Category Archives: Canada
Fort McMurray says thanks to Canadians for support during spring wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As Canadians count the reasons they have to be grateful this Thanksgiving, Fort McMurray, Alta. is expressing its own thanks to Canada with a special video. The Regional Municip...
Oct 09, 2016

Syrian refugees attend large-scale Muslim conference west of Toronto
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Hundreds of refugees from Syria were able to experience religious freedom for the first time in years as they gathered at a conference of 25,000 Ahmadiyya Muslims in Mississauga, O...
Oct 09, 2016
Anonymous donor foots strangers' tab at coffee shop to encourage kindness
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Customers at coffee shop in Newfoundland got their caffeine fix with a dose of kindness after finding out an anonymous benefactor was footing the bill, a barista says. Rachell...
Oct 09, 2016
Military police, prosecutors hold key to where criminal cases end up
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces has launched the first comprehensive review of the military justice system in generations. Here are some facts about the system: - Only serving military personnel can be c...
Oct 09, 2016
Military justice review to consider leaving sex crimes with civilian court
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces has launched the first internal review of the military justice system in generations and among the issues being looked at is whether all military sexual crimes should be h...
Oct 09, 2016

Ryan Reynolds pays birthday tribute to Newfoundland-born cancer victim
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds penned an emotional online tribute to a Newfoundland-born cancer victim Sunday, honouring what would have been the boy’s 14th birthday. Reynolds, who is from Vancouv...
Oct 09, 2016

Blue Jays only serving beer in cups after beer can throwing incident
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will not be serving beer in cans at the Rogers Centre for the rest of the post-season after a can was thrown on the field at a game against the Baltimore Orioles last w...
Oct 09, 2016
Three killed after pickup truck crashes into northern Ontario river
ATIKOKAN, Ont. - Police are identifying the three people who were killed after a pickup truck crashed in northern Ontario. Investigators say the truck drove through a low concrete barrier, went airbor...
Oct 09, 2016
Prairie farmers take financial hit as oil and gas slowdown stalls drilling rigs
CALGARY - For 56-year-old farmer Shannon Webb, waking up Friday to six inches of snow coating his grain fields near Wynyard, Sask., the frustration of an interrupted harvest wins out, for now, over wo...
Oct 09, 2016
Quebec group rallies to save abandoned mine threatened with demolition
MONTREAL - A “spectacular” abandoned mine in western Quebec has become so popular with tourists the provincial government is considering demolishing it, says a citizens group. The abandone...
Oct 09, 2016