Category Archives: Canada
NATO allies headed to Halifax for Canadian-led military exercise
HALIFAX - Warships from NATO countries will be in Halifax this week for a Canadian-led military exercise aimed at bolstering anti-submarine warfare capabilities. The Defence Department said six countr...
Sep 10, 2016
U.K.-Canada WestJet plane declares emergency, lands in Iceland
LONDON - WestJet says a flight from London to Edmonton diverted to Iceland on Saturday after the crew discovered a “potential mechanical issue.” The pilots aboard the Boeing 767 declared a...
Sep 10, 2016
Judge in "knees together" case admits "non-existent" knowledge of criminal law
CALGARY - A Federal Court judge facing possible removal from the bench for inappropriate remarks he made to a sex assault complainant admits his knowledge of Canadian criminal law at the time was R...
Sep 10, 2016
Opposition disorder, China, cable TV: 3 things in federal politics this week
OTTAWA - It was a week of semantic satiation in Ottawa, with politicos parsing “anti-Canadian values” so many times that the phrase seemed to become almost meaningless. Conservative leader...
Sep 10, 2016
Ex-CIDA staffers need a decade to adjust to 'cultural change': report
OTTAWA - Former employees of now defunct Canadian International Development Agency might need as long as a decade to get used to the idea they have been subsumed by the larger foreign ministry. That i...
Sep 10, 2016
Site C project not in keeping with constitution or UN declaration: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - The federal government’s approach to the Site C dam project in British Columbia is not in keeping with Canada’s constitution nor with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou...
Sep 10, 2016
No winning ticket for Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, six of the MaxMillion prizes of $1 million dollars each were won - three in Ontario, t...
Sep 10, 2016

Winnipeg police say they've gotten multiple reports of sightings of missing woman
Winnipeg police have received several reports of possible sightings of missing 21-year-old Christine Wood. Wood hasn't been seen since Aug. 19. She was in Winnipeg with her parents from Oxford House F...
Sep 09, 2016
Winnipeg man's GoFundMe page hopes to raise money to shed excess skin
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man has set up a GoFundMe page with his sights set on raising $20,000 to help him get surgery to remove the excess skin left after he lost more than 200 pounds in less than two y...
Sep 09, 2016
Labour ministers discuss harmonizing provincial work safety standards
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Governments across the country are aiming to harmonize occupational health and safety requirements to make it easier for businesses who do work in different provinces and territo...
Sep 09, 2016