Category Archives: Canada
Quebec's Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois says he's ready for 'political action'
MONTREAL - A common refrain right now in Quebec politics is how the province is full of so-called political orphans. Quebec media regularly host polemics from these political vagabonds lamenting their...
Jan 22, 2017
Quebec ticket claims Saturday night's $25 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - Quebec has another big lottery winner. The $25 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was claimed by ticket purchased somewhere in the province. And the draw’s guaran...
Jan 22, 2017
Protests: America's punch-drunk left pulls itself off the canvas, stirs to life
WASHINGTON - From the smoldering wreckage of electoral catastrophe, deep in the seat-swallowing sinkholes of state and federal defeat, America’s progressives have suddenly spotted embers of a co...
Jan 22, 2017
One dead, two presumed dead after going through the ice in Nunavut
WHALE COVE, Nunavut - RCMP in Nunavut say they believe three people died Saturday after a large snow machine went through the ice. Police say four men were travelling on the ice from Rankin Inlet to A...
Jan 21, 2017
Brit and Canadian heading to Women's March turned away at US border
A U.K. national in Canada on a student visa says he and a friend were turned away at the U.S. border because they intended to go to Saturday’s Women’s March in Washington. Joe Kroese said ...
Jan 21, 2017
Trump has conversation with Trudeau, discuss the economy and exports
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated U.S. President Trump on his inauguration. The Prime Minister’s Office says the two men spoke by phone Saturday, but it was not immediatel...
Jan 21, 2017
Free snowmobiling in northern New England, Canada this month
EAGLE LAKE, Maine - Maine is using a pair of weekends in January to open up snowmobiling opportunities with its neighbours, including New Brunswick. Maine and New Brunswick Free Trail Weekend began on...
Jan 21, 2017
'Sisters of the north' join massive Women's March on Washington
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of Canadian women who carted signs and flags to the U.S. capital for a massive rally for women’s rights were greeted Saturday with cheers and shouts of gratitude by America...
Jan 21, 2017
Thousands across Canada rally in support of Washington women's march
Thousands of Canadians, many waving signs and wearing pointy-eared pink hats, gathered in cities and towns across the country Saturday to show solidarity with the massive Women’s March in Washin...
Jan 21, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, one of the two Maxmillion prizes up for grabs was claimed by a ticket purchased somewh...
Jan 21, 2017