Category Archives: Canada
Canadian surveillance aircraft feeding ISIL bombing campaign with info
OTTAWA - Despite the withdrawal of Canada’s fighter jets from Iraq and Syria last spring, a senior officer says Canadian military aircraft are providing vital intelligence to allies for air stri...
Sep 06, 2016
Snake coaxed from Victoria drain pipe has a new home after being adopted
VICTORIA - An elusive corn snake that was coaxed from a storm drain below the streets of Victoria last week has been adopted. The City of Victoria says in a release that after the reptile was pulled f...
Sep 06, 2016
'She's our child:' Family's tearful plea for help to find missing Manitoba woman
WINNIPEG - The parents of a missing woman from northern Manitoba are begging for help to find their daughter who has disappeared without a trace. Christine Wood, who is 21, was with her mother and fat...
Sep 06, 2016
Conservative leadership candidate says test about unified Canadian identity
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch says her proposal to vet newcomers for anti-Canadian values has everything to do with promoting tolerance and respect - and nothing to do with ...
Sep 06, 2016
Montreal taxi drivers planning to sue city for the right to wear black jeans
MONTREAL - A group of more than 100 Montreal taxi drivers announced Tuesday it will sue the city over the right to wear black jeans on the job. Cabbies say they will file an injunction in the coming d...
Sep 06, 2016
Expectations high for proposed national housing strategy, CMHC says
OTTAWA - The Crown corporation overseeing work on a national housing strategy is signalling that those interested in the plan should temper their expectations about the final outcome. Housing advocate...
Sep 06, 2016
Olympic medallist Penny Oleksiak returns to normal life at Toronto high school
TORONTO - Penny Oleksiak is kind of a big deal at her high school. The star swimmer, who won four medals at the Rio Olympics, returned to class on Tuesday as she enters grade 11, but her recently foun...
Sep 06, 2016
Merger facts: a look at Enbridge and Spectra Energy as they merge
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. said Monday it will buy Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. in a $37-billion cross-border deal that will create the largest energy pipeline and storage company in North Amer...
Sep 06, 2016
Bombardier cuts deliveries of CSeries plane by more than half in latest setback
MONTREAL - Bombardier is slashing deliveries of its new CSeries plane by more than half this year because of delayed engine deliveries from Pratt & Whitney, marking another setback for the jet. Th...
Sep 06, 2016
Second suspect arrested in Montreal bank robbery facing 15 charges
MONTREAL - The 45-year-old man arrested for allegedly robbing a bank in Montreal last week was arraigned on 15 counts Tuesday. The charges against Alain Sainte-Marie include conspiracy, robbery and us...
Sep 06, 2016