Category Archives: Canada
In 2017, Canadian economy will get its first taste of the Trump era
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy exits 2016 with bruises from the still-tough adjustment to weak crude prices and scars from the devastating wildfires that singed the oil patch. It enters 2017 with linge...
Dec 22, 2016
Accused in Amanda Lindhout kidnapping to face trial next October
OTTAWA - A man charged with taking journalist Amanda Lindhout hostage in Somalia is slated to face trial by judge alone next October. Three weeks have been set aside for the trial of Ali Omar Ader, wh...
Dec 22, 2016
Year in review: a look at highs and lows of Trudeau's first full year as PM
OTTAWA - As Justin Trudeau’s first full year as prime minister comes to a close, downtown roads in the nation’s capital are clogged with snow and construction. It’s an apt metaphor f...
Dec 22, 2016
Adoption up, euthanasia down at animal shelters across Canada: report
Adoptions are up, euthanasia is down and the number of homeless pets in Canada’s animal shelters is lower, according to a report by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies. Overall, there we...
Dec 22, 2016
University of Montreal set to lock out veterinary teachers
MONTREAL - The University of Montreal says clinician teachers at its faculty of veterinary medicine will be locked out indefinitely as of noon on Thursday. The decision comes as the teachers based in ...
Dec 21, 2016
Most Canadians will have white Christmas, meteorologist says
TORONTO - The Weather Network says most Canadians dreaming of a white Christmas will have something to celebrate this year. Chief Meteorologist Chris Scott says large swaths of the country will see at...
Dec 21, 2016
Endangered killer whale found dead on B.C. coast
SECHELT, B.C. - A dead killer whale found on British Columbia’s coast has been identified as a member of an endangered population. Fisheries and Oceans spokesman Dan Bate says a male orca was fo...
Dec 21, 2016
Canadians sent home for trying to sneak cat into New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A Canadian woman who authorities say managed to hide her 4-year-old pet cat Bella in her handbag during a trans-Pacific flight had her vacation cut short when border agents d...
Dec 21, 2016
Owl doing OK after being hit by SUV, getting stuck in front grill
CAMROSE, Alta. - Some high school students, a teacher, and a Alberta fish and wildlife officer worked together to free a Great horned owl stuck in the front grill of an SUV. The SUV, which belongs to ...
Dec 21, 2016
No jail time for Mountie in violent arrest, assault of youth in Terrace, B.C.
TERRACE, B.C. - A RCMP officer will not spend time in jail for assaulting a teenager in Terrace, B.C., during a violent arrest more than two years ago. However the suspended sentence handed to Const. ...
Dec 21, 2016