Category Archives: Canada
Tremors can last months: Study sheds light on Alberta's fracking earthquakes
CALGARY - Research suggests hydraulic fracking can cause earthquakes in at least two ways - and one of them can cause tremors months after the activity stops. “The seismicity is persistent after...
Nov 17, 2016
Legal brief saying Nova Scotia band are a conquered people went too far:premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier distanced himself Thursday from a government legal brief that implied members of a First Nation band are a conquered people. The brief was presented as part of th...
Nov 17, 2016
Judge says Vancouver can dismantle homeless camp where feces, garbage piling up
VANCOUVER - A judge has granted the City of Vancouver an injunction to dismantle a homeless camp, allowing police to arrest occupants who do not leave or who try to obstruct the removal of shelters. B...
Nov 17, 2016
Regina police find baby safe in vehicle stolen while mom in store
Regina police say they were close to issuing an Amber Alert on Thursday when an SUV with a one-year-old girl asleep in the back seat was stolen while her mother was shopping inside a store. The mother...
Nov 17, 2016
Reopen NAFTA? Good, because it's out of date, says original negotiator
WASHINGTON - NAFTA is out of date and needs to be brought into the 21st century, says one of the trade agreement’s original negotiators and most ardent champions, adding his voice to the explosi...
Nov 17, 2016
'More common than asthma:' high rates of mental illness among Manitoba kids
WINNIPEG - A new study suggests the rate of mental illness among Manitoba children is almost double the national average, and even higher in Winnipeg’s inner-city neighbourhoods and the province...
Nov 17, 2016
Saskatchewan doctor accused of trading marijuana to get stereo speakers back
REGINA - A Regina doctor is accused of unprofessional conduct for allegedly giving someone he was involved with marijuana so he could get his stereo speakers back. The allegation posted on the website...
Nov 17, 2016
Fire guts historic Montreal building that housed Canada's first cinema
MONTREAL - Fire gutted a historic building in Montreal’s Chinatown district on Thursday that once housed Canada’s first cinema. More than 120 firefighters battled flames leaping out of the...
Nov 17, 2016
Innocent explanation for strange, circling Air Canada flight south of Victoria
VICTORIA - An usual sight in the skies south of Victoria prompted curiosity and concern from some Vancouver Island residents. Early Wednesday afternoon people reported seeing a low-flying Air Canada j...
Nov 17, 2016
Alleged sex assault of seven-year-old girl leads to arrest of 9 people in Ontario
HAMILTON - The alleged sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl is being called “one of the most heinous crimes” Hamilton police officers have had to deal with. The six-month investigation ...
Nov 17, 2016