Category Archives: Canada
Mental health organizations urge openness on targeted federal funds
OTTAWA - Three leading mental health organizations want provincial and territorial health ministers to be open to targeted federal investments. In a letter, the heads of the Mental Health Commission o...
Nov 11, 2016
Cohen haunts and landmarks in Montreal
MONTREAL - The late Leonard Cohen grew up in Montreal. Here is a list of some of his haunts and other landmarks that played a key role in his life: Westmount, Que. - Wealthy town on the island of Mont...
Nov 11, 2016

Montrealers flock to Leonard Cohen's house to remember legendary musician
MONTREAL - He would often sit at the counter of the coffee shop, wearing his signature dark suit and carrying a notebook. And before he left, Leonard Cohen would seek out every patron who had approach...
Nov 11, 2016
Senate Republican leader says he asked Trump to back Keystone XL pipeline
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The top Republican in the U.S. Senate says he asked president-elect Donald Trump to move swiftly in approving construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would allow ...
Nov 11, 2016
Back to the shadows: Trump win has hundreds of thousands worried they must hide
WASHINGTON - A feeling of dread is rippling through one particular group in the United States, as hundreds of thousands of young people fear they might have to hide in society’s shadows during a...
Nov 11, 2016
Man released on bail in alleged sex assaults at Universite Laval
MONTREAL - A man charged in a series of alleged break-ins and sexual assaults at a Quebec university student residence has been released on bail. Thierno-Ourny Barry, 19, is facing 12 charges, includi...
Nov 11, 2016
Canadian musical icon Leonard Cohen dead at the age of 82
MONTREAL - Leonard Cohen - writer, poet, composer, singer, renowned seducer and, for many, the epitome of cool - has died at the age of 82. His sonorous, tobacco-painted baritone was once described as...
Nov 11, 2016
'Sweet, talented, beautiful:' Crowdfunding page set up for mom of dead girl
NIPAWIN, Sask. - A crowdfunding page has been set up to support the mother of a seven-year-old girl who was found dead in a northeastern Saskatchewan home. Police had issued an Amber Alert for Nia Eas...
Nov 11, 2016
Man charged in explosives-related incident at Montreal airport says he was set up
MONTREAL - A Montreal man on trial for trying to board an airplane with explosives-related materials in his suitcase told a judge Friday he strongly believes he was set up. Antony Piazza, an Iranian-b...
Nov 11, 2016
A timeline of key dates in the life and career of Leonard Cohen
Some key dates in the life and career of Leonard Cohen: Sept. 21, 1934: Leonard Cohen is born in Montreal. 1945: Cohen’s father dies. 1951: He enrols at McGill University, where he goes onto win...
Nov 11, 2016