Category Archives: Canada
Highlights from the initial release of data from the 2016 census, out Wednesday
OTTAWA - Highlights from Wednesday’s first release of data - focused on population and dwellings - from the 2016 census: - The census counted 35,151,728 people on May 10, 2016, an increase of 1....
Feb 08, 2017

Census 2016: Canada's big cities home to big share of 35 million Canadians
OTTAWA - Colin Basran is having growing pains. In some ways a victim of his own success, the mayor of Kelowna has been struggling in recent years to rein in his city as it slowly spreads across the B....
Feb 08, 2017
Wreckers demolish Newfoundland home where five-year-old girl was found dead
CARBONEAR, N.L. - The house where a five-year-old Newfoundland girl was found after allegedly being killed by her father has been torn down. About a dozen people gathered Wednesday morning as wrecking...
Feb 08, 2017
Woman travels to Jordan to meet Syrian family she and company sponsored
HALIFAX - Tired of waiting for the arrival of a privately-sponsored Syrian family, a Halifax woman decided to travel to Jordan to meet them herself. Stephanie Gillis says it’s been more than a y...
Feb 08, 2017
Trans-Canada Highway reopens after avalanche in British Columbia
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - The Trans-Canada Highway has reopened after an avalanche rolled across the road in southeastern British Columbia. The slide happened on Mount Stephen in Yoho National Park early W...
Feb 08, 2017
Bad weather postpones vote on N.S. teachers' latest contract offer
HALIFAX - A vote on the latest contract offer for Nova Scotia teachers has been postponed by a day due to bad weather. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union says in a statement that the vote will be held onl...
Feb 08, 2017
Four stories in the news today, Feb. 8
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 8 --- BOMBARDIER WELCOMES FEDERAL MONEY Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare says he welcomes federal support even though his company did not get the one-billion...
Feb 08, 2017
Statistics Canada set to release first batch of census data for 2016
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release the first batch of data today from the 2016 census. This batch — the first of seven to be released during the year — will focus on population as of ...
Feb 08, 2017
Saskatchewan-raised pilot makes space agency's short list for astronauts
BRUNO, Sask. - A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot with Saskatchewan roots could be headed to the stars. Jason Leuschen was born in B.C., but his family moved to a farm near Bruno, east of Saskatoon, whe...
Feb 07, 2017
Former players say high school coach made them play strip basketball
REGINA - A professional misconduct hearing has begun into accusations that a teacher mistreated the girls on the basketball team she coached more than 30 years ago. Martina Cain is now retired but unt...
Feb 07, 2017