Category Archives: Canada
Survey finds two High Arctic polar bear populations larger than expected
Polar bears in two High Arctic populations seem to be doing better than scientists had thought. The first major study of the Baffin Bay and Kane Basin populations in about 20 years has found more bear...
Feb 24, 2017
N.S. launches probe after massive winter storm damages fish farm, frees salmon
SHELBURNE, N.S. - Nova Scotia fisheries officials are investigating after a winter storm damaged an aquaculture pen in Shelburne Harbour, apparently releasing some salmon. Fisheries Minister Keith Col...
Feb 24, 2017
Accused N.S. doctor gets go-ahead to resume practice — with a chaperone
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - A Nova Scotia physician charged with voyeurism after medical clinic staff were surreptitiously filmed in the washroom has approval to practice again. Dr. Rafid al-Nassar, a 41-year...
Feb 24, 2017
Winnipeg police look for suspect after substance found on teen girl's sweater
WINNIPEG - Police in Winnipeg are looking for a man who sprayed or deposited what they say may have been a bodily fluid on a teenage girl’s clothing. The girl and some friends were shopping at t...
Feb 24, 2017
Ottawa's northern rep Simon proposes indigenous protected areas' for Arctic
Arctic environments should be conserved through a network of indigenous protected areas that would give Inuit more control over their land, says an interim report from a high-profile northerner. ̶...
Feb 24, 2017
Attawapiskat First Nation school to reopen after flood
A brand new elementary school shuttered by flooding in a troubled indigenous community in Ontario will be reopening for business next week. The $30 million school on the Attawapiskat First Nation floo...
Feb 24, 2017
Whistler Blackcomb inks long-term agreement renewals with B.C., First Nations
WHISTLER, B.C. - The Colorado-based company that owns the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in British Columbia has announced a 60-year renewal of the resort’s master development agreements with the...
Feb 24, 2017
Getting a coffee led to arrest of woman accused of making hoax 911 call: police
KINGSTON, Ont. - Police in Ontario say grabbing a coffee led to the arrest of a woman accused of making a hoax gun call to 911. Police in Kingston, Ont., say they received a 911 call at 7:45 p.m. Thur...
Feb 24, 2017
Logging charges withdrawn after 8 years: Aboriginal accused get $390K
TORONTO - The Ontario government has been ordered to pay four aboriginal people $390,000 after the prosecution decided at the last minute to withdraw illegal-logging charges the men had faced for eigh...
Feb 24, 2017
Toronto firefighters called in to rescue a rescue dog that got stuck under a car
Toronto firefighters were called in early Friday to rescue a rescue dog that got stuck in the undercarriage of a car. District Chief Stephan Powell says the dog had been rescued from ill treatment and...
Feb 24, 2017