Category Archives: Canada
Calgary mother who treated sick son holistically is 'morally innocent:' defence
CALGARY - A woman who treated her son with holistic remedies before he died of a strep infection was portrayed by the defence Friday as “morally innocent” while the Crown argued her action...
Dec 09, 2016
PM hails national climate change deal, but without Saskatchewan, Manitoba
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared victory Friday in his campaign to craft a national “framework” agreement on climate change - even though Saskatchewan and Manitoba refused t...
Dec 09, 2016
Former Liberal MP and cabinet minister Warren Allmand dead at age 84
OTTAWA - Warren Allmand, who spent more than 30 years as a Liberal MP and cabinet minister, has died at the age of 84. Allmand, who represented the Montreal riding of Notre Dame De Grace from 1965 to ...
Dec 08, 2016
Canadian astronauts salute John Glenn
OTTAWA - Canadian astronauts are paying tribute to American space hero John Glenn, who died Thursday at the age of 95. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted that Glenn was a great American...
Dec 08, 2016
An otter, a goat and stingrays: A list of some animal deaths at the Calgary Zoo
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo said Thursday that seven of its Humboldt penguins drowned in their holding area. Here are some other animal deaths at the zoo: February 2016: Two staff members are discipline...
Dec 08, 2016
Seven Humboldt penguins dead at Calgary Zoo; official says they drowned
CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says seven of its Humboldt penguins drowned in their holding area. Jamie Dorgan, director of animal care, says an investigation has begun to try to figure out what happened. ...
Dec 08, 2016
Quebec to offer lumber companies loan guarantees even without Ottawa
Quebec has committed to providing loan guarantees to companies adversely affected by the softwood lumber dispute with the United States, even if the federal government doesn’t come on board. Pre...
Dec 08, 2016
Historians shrug as two prime ministers erased from Canadian banknotes
Losing two of Canada’s wartime prime ministers from the country’s $50 and $100 bills won’t be a step backwards for a country that has plenty to learn about itself, a pair of leading ...
Dec 08, 2016
QuickFacts: how Viola Desmond became the new face of the $10 bill
OTTAWA - Civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond will be the face on the $10 bill when a new series of banknotes begins circulating in 2018. Here’s a look at how that came to be: - Last January, Fina...
Dec 08, 2016
Some of what was said Thursday about putting Viola Desmond on $10 bill
OTTAWA - Viola Desmond, who was arrested in 1946 after refusing to leave a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, has been chosen to be the first Canadian woman to grace the front of a Ca...
Dec 08, 2016