Category Archives: Canada

Tax agency puts online services back online after Internet threat detected
OTTAWA - Canadians can file their tax returns online again after the Canada Revenue Agency took the service down as a precautionary measure on Friday. Services returned to normal late Sunday. A notice...
Mar 12, 2017

Facebook tool created by B.C. teen to plan homework gains popularity overseas
A Facebook tool that helps students be more productive and keep track of assignments developed by a Victoria teen has gone viral in an unexpected place. Alec Jones, 14, says his chatbot, Christopher B...
Mar 12, 2017
'A ton of energy': Curling fans party hard in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Ultra curling fan Nathan Woynarski is going on five hours sleep, as he has for much of the last week. He is wearing a red heavy-metal band wig, blue tights and sunglasses - in...
Mar 12, 2017
Ticket sold in B.C. takes Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - The $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by a ticket sold in British Columbia. And the draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in ...
Mar 12, 2017

Newfoundlanders assessing damage after Saturday's fierce storm
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Residents in Newfoundland and Labrador spent Sunday taking stock of the damage caused by a fearsome windstorm that roared through the province a day earlier. Utility crews wor...
Mar 12, 2017

Northern Manitoba official says town looked like moon after days-long blizzard
CHURCHILL, Man. - When the sun finally broke through a blizzard that lasted three days in a northern Manitoba town, a local leader said it looked like the moon. Churchill declared a state of local eme...
Mar 11, 2017

Hurricane-force winds wreak havoc in Newfoundland, bringing traffic to a halt
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Vicious gales ripped through Newfoundland and Labrador Saturday, tipping over cars, downing power lines and damaging homes in the fiercest storm the province has seen in more ...
Mar 11, 2017

Award-winning author Richard Wagamese dies at age 61
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An acclaimed indigenous writer is being remembered not only for his work that reflected on the legacy of the residential school system, but for his generous and loving spirit. Family ...
Mar 11, 2017
As would-be NDP leaders prepare for debate, Caron fleshes out basic income plan
OTTAWA - As NDP leadership hopefuls prepare for their first debate on Sunday, Quebec MP Guy Caron is fleshing out his pitch for a basic income to reduce income inequality in Canada. Caron, an economis...
Mar 11, 2017
Liberal government poised to argue in court against bill supported by Liberals
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is in the bizarre position of preparing to go to the Supreme Court to argue against a federal law passed with the support of its own MPs. That’s the result of Jus...
Mar 11, 2017