Category Archives: Canada
Calgary police allege Sunwing pilot was impaired, passed out in cockpit
CALGARY - A Sunwing Airlines pilot faces charges after police allege he was impaired before takeoff. Police say the pilot boarded the Boeing 737 in Calgary early Saturday for a flight that was schedul...
Dec 31, 2016
'We are not going to be silent': Canadian women join march on Washington, D.C.
Before this year’s American election, Tina Woodland had never protested anything in her life. But when she heard that thousands of women were planning to march on the U.S. capital the day after ...
Dec 31, 2016
Man in critical condition after early-morning shootout with Montreal police
MONTREAL - A man is in critical condition after being struck with at least one bullet during an early-morning confrontation with Montreal police. The province’s police oversight agency says offi...
Dec 31, 2016
Newest recipients named to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA – Governor General David Johnston says Canadians can be “inspired” by the latest recipients of the Order of Canada. Yesterday, Johnston announced the appointments of 75 member...
Dec 31, 2016
Fireworks, performances across the country to mark start of Canada's 150th year
OTTAWA - A Canada Day tradition was repurposed Saturday night to herald the start of Canada’s 150th year. A massive fireworks display over Parliament Hill - usually reserved for July 1 - took pl...
Dec 31, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - The wait continues for someone to claim the big Lotto Max prize. No winning tickets were sold for Friday night’s $60 million jackpot. There were also 30 Maxmillions prizes of $1 millio...
Dec 31, 2016
Entangled deer gets helping hand from B.C. Mountie
COLWOOD, B.C. - A British Columbia Mountie who usually handles dogs, found himself wrangling a deer this week. RCMP in the West Shore detachment on southern Vancouver Island received a call from a Col...
Dec 30, 2016
Newfoundland town hit by hurricane force winds that destroy house, damage others
LARK HARBOUR, N.L. - A town on Newfoundland’s west coast has suffered considerable damage after being hit by hurricane force winds Friday. RCMP say one house in Lark Harbour has been destroyed a...
Dec 30, 2016
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Dec. 30 B.C. OPENS MORE OVERDOSE PREVENTION SITES: More overdose prevention sites are opening in British Columbia as health officials try to come to grips wit...
Dec 30, 2016
Former Catholic teacher sues over alleged sexual assaults by priest
VANCOUVER - A former elementary school teacher is suing a diocese of the Roman Catholic church, alleging she was sexually assaulted by a priest while working at a church-run school four decades ago in...
Dec 30, 2016