Category Archives: Canada

Crews to resume search Friday for snowshoers missing in B.C. wilderness
VANCOUVER - Crews say they will resume a search Friday morning for two snowshoers missing in the backcountry of Vancouver’s North Shore. The search for 43-year-old Roy Lee and 64-year-old Chun L...
Dec 29, 2016
Spiders, drones stuck in trees, make top 10 list of E-Comm nuisance calls
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s largest emergency call centre is wrapping up 2016 by releasing its annual top 10 list of reasons not to call 911. E-Comm call-takers Jim Beland and Chris Faris say...
Dec 29, 2016

Calgary police say officers have seized a record number of fentanyl pills
Calgary police say thanks to a tip from the public they have made their largest ever seizure of the dangerous and powerful opioid fentanyl. Acting Insp. Mark Hatchette said officers found 35,321 fenta...
Dec 29, 2016

Whale washes up on N.S. beach near area where other species found dead
DIGBY, N.S. - A dead whale has washed up in the same area of western Nova Scotia that has seen scores of dead herring, starfish, clams and lobster litter the shoreline - but fisheries officials say it...
Dec 29, 2016
Dead goose not part of possible serial animal killer probe:London Humane Society
A dead goose that was linked to a possible serial animal killer in a southwestern Ontario city is no longer considered part of an investigation into a number of gruesome discoveries involving mutilate...
Dec 29, 2016
Toronto man arrested at U.S. border with 25 guns has case put over to January
MONTREAL - The case of a Toronto man who was arrested at the border after allegedly being in possession of 25 handguns has been deferred to Jan. 10, the RCMP said Thursday. Thanh Viet Pham, 36, was ar...
Dec 29, 2016
Governments face wave of lawsuits for prison injuries amidst rising violence
Sandra Ogonoski wakes up many nights, sick with worry about how to care for her 49-year-old son. Allen Ogonoski was beaten in a British Columbia jail cell in 2011, his head battered so badly that he s...
Dec 29, 2016

Nova Scotia's health deal 'as good as it was going to get' from Ottawa: premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia broke ranks and signed a separate 10-year, $287.8 million health deal after Ottawa made it clear a slightly revised offer was “as good as it was going to get,” says P...
Dec 29, 2016

From Big Macs to McLobsters: A look at 50 years of McDonald's in Canada
TORONTO - The first McDonald’s in Canada opened its doors nearly 50 years ago. Now, there are more than 1,400 of its restaurants in all 10 provinces and two territories (Nunavut being the except...
Dec 29, 2016

With blueprints done, Notley set to take hammer, saw to Alberta economy in 2017
EDMONTON - The blueprints are completed, so Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will begin hammering and sawing away at Alberta’s energy base and economy in the coming year, in some cases stripping it...
Dec 29, 2016