Category Archives: Canada
B.C. company awarded $230-million shipbuilding contract
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area shipyard has been handed a $230-million contract to help create the latest vessel in the federal government’s national shipbuilding plan. The agreement will see ship...
Feb 28, 2017
Conservative leadership contenders seek to appeal to party's heartland
EDMONTON - An appeal to families, an appeal to values and an appeal to the oilpatch - leadership hopefuls in the Conservative party’s heartland went straight for its heart Tuesday as they square...
Feb 28, 2017
Two-vehicle collision on highway in east-central Alberta leaves five dead
AMISK, Alta. - People in a tiny east-central Alberta village are grieving after five people from the community, including two children, were killed in a traffic collision. RCMP say the crash near Amis...
Feb 28, 2017
Toronto's Alo tops 2017 Canada's 100 Best Restaurants list
Toronto’s Alo has topped the 2017 Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list while Vancouver eatery Kissa Tanto has been named the country’s best new restaurant. Alo, which launched in 2015 ...
Feb 28, 2017
Edmonton man appealing sentence for crash that killed toddler granted bail
EDMONTON - An Edmonton man who is appealing his sentence to the Supreme Court for crashing his SUV onto a patio and killing a toddler has been granted bail. Richard Suter, 62, was initially sentenced ...
Feb 28, 2017
Quebec archbishop upset at withdrawal of crucifix from hospital
QUEBEC - The Archbishop of Quebec is expressing disappointment at a hospital’s decision to withdraw the crucifix from its premises. The Hopital du Saint-Sacrement in Quebec City says it removed ...
Feb 28, 2017
Diplomats told Ottawa trade deal was dead, ministers insisted otherwise: docs
OTTAWA - In the days following Donald Trump’s surprise victory, Canadian diplomats in Washington repeatedly warned Ottawa that the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead - even as federal mi...
Feb 28, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Feb. 28 --- NOISY PROTEST GREETS OPENING OF TRUMP TOWER IN VANCOUVER: People carrying anti-Trump signs took part in a raucous demonstration to the sound of r...
Feb 28, 2017
Review ordered into safety on Winnipeg transit buses after driver killed
WINNIPEG - The recent death of a Winnipeg transit driver has prompted a review of safety on city buses and how to improve it, but the head of a local union says that’s not enough. The report isn...
Feb 28, 2017
Loggers finding few salvageable trees in wake of ferocious Fort McMurray wildfire
CALGARY - Wildfires that swept through the northern Alberta forest near Fort McMurray last May continue to frustrate loggers trying to harvest wood from trees killed by the fire before insects and rot...
Feb 28, 2017