Category Archives: Canada
'Get out of here!' The story from inside the La Loche school shooting
Phyllis Longobardi remembers hearing two blasts before she saw the gun. The assistant principal at the La Loche high school in northern Saskatchewan remembers that the lunch bell had rung on Jan. 22, ...
Jan 19, 2017
Roberta Bondar marks 25 years since becoming Canada's first woman in space
The morning of January 22, 1992, was chilly along the east coast of Florida. NASA officials watched the temperatures closely - just six years earlier, cold temperatures contributed to the Challenger d...
Jan 19, 2017
Complaint filed over treatment of German shepherd on Winnipeg-area film set
WINNIPEG - A Toronto-based animal law organization has filed animal cruelty complaints over the treatment of a German shepherd on the set of the film “A Dog’s Purpose.” Animal Justic...
Jan 18, 2017
Family of four 'brazen' cougars put down after getting too bold in B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - British Columbia conservation officers have killed a family of four cougars they say were growing increasingly bold while hunting urban deer around homes in the province’s Inte...
Jan 18, 2017
B.C. jury set to begin deliberations Thursday for accused human smugglers
VANCOUVER - A jury in Vancouver is expected to begin deliberations on Thursday in the case of four men accused of smuggling hundreds of Tamil migrants into Canada. Justice William Ehrcke of the Suprem...
Jan 18, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Jan. 19 --- TRUMP PREPARES TO TAKE THE HELM: On the eve of his inauguration, Donald Trump is already taking on more of the trappings of the presidency. Afte...
Jan 18, 2017
Canadian Pacific Railway says Hunter Harrison stepping down immediately
CALGARY - Hunter Harrison has struck a surprise deal to step down as CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP) five months ahead of schedule, apparently so he can take a job with a competing railr...
Jan 18, 2017
Military officer's suspension casts clouds over federal shipbuilding effort
OTTAWA - The suspension of the military’s second-highest-ranking officer has cast a pall over the federal government’s multibillion-dollar plan to build new warships, which the Liberals ha...
Jan 18, 2017
Indigenous leaders to press federal government on services in northern community
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders are set to press the federal government on Thursday over services available in Wapekeka First Nation - a tiny community in northern Ontario mourning the suicides of two 12-...
Jan 18, 2017
'I don't intend to be pushed around': Quotes from Trump's point man for NAFTA
WASHINGTON - Canada and other countries reliant on trade with the United States have been watching closely for signals from the incoming administration about its intentions regarding Donald Trump̵...
Jan 18, 2017