Category Archives: Canada
Five stories in the news today, Sept. 27
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- HILLARY CLINTON EXECUTES PLAN: ANNOY DONALD TRUMP Donald Trump made a gracious entrance for his first one-on-one presidential debate, exchang...
Sep 27, 2016
Tale of the tape: A look at the numbers from Trump versus Clinton
WASHINGTON - Some numbers from the first of three presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. --- The winner: CNN poll: Clinton, 62 per cent to 27 per cent PPP poll: Clinton, 51 per...
Sep 27, 2016
Stop cutting loose ill, injured soldiers too early, ombudsman tells military
OTTAWA - Canada’s military ombudsman is taking aim at the armed forces for cutting loose ill and injured service members before they know what services and benefits the soldiers are getting from...
Sep 27, 2016
War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 27, 2016
Clinton executes debate plan: Annoy Donald Trump
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump made a gracious entrance for the first one-on-one presidential debate of his life, exchanging pleasantries with his opponent Monday and cordially referring to her as, “...
Sep 26, 2016
Rise of global trade making life more difficult for central bankers, Poloz says
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada’s governor says greater trade integration around the world has created challenges that central bankers cannot afford to ignore. In a university lecture Monday in Bell...
Sep 26, 2016
Find mill shooter not guilty because he was depressed: defence lawyer says
NANAIMO, B.C. - A defence lawyer says the man accused of murdering two of his former co-workers at a British Columbia sawmill should be acquitted of first-degree murder and convicted of manslaughter. ...
Sep 26, 2016
End scene: A quick look at the rise and fall of video-on-demand service Shomi
TORONTO - Some quick facts about Shomi, the video-on-demand service that announced Monday it was shutting down on Nov. 30: Opening Scene: Rogers and Shaw launched Shomi on Nov. 4, 2014, in the hopes o...
Sep 26, 2016
Skier caught in small avalanche pushed over cliff near Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A skier has died after a small avalanche pushed him over a cliff near Lake Louise, Alta. Tim Haggarty with Parks Canada says the man in his 20s from Golden, B.C., died Sunday on M...
Sep 26, 2016
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept. 26 ____ CANADIAN-IRANIAN PROFESSOR FREED FROM PRISON IN IRAN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a retired Canadian-Iranian professor has been released ...
Sep 26, 2016