Category Archives: Canada
Leonard Cohen, Austin Clarke, Don Getty: Canadian newsmakers who died in 2016
A list of some Canadian newsmakers who died in 2016: JANUARY 2 – Painter and sculptor Marcel Barbeau, 90, signatory of the manifesto Refus global. 2 – Leonard Evans, 86, an NDP member of t...
Dec 28, 2016
Atheist United Church minister starting new secular community in Toronto
TORONTO - A minister deemed unsuitable by the United Church for declaring herself an atheist is now at the heart of an effort to establish a type of church-style, secular community in Canada. Gretta V...
Dec 28, 2016
B.C.'s LNG minister predicts northern coast LNG decision by mid-2017
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s minister of natural gas development is offering an optimistic prediction about the future of the proposed $36-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project on B.C.’s ...
Dec 28, 2016
Wildlife centre says dozens of eagles electrocuted by power-pole perch
DELTA, B.C. - Dozens of bald eagles that have flocked to British Columbia’s Lower Mainland this year have been killed after they perched on power poles instead of trees. A wildlife rescue group ...
Dec 28, 2016
Alberta man punches cougar in head to save dog during attack near Tim Hortons
WHITECOURT, Alta. - William Gibb didn’t know what was thrashing around in the dark, clawing at his dog, but he was going to save his pet. The electrical subcontractor from Red Deer, Alta., was d...
Dec 28, 2016
Crown in Quebec won't appeal rejection of evidence obtained through photo radar
MONTREAL - The Crown won’t appeal a Quebec court decision that rejected evidence obtained from a photo radar machine. One month after a woman was spared from having to pay a $1,160 speeding tick...
Dec 28, 2016
Search suspended for missing B.C. men amid bad weather, high avalanche risk
VANCOUVER - Bad weather and a risk of avalanche forced crews to suspend the search for two Vancouver-area men missing in the frigid backcountry of Vancouver’s North Shore. Forty-three-year-old R...
Dec 28, 2016
Family calls for road-safety changes after cyclist dies in N.B. training crash
SUSSEX, N.B. - A competitive cyclist who died after being hit by a vehicle while training in New Brunswick was a positive, vibrant woman who was poised to go professional next year, her friends said. ...
Dec 28, 2016
Advocates hopeful Canada will stop criminalizing non-disclosure of HIV status
OTTAWA - Marjorie Schenkels had unprotected sex three times with a friend, while they both had been drinking, as she was going through a difficult and volatile time in her life. The Manitoba woman was...
Dec 28, 2016
Bomber with aplomb: football player tackles role in 'The Nutcracker' ballet
WINNIPEG - Maurice Leggett is used to wearing tights - on the football field. Still, a few people were disappointed when the Winnipeg Blue Bomber told them that he won’t be pulling on even tight...
Dec 28, 2016