoking medicine. As...
Mar 05, 2017
Three winning tickets for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There are three winning tickets for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. They were purchased in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec - and each is worth just over...
Mar 05, 2017
RCMP say man found dead after avalanche near Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - RCMP say a man is dead after an avalanche near Whistler, B.C., Saturday. Sgt. Annie Linteau says police were notified about a slide at Callaghan Valley just before noon. She says 14 p...
Mar 04, 2017
PMO staffer will run for the Liberals in federal byelection
THORNHILL, Ont. - A senior aide to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will carry the Liberal banner in a federal byelection next month. The Liberal party says Mary Ng beat out two challengers Saturday in a...
Mar 04, 2017
Boyden says writers need to be 'careful' when on 'somebody else's turf'
TORONTO - Acclaimed novelist Joseph Boyden, who has been dogged by controversy in recent months over his heritage and allegations that one of his short stories has similarities to an Ojibway storytell...
Mar 04, 2017

Man dug out of avalanche on Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver Saturday
VANCOUVER - Rescue officials in British Columbia say skiers rescued from an avalanche in Cypress Provincial Park could have died had they not been carrying proper gear. North Shore Rescue spokesman Mi...
Mar 04, 2017
Passengers take axe and brass knuckles from man on Winnipeg transit bus
WINNIPEG - An incident where police say passengers on a Winnipeg bus disarmed a man with an axe and brass knuckles has intensified calls for transit safety in the city. There has been concern about sa...
Mar 04, 2017
Trudeau to take in Canadian 9/11 inspired musical 'Come From Away' on Broadway
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Manhattan this month to check out Canada’s latest Broadway hit, “Come From Away.” Trudeau tweeted Saturday that he has two tick...
Mar 04, 2017