Category Archives: Canada
'Lost everything:' Economic Downturn forces people to give up animal friends
CALGARY - Surrender never comes easily. An animal information card at the Calgary Humane Society identifies the temporary resident inside as a grey-and-white kitten named “Marilyn” who has...
Sep 18, 2016
Northerners consider new cruise ship rules after giant vessel's voyage
The successful voyage of a mammoth cruise ship through the Northwest Passage has left Arctic officials, industry leaders and local people considering new regulations to govern future transits. The Nun...
Sep 18, 2016
Norwegian says his Philippine kidnapping was 'devastating'
INDANAN, Philippines - A Norwegian man freed by militants after a year of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines described the ordeal Sunday as “devastating,” carrying a backpack wit...
Sep 18, 2016
Researchers work to document lost shipwrecks of the St. Lawrence
MONTREAL - While Sir John Franklin’s doomed search for the Northwest Passage looms large in the Canadian consciousness, thousands of other shipwrecks lie in obscurity at the bottom of the countr...
Sep 18, 2016
A look at the complex evolution of Canada's citizenship laws over the years
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman is speaking out after discovering she’s been ensnared by an obscure law that automatically revokes the citizenship of second-generation Canadians that were b...
Sep 18, 2016
'It was a complete shock': Arcane law strips unwitting Canadians of citizenship
VANCOUVER - Byrdie Funk had what some would call a quintessential, small-town Canadian upbringing. At two months old she moved from Mexico with her Canadian parents to a farming community in southern ...
Sep 18, 2016
Winning ticket sold in B.C. for Saturday night's $9.7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - A single winning ticket for Saturday night’s $9.7 million Lotto 649 jackpot was sold in British Columbia. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize was claimed by a ticket purchased...
Sep 18, 2016
Passenger hiding iguanas in luggage delays WestJet flight in Toronto
TORONTO - A WestJet flight was grounded in Toronto after customs officers determined there were iguanas loose in the aircraft. WestJet spokesperson Lauren Stewart says a passenger on a flight from Cub...
Sep 17, 2016
Officer severely injured in altercation at Calgary shopping mall
CALGARY - A police officer was severely injured after a struggle with a man at a Calgary shopping mall on Saturday and used his service firearm to defend himself. Calgary police say a suspect attacked...
Sep 17, 2016
NATO's Canadian-led battle group beginning to take shape in Latvia
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Canadian-led NATO force in Latvia is starting to take shape, with several countries having expressed an interest in contributing troops and equipmen...
Sep 17, 2016