Category Archives: Canada

Backcountry Users Reminded to Take Extra Precautions
CANADA – Record high temperatures this weekend has prompted Avalanche Canada to extend a wide spread warning. Concerned about upper layers of the snowpack melting and causing problems, it’...
Apr 02, 2016

Hundreds Attend Funeral for Conservative MP Jim Hillyer
RAYMOND – Jim Hillyer’s brother, reassured hundreds that his brother’s faith in God and devotion to family would not be forgotten in politics and in the community. The Hillyer family...
Apr 01, 2016

Campbells to Remove BPA Chemical from its Cans by Mid-2017
CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY: Campbell Soup Co. will stop using the chemical Bisphenol A in its canned products by the middle of next year to reassure consumers worried that the substance may harm their health....
Mar 29, 2016

9-1-1 Emergency Phone Service in Early Stage of Upgrade - CRTC Invites Comment
OTTAWA; The Canadian public is being invited to comment on changes for the next generation of 9-1-1 phone service for emergencies. Features under consideration include text messages, photos and videos...
Mar 29, 2016

Police Say No 'Obvious Signs' Of Foul Play In The Discovery Of Missing Boy
AUSTIN, Man. - Days of searching by hundreds of volunteers for a missing Manitoba toddler have ended with the tragic discovery of the boy’s body in a creek. RCMP Sgt. Bert Paquet told reporters ...
Mar 27, 2016

Body of Missing 2 Year Old Boy Found in Creek
Austin, Manitoba: The body of Chase Martens, a two-year-old boy who went missing from his rural Manitoba home earlier this week, was found in a nearby creek on Saturday afternoon, RCMP confirm. The to...
Mar 26, 2016

Finance Minister Morneau says Review of Federal Tax Breaks is Coming
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Liberal government has only begun to clean up the tax code with his first federal budget and that a more detailed review is coming. Morneau’s big-...
Mar 25, 2016

Liberals' maiden 'sunny ways' budget showers spending, deficits to spur growth
OTTAWA - The new Liberal government delivered a sunny ways budget Tuesday brimming with optimism and billion-dollar spending increases spread across a wide spectrum of society. But the bold effort to ...
Mar 23, 2016

Some highlights from the federal Liberal government's 2016 budget
OTTAWA - Some of the highlights of the federal budget tabled Tuesday by Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau: - A deficit of $29.4 billion in 2016-17, nearly three times the $10 billion promised duri...
Mar 22, 2016

Some Canadians turn off the lights for 10th edition of Earth Hour
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was one of many Canadians who joined millions around the world Saturday night in turning off their lights for Earth Hour. Government buildings and monuments ac...
Mar 21, 2016