Category Archives: Canada
Canadian urban business leaders push Ottawa to improve airport policies
MONTREAL - A coalition of business leaders in Canada’s eight largest cities is putting pressure on the federal government to reduce security screening times and cut travelling costs, saying such...
Dec 08, 2016
A look at places that have taken the step to create all-gender bathrooms
REGINA - With it now common to see transgender children as young as six or seven, elementary schools across the country are creating gender-neutral, all-gender or unisex washrooms. Here’s a look...
Dec 08, 2016
All-gender washrooms in schools raises question: Who cares where you pee?
REGINA - The small picture of a black toilet on a white background above the word “washroom” has become a big sign of inclusion for a rural school district in Saskatchewan. Prairie Valley ...
Dec 08, 2016
Enjoying leftovers: Study says polar bears scavenging more orca-killed bowheads
As more killer whales move into the Arctic, at least one population of polar bears is learning how to make the best of no longer being at the top of the food chain. Research presented at a scientific ...
Dec 08, 2016
Black activist Viola Desmond to be
first Canadian woman on face of currency
GATINEAU, Que. - It had been some time since Viola Desmond last visited the cinema. The hairdresser and entrepreneur opted to sit close to the front of the theatre; her poor eyesight made it difficult...
Dec 08, 2016
How life off the grid in Cape Breton lured families from British Columbia
WHYCOCOMAGH, N.S. - This is how Brett Walkins recalls the three years he spent living in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley: Nights of teeth-grinding and swearing in his sleep. He would leave for ...
Dec 08, 2016
Hells Angel testifies he strung along police informant over cocaine shipment
SASKATOON - A member of the Hells Angels says he never intended to ship cocaine from Ontario to Saskatoon but strung along a police informant because the man was his sole source of drugs for his back ...
Dec 07, 2016
Long-awaited Canada border bill moves ahead in U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON - A bill to simplify crossing the Canadian-U.S. border moved ahead in the American Congress on Wednesday, with little time left to get it passed before lawmakers break to form a post-electi...
Dec 07, 2016
Man faces 8 charges in 7-vehicle, 1-building collision in Port Colborne, Ont.
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - Police say a 51-year-old man is facing eight charges following a series of collisions in Port Colborne, Ont., that involved seven vehicles and a building, and sent two people to ...
Dec 07, 2016
Economists meet with Alberta officials, say worst appears to be over
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci met with key economists Wednesday to look ahead to 2017, with the consensus being the worst is over for the provincial economy. But Avery Shenfeld, chief e...
Dec 07, 2016