Category Archives: Canada
New Brunswick university says it knows who carved swastika on snow-covered field
SACKVILLE, N.B. - Mount Allison University says it has found the people responsible for etching a swastika into the snow on a campus field. Photos of a swastika carved in the snow at Alumni Field at t...
Jan 24, 2017
Saskatchewan pipeline leak reaction criticized as too slow by Greenpeace
CALGARY - An environmental group says it’s “astonishing” the Saskatchewan government took three days to announce a 200,000-litre pipeline oil leak had fouled farmland on the Ocean Ma...
Jan 24, 2017

Internet charmed by small band of women who marched in tiny N.S. village
DIGBY, N.S. - When Gwen Wilson and Melissa Merritt decided at the last minute to organize their own women’s march, they were prepared to be the only ones trudging down the sole road in their rur...
Jan 24, 2017

Denis Villeneuve, Ryan Gosling, Canadian animated shorts get Oscar nominations
Canadian Oscar nominees Denis Villeneuve and Ryan Gosling pulled away from their jam-packed schedules Tuesday morning to marvel over their Academy Award kudos. They chatted by phone soon after Villene...
Jan 24, 2017

White House doubles down on Trump's voter fraud claim
WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday stuck firmly to President Donald Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally in the November election, but provided no evidence to back up his a...
Jan 24, 2017
EU-Canada trade deal clears big hurdle in EU parliament
BRUSSELS - The trade agreement between the European Union and Canada has cleared a big hurdle in the EU’s parliament when the trade committee backed the deal and prepared it for full ratificatio...
Jan 24, 2017
Four stories in the news today, Jan. 24
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 24 --- TRUMP-CENTRED CABINET RETREAT ENTERS DAY 2 The abrupt turnaround in Canada-U.S. relations is dominating discussions as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a...
Jan 24, 2017
One-handed marksman doesn't let disability prevent him from reaching his target
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - He works deftly, loading five bullets into a magazine. He steadies the .308-calibre rifle on a pair of sand bags and peers delicately through the scope. He fires, pulls back the bol...
Jan 24, 2017

Trudeau navigates perils of energy, climate, Trump as Liberals wrap retreat
CALGARY - Justin Trudeau edged his way across a political tightrope Tuesday, doing his level best not to glance down at the perils lurking below. Shattered credibility on climate change and women̵...
Jan 24, 2017
Trump-friendly lawmaker: Forget NAFTA, let's do one-on-one deal with Canada
WASHINGTON - A well-connected U.S. congressman is calling for the United States to work out a one-on-one trade deal with Canada instead of updating the three-party North American Free Trade Agreement,...
Jan 23, 2017