Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa family overwhelmed after stranger saves memorial on tree slated for removal
An Ottawa family says it is overwhelmed with gratitude after a stranger saved a roadside memorial to a loved one that was on a tree slated for removal. That tree, known to the family as “Stef...
Feb 20, 2017
A quick look at the key Iraqi city of Mosul
ERBIL, Iraq - Fierce fighting is raging in the historic Iraqi city of Mosul, which has been under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for more than two years. Following are some fa...
Feb 20, 2017
No cause of death yet for aquarium belugas, but facility to expand its exhibit
Vancouver aquarium officials say they still don’t know what killed two beluga whales last year, but the facility is pushing ahead with plans to expand its beluga conservation program. Aquarium C...
Feb 20, 2017
Nunavut man accused of walking through community shooting rifle at people
KIMMIRUT, Nunavut - Police are thanking residents of a small community in Nunavut for helping disarm and restrain a man with a rifle. Mounties say they got a call on Saturday about shots fired in Kimm...
Feb 20, 2017
Trudeau sends letter apologizing for responding in French to English questions
MONTREAL - The Prime Minister has promised to answer questions from the public in the language they are asked, after receiving a slew of complaints from angry citizens who felt he recently violated th...
Feb 20, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Feb. 20 --- CANADIAN TROOPS EYE ISIL NEAR SYRIAN BORDER: Canadian special forces have shifted their operations in northern Iraq to put pressure on ISIL in pla...
Feb 20, 2017
B.C. set to table pre-election pay-back budget with surplus cash: government
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister says five consecutive surplus budgets and a nation-leading economy has the government prepared to spend money after years of penny pinching. Mike d...
Feb 20, 2017
Tap, tap, tap: Boreal forest starting to bounce back from Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - The drumming of black-backed woodpeckers is a sure sign the boreal forest is slowly bouncing back from the devastation caused by last spring’s wildfire near Fort McMurray....
Feb 20, 2017
At ceremony, refugees speak of gratitude: 'I think we'll find our identity now'
HALIFAX - Jelele Etefa and her husband Bona Dhina sang the Canadian anthem, waved plastic flags and repeated a citizenship oath at a Halifax waterfront museum Monday. It was the end of a long trek for...
Feb 20, 2017
Judge asks court to nix discipline hearing over family cottage concerns
OTTAWA - A judge is asking the Federal Court of Canada to halt disciplinary proceedings related to his involvement in an indigenous land-claim settlement where his family owns a cottage. Ontario Super...
Feb 20, 2017