Category Archives: Canada
Five stories in the news today, Feb. 1
Five Stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 1 --- FOX NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR INACCURATE TWEET Fox News has apologized after one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior staffers called them out f...
Feb 01, 2017

Conjugal visit valuable for inmates, should mimic normal environment: warden
MISSION, B.C. - It looks like a normal three-bedroom family home. A ceiling fan whirrs over a pair of sofas in the living room. The hallway shelves carry a pile of bed sheets. A refrigerator hums quie...
Feb 01, 2017
Canadian wingsuit flyer eulogized after dying on mountain in China
Friends and colleagues of a Canadian adventurer who died in China are flooding social media with glowing tributes, loving remembrances and some small measure of resignation at the inevitability of his...
Jan 31, 2017

Heart and Stroke Foundation calls for restrictions on food, drink ads aimed at kids
TORONTO - The Heart and Stroke Foundation is calling on the federal government to restrict all marketing of foods and beverages aimed at children and teens, saying that high-volume promotional tactics...
Jan 31, 2017
Yukon to give out overdose-reversing drug amid overdose crisis
WHITEHORSE - Officials in Yukon will hand out an overdose-reversing drug in an attempt to address an ongoing opioid crisis that has spread across the country. The territorial government has announced ...
Jan 31, 2017
Calgary man who killed tenants' dog over rent dispute sentenced to 1 year
CALGARY - A Calgary landlord who killed his tenants’ dog over late rent has been sentenced to one year in jail. Robert Nicholson was also given 18 months of probation, banned from owning animals...
Jan 31, 2017
Trump's travel ban having 'profound' impact on research, Canadian academics say
VANCOUVER - When Aref Bolandnazar flew home to New York after visiting family in Iran, he didn’t think to say a tearful goodbye to his wife - after all, she was just supposed to stay an extra we...
Jan 31, 2017
Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says economic forecasting can be improved
EDMONTON - Canada’s top banker says the central bank’s approach to inflation targets has been working reasonably well, but there are gaps that could be addressed with the development of ne...
Jan 31, 2017
B.C. construction school reverses policy banning Israeli students
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - A private school that teaches log home and wood fame construction has apologized to a man whose application was rejected because he is from Israel. B’nai Brith Canada say...
Jan 31, 2017
PMO slams Fox News for incorrect tweet about Quebec City shooting suspect
OTTAWA - One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior officials took Fox News to task for describing the alleged gunman in the Quebec City shooting as Moroccan. Kate Purchase, director of commu...
Jan 31, 2017