Category Archives: Canada
Jamaican bobsled team gets boost in Calgary after van breaks down
CALGARY - The Jamaican bobsled team suffered some hard luck in Calgary on the weekend, but some local businesses and a crowdfunding page have come to their aid. A group of 12 athletes is travelling th...
Nov 13, 2016
'Supermoon' no fantastic phenomenon but the moon still fascinates
MONTREAL - Canadians may want to turn their eyes to the night skies on Monday if they want to see the moon pass closer to the Earth than it has in almost 70 years. According to NASA, the so-called ...
Nov 13, 2016
PM hopes to attract billions in private capital for infrastructure projects
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will take an important step Monday toward his ambitious goal of turning Canada into a magnet for foreign investment when he meets with some of the world’s ...
Nov 13, 2016

Justin Trudeau tastes refugee family's chocolate after NS meet-and-greet
SYDNEY, N.S. - A Syrian refugee family who built a chocolate business in Nova Scotia had their product sampled by a special sweet-toothed Canadian - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Tareq Hadhad and his...
Nov 13, 2016
Trump presidency marks 'new opportunity' for Canada to draw investment: Charest
Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says last week’s U.S. presidential election marks a “new opportunity” for Canada to draw international investment. Speaking Sunday on CTV’s Q...
Nov 13, 2016
Trump's tough talk, Cuban military exercises cast shadow on Trudeau visit
OTTAWA - The chill of the Cold War will run through Cuba when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in the country this week. The warming of relations between Cuba and the United States could end next...
Nov 13, 2016

Environmental impact of sunken tug to be shared after investigation completed
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - The federal government says it can’t comment on the environmental impact of a diesel spill off British Columbia’s central coast even as the removal of the sunken tug re...
Nov 13, 2016

Leonard Cohen's son Adam thanks public for support following singer's death
MONTREAL - The outpouring of love and affection that has followed Leonard Cohen’s death did not go unnoticed by the late singer’s son, who thanked the public in an online message. “T...
Nov 13, 2016
Isolation a barrier to exposing sexual abuse, incest on reserve: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - At night, he would arrive in Corey’s room by crawling through the window next to the bunk bed where she slept. She knew from the smell when he was there. By day, she endured different h...
Nov 13, 2016

Conservative leadership rivals debate best path to reviving party fortunes
GREELY, Ont. - A two-hour debate Sunday among nine rivals for the federal Conservative leadership often morphed into an autopsy of the party’s ill-fated 2015 election campaign. Candidates clashe...
Nov 13, 2016