Category Archives: Canada
Canadian beekeepers face plummeting honey prices as harvest wraps up
CALGARY - As they finish harvesting this year’s crop, Canadian honey producers say they are being stung with prices that have fallen by about 50 per cent since a year ago, a devastating blow tha...
Sep 02, 2016
Six cities chosen as test sites for national anti-poverty strategy
OTTAWA - The federal government will go to six cities in the coming months to test ideas that could end up in a promised national poverty reduction strategy. Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Ducl...
Sep 02, 2016
The 'extremely rewarding' mission of the east coast's search and rescue hub
HALIFAX - The small boat is taking on water, its ripped sails flapping furiously in rough seas as a 68-year-old man struggles at the helm of the vessel in distress hundreds of kilometres off Newfoundl...
Sep 02, 2016
CRTC says Quebec cannot block access to websites without regulator's approval
MONTREAL - Quebec cannot force Internet companies to block people’s access to certain websites without the approval of the CRTC, says a preliminary opinion by the federal broadcast regulator. Fe...
Sep 02, 2016
A look at some of the key moments Friday during Trudeau's ongoing visit to China
SHANGHAI - A quick look at some of the key developments Friday during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ongoing visit to China. ___ The prime minister talked trade and investment with business lea...
Sep 02, 2016

'Make it awkward' and call out racism: Edmonton mayor after viral video
Edmonton’s mayor is calling on people to “make it awkward” and call out racism, after a viral video showed someone hurling a racist slur on a city street. Actor and former high-jump ...
Sep 02, 2016

Alibaba's new online hub to help Canadian firms access huge Chinese market
HANGZHOU, China - Canadian merchants are hoping a new online storefront via e-commerce giant Alibaba will help them sell more to the rapidly expanding Chinese marketplace. Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Sep 02, 2016
Girl, 15, dies four years after minivan crashed in Alberta school
ST. PAUL, Alta. - A girl who was injured four years ago when a minivan plowed into a rural Alberta school, killing one student, has died. An obituary says 15-year-old Maddie Guitard died Wednesday sur...
Sep 02, 2016
Final arguments delayed in trial for woman charged with hiding infant remains
WINNIPEG - Closing arguments in the trial of a Winnipeg woman charged with hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker have been delayed. The judge hearing the case of Andrea Giesbrecht agre...
Sep 02, 2016
Is Vancouver's housing market losing its sizzle? Some facts on August home sales
VANCOUVER - Some facts on home sale figures for August released Friday by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, the first month of data available since the B.C. government brought in a tax on fo...
Sep 02, 2016