Category Archives: Canada
Respondents get bullish on Winnipeg zoo's online bear-naming contest
WINNIPEG - Orphaned male and female polar bear cubs brought to Winnipeg’s zoo late last year from the Hudson Bay port town of Churchill are no longer being referred to as just those two bruins. ...
Jan 13, 2017
Scientists map genome of iconic beaver as gift for Canada's 150th birthday
TORONTO - Scientists have a gift for Canada as the country celebrates its 150th - and as a birthday present, it’s certainly unique. A team of molecular geneticists at Toronto’s Hospital fo...
Jan 13, 2017
Canadian navy ship returns to port following six-month NATO deployment
HALIFAX - Family members and friends lined a dock on the Halifax waterfront Friday to welcome the return of a Royal Canadian Navy ship following a six-month deployment overseas. HMCS Charlottetown pul...
Jan 13, 2017
Penalty too light for pharmacy error that led to woman's death: granddaughter
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman who watched her grandmother descend into pain and die after receiving five times her weekly prescription says the supervising pharmacist should receive tougher sanctions....
Jan 13, 2017
Police in Delta, B.C., using GPS darts to track vehicles that flee
DELTA, B.C. - A police department in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland is using technology that looks like it is taken from the latest Batman movie to track fleeing vehicles. Police in Delta hav...
Jan 13, 2017
Joseph Boyden statements on indigenous roots too vague, say academics
TORONTO - Joseph Boyden’s recent public statement and interviews about his indigenous roots are too vague and don’t fully address the heart of the controversy surrounding his heritage, say...
Jan 13, 2017
Injuries to Canadian soldiers treated in Iraq hospital not combat related: DND
OTTAWA - None of the seven Canadian soldiers treated at a military hospital in Iraq over the last few weeks was a combat casualty, says National Defence. The department earlier refused to discuss how ...
Jan 13, 2017
Woman can't sue Alberta regulator in fracking case: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an Alberta woman cannot sue the province’s energy regulator as part of her claim that hydraulic fracturing so badly contaminated her well that the water...
Jan 13, 2017
Nova Scotia Teachers Union defends Hawaii travel despite job action
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is firing back at the education minister after she raised questions over their professional development travel to Hawaii and elsewhere during a work-to-rule ca...
Jan 13, 2017
Celine Dion's Florida estate back on sale at reduced price
MONTREAL - Celine Dion’s massive Florida estate is back on sale, but at a reduced price. Sotheby’s International Realty says the residence on Jupiter Island is now on sale for US$38.5 mill...
Jan 13, 2017