Category Archives: Canada
Statcan studies highlight importance of physical activity for children: experts
TORONTO - A pair of new studies from Statistics Canada highlight the importance of incorporating physical activity throughout the day for children of all ages, experts said Wednesday. The national sta...
Sep 21, 2016
Shell drops first deepwater well off Nova Scotia, moves on to second attempt
HALIFAX - Shell has abandoned the first of its deepwater exploration wells off Nova Scotia, saying it didn’t find enough oil for commercial production. Work on the Cheshire well, about 250 kilom...
Sep 21, 2016
Researchers: Canadian firm helping Bahrain censor the web
LONDON - Researchers have identified a Canadian company at the centre of a small Arab nation’s online censorship system - a finding that sits awkwardly with Ottawa officials’ public suppor...
Sep 21, 2016

Labour minister expects 'changes' to deal with RCMP harassment
OTTAWA - Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk says she expects to “see changes” flow from a legislative review concerning harassment issues within the RCMP after hearing from a disgruntled fem...
Sep 21, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Sept. 21
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- CHINESE PREMIER ARRIVES FOR FOUR-DAY CANADIAN VISIT Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Ottawa today to begin a four-day Canadian visit, wh...
Sep 21, 2016
Researchers: Canadian firm helping Bahrain censor the web
LONDON - Researchers have identified a Canadian company at the centre of a small Arab nation’s online censorship system - a finding that sits awkwardly with Ottawa officials’ public suppor...
Sep 21, 2016

Donald Trump as president can work with Canada despite Trudeau comments: Steve Forbes
MONTREAL - Comments made by Justin Trudeau to the United Nations on Tuesday shouldn’t prevent Donald Trump from working with the prime minister should he become U.S. president, says well-known A...
Sep 21, 2016
The royals are coming: A timeline of memorable visits to Canada over the years
VANCOUVER - Prince William and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, are set to visit British Columbia with their two young children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The House of Windsor has a clo...
Sep 21, 2016

Prince William's visit to B.C. draws memories of frenzied 1998 trip
VANCOUVER - The screams were deafening. It was March 24, 1998, and hundreds of teenage girls were crammed behind barriers outside a suburban Vancouver high school. The girls weren’t squealing fo...
Sep 21, 2016
DNA tests confirm second switched-at-birth case in northern Manitoba
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - A second set of DNA tests have confirmed that two men were switched at birth at a hospital in northern Manitoba in 1975. Former Manitoba aboriginal affairs minister Eric Robinson ...
Sep 21, 2016