Category Archives: Canada
Alberta's NDP government defends carbon tax on day when prices rise
EDMONTON - Alberta’s NDP government jumped to defend its new carbon tax from detractors on New Year’s Day as consumers got their first taste of some of the new prices they’ll be payi...
Jan 01, 2017
East Coast takes the plunge in polar bear swims
An octogenarian, with the words “Happy 2017” scrawled across his body in permanent marker, took the inaugural leap into the Atlantic Ocean in one of the first polar bear swims of the year....
Jan 01, 2017
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Quebec. The jack...
Dec 31, 2016
Suspect in Istanbul club attack who killed 39 still at large
ISTANBUL - A manhunt stretched on in Turkey Sunday for an assailant who unleashed a salvo of bullets in front of and inside a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations, killing a...
Dec 31, 2016
Trudeau issues statement wishing Canadians Happy New Year
OTTAWA - The prime minister says his resolution for 2017 is to “stand against the politics of fear and division.” Trudeau’s New Year’s message released Saturday said he will fo...
Dec 31, 2016
Severe weather in Newfoundland leaves ships stranded ashore, damages houses
LARK HARBOUR, N.L. - A severe wind storm that pounded Newfoundland’s west coast on Friday was a “bad nightmare” for at least one resident who said his community looked like a “...
Dec 31, 2016
Calgary police allege Sunwing pilot was impaired, passed out in cockpit
CALGARY - A Sunwing Airlines pilot faces charges after police allege he was impaired before takeoff. Police say the pilot boarded the Boeing 737 in Calgary early Saturday for a flight that was schedul...
Dec 31, 2016
'We are not going to be silent': Canadian women join march on Washington, D.C.
Before this year’s American election, Tina Woodland had never protested anything in her life. But when she heard that thousands of women were planning to march on the U.S. capital the day after ...
Dec 31, 2016
Man in critical condition after early-morning shootout with Montreal police
MONTREAL - A man is in critical condition after being struck with at least one bullet during an early-morning confrontation with Montreal police. The province’s police oversight agency says offi...
Dec 31, 2016
Newest recipients named to the Order of Canada
OTTAWA – Governor General David Johnston says Canadians can be “inspired” by the latest recipients of the Order of Canada. Yesterday, Johnston announced the appointments of 75 member...
Dec 31, 2016