Canada

'Challenging language:' Edmonton academic studies versions of 1st Inuit novel

EDMONTON - The story reaches out of an Arctic past stretching back to long before Europeans came, a world when a hunter’s fate was determined by snow and ice, claws and courage. An academic is d...

Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2016

Red Cross funds study into how Fort McMurray wildfire affected indigenous people

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Melanie Dene still remembers the harrowing ordeal of driving through fiery hell during the evacuation of Fort McMurray six months ago with her two young daughters. The chaos of ...

Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2016

Dads on the Hill: Male MPs with kids work hard to mix fatherhood with politics

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Peter Schiefke checks his schedule carefully each week, as one would expect from anyone with a busy job, asking himself one question in particular. Will the timing of a vote in the...

Syndicated Author Nov 13, 2016

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 draw’s guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Ontari...

Syndicated Author 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...