Category Archives: Canada
Post-tropical storm Hermine projected to lose steam as it hits Canadian waters
Environment officials say Maritimers should brace themselves for blustery weather during the first week of school, as post-tropical storm Hermine makes it way up the East Coast. Doug Mercer of the Can...
Sep 05, 2016
Former CFL pioneer and Norman Kwong dead at 86
CALGARY - The China Clipper sailed to the rescue of more than one professional sports team - as a bruising football fullback, a tenacious front-office manager in the CFL and part-owner of his home-tow...
Sep 05, 2016

Former CFL pioneer and Norman Kwong dead at 86
CALGARY - The China Clipper sailed to the rescue of more than one professional sports team - as a bruising football fullback, a tenacious front-office manager in the CFL and part-owner of his home-tow...
Sep 05, 2016
Canadian resident says clerical error caused govt to revoke status
TORONTO - A permanent Canadian resident currently stranded in Moscow says she has had her status revoked due to a clerical error and accuses the government of refusing to listen to her efforts to get ...
Sep 05, 2016
Scores of Canadians excluded from assisted dying law eager to join legal challenge
OTTAWA - Scores of suffering Canadians who’ve been excluded from the federal government’s restrictive eligibility criteria for medical assistance in dying are lining up to join a constitut...
Sep 05, 2016
Veterans Affairs data gives detailed picture of veterans using medical marijuana
OTTAWA - When he opened a medical marijuana shop in Kingston earlier this year, Trevor Hands had little idea who his customers would be, how much they would buy or how his business would grow simply t...
Sep 05, 2016
After hundreds of complaints, regulator examines new trimmed-down TV packs
OTTAWA - The national broadcast regulator and the country’s four biggest television service providers are in for an earful this week over the rollout earlier this year of so-called skinny-basic ...
Sep 05, 2016

Friends mourn Quebec singer killed in helicopter crash in northern New Brunswick
Friends say they’re struggling to come to terms with the death of a Quebec singer and former amateur hockey player who died in a helicopter crash Sunday. Roberto Bissonnette was killed along wit...
Sep 05, 2016

Trudeau uses G20 to raise cases of Canadians detained in Turkey, Indonesia
HANGZHOU, China - The prime minister says he has spoken with Turkish and Indonesian leaders about the fate of three Canadians detained in those countries. Justin Trudeau says he raised their cases on ...
Sep 05, 2016
Coast Guard emphasizes safety on water after 1,500 Americans float into Canada
The image of hundreds of Americans on inflatable rafts and makeshift platforms bobbing helplessly down the St. Clair River as strong winds pushed them towards the Canadian shore is one Peter Garapick ...
Sep 05, 2016