Category Archives: Canada
A timeline of the Fort McMurray wildfire, Canada's news story of 2016
The wildfire that destroyed large parts of Fort McMurray has been selected by editors as Canada’s news story of the year. Here is a look back at how it unfolded: May 1 - A fire starts in a remot...
Dec 20, 2016
Ferocious Fort McMurray wildfire voted Canadian Press news story of the year
The ferocious wildfire that forced nearly 90,000 to flee Canada’s oilsands region and reduced thousands of homes to rubble has been picked as the top news story of 2016 in an annual survey of ne...
Dec 20, 2016
Islamic State claims responsibility for Jordan attack that killed Canadian
AMMAN, Jordan - The extremist Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a series of shooting attacks on police and tourists in Jordan that killed 10 people, including a woman from Canada....
Dec 20, 2016
Canada calls for release of kidnapped couple in Afghanistan
TORONTO - Canada called Monday for the unconditional release of a Canadian man and his American wife after a new video appeared to show them begging their governments to intervene on their behalf with...
Dec 20, 2016
Conservation groups launch suit challenging Trudeau cabinet's pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Conservation groups have filed a new court challenge to the federal government’s approval of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline. The request for judicial review filed with the Federal Cour...
Dec 20, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Dec. 20
Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Dec. 20 --- FEDS, PROVINCES AGREE TO DISAGREE ON HEALTH SPENDING The federal government hs pulled billions of dollars off the negotiating table after failing to r...
Dec 20, 2016
How Canada's legalization of marijuana could change its relations with the U.S.
VANCOUVER - Their position on marijuana is hardly the only difference between Canada’s prime minister and the president-elect of the United States. But when Justin Trudeau’s government int...
Dec 20, 2016
Miss Canada uses beauty pageant to fight China on human rights
VANCOUVER - Anastasia Lin says when she first learned about allegations the Chinese government was harvesting organs from religious prisoners to fuel its transplant industry, she decided to use an unc...
Dec 20, 2016
New Brunswick electric utility to prolong life of Mactaquac hydroelectric dam
FREDERICTON - After three years of public consultation on the future of New Brunswick’s Mactaquac hydroelectric generating station, the province’s Crown-owned electric utility has decided ...
Dec 20, 2016
Two Canadians honoured by heroism by Carnegie commission
PITTSBURGH - Two Canadians are among the latest 21 people being honoured with Carnegie medals for heroism. The Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Hero Fund Commission investigates stories of heroism and awards...
Dec 19, 2016