Category Archives: Canada
Of stars, senators and so-called inclusive growth: federal politics this week
OTTAWA - The cult of celebrity that has seized Canadian politics was on full display this week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in New York for March break, wowed an audience stacked with top diplomats...
Mar 17, 2017
Bodies of 2 missing snowshoers recovered from avalanche site in Rocky Mountains
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Parks Canada says the bodies of two American snowshoers who were caught in an avalanche in Banff National Park have been recovered. Officials believe the man and woman from Boston...
Mar 17, 2017
Final alleged victim testifies at former ski coach's sex assault trial
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A woman testified Friday at Bertrand Charest’s sex-assault trial that the former ski coach harassed her on a daily basis when she was a teenager. The alleged victim testifie...
Mar 17, 2017
Mid-air crashes rare, but some have occurred in Canada
Two small planes collided over a bustling Quebec shopping mall on Friday. One person was killed and three people were injured. Here is a look at some other mid-air collisions in Canada: April 8, 1954:...
Mar 17, 2017
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