Category Archives: Canada
Global Affairs confirms girl who died on flight to London was Canadian
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada is confirming that a 10-year-old girl who died Christmas Eve after falling ill aboard a transatlantic Air Canada flight was Canadian. The Toronto-to-London flight divert...
Dec 27, 2016
Trudeau, Canadian actors pay tribute to Star Wars actor Carrie Fisher
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian actors Dan Aykroyd and William Shatner are some of the scores of people paying tribute to the late Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess ...
Dec 27, 2016
Survey suggests Canadians see better world reputation under Trudeau Liberals
OTTAWA - In the minds of Canadians, their country’s reputation on the world stage has improved under the Trudeau Liberals, according to a new poll from Nanos Research and the Institute for Resea...
Dec 27, 2016
'Rainbow lobster' leads social media contest for craziest crustacean
YARMOUTH, N.S. - Social media users are casting their “likes” for photos of exotic lobsters in an online contest that has a multitude of multicoloured, oversized and extra-limbed critters ...
Dec 27, 2016
Air Canada flight diverts to Winnipeg when passengers get too hot
WINNIPEG - An Air Canada flight made an unscheduled landing in Winnipeg after the airline says the cabin became too warm. Airline spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick says in an email that the Airbus A321 was ...
Dec 27, 2016
First Nation says it's getting $4.5 million compensation from 1885 rebellion
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan First Nation says it will receive $4.5 million in compensation for a dispute with the federal government that dates back to the 1885 Northwest Rebellion. The Specific Claims...
Dec 27, 2016
'Little violence' as Hells Angels make their return to the Maritimes
HALIFAX - Andy Cook knows the Hells Angels, and what they bring with them. The bespectacled RCMP corporal has crossed paths with Canada’s most notorious outlaw biker gang before, during stints i...
Dec 27, 2016
Planned Mass in Italy for reputed Montreal mobster is scrapped after outcry
MONTREAL - Rocco Sollecito, a reputed Mafia leader in Montreal who was murdered last May, was denied a public commemoration Mass in Italy on Tuesday due to his infamy. An archbishop and a local police...
Dec 27, 2016
Canadian Press business newsmaker of the year selections over the years
TORONTO - A list of The Canadian Press business newsmakers of the year, as determined in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country: 2016: The Foreign Investor 2015: Bank of Canada governor Stephe...
Dec 27, 2016
'It just shocks me:' Calgary police chief wants action on opioid crisis
Calgary’s police chief says the Alberta government has to take more aggressive action on fentanyl if it wants to help addicts and families who are being destroyed. “It is a crisis,” ...
Dec 27, 2016