Category Archives: Canada
Tugs finally free tanker stranded in Cape Breton, N.S., for a week
SYDNEY, N.S. - A tanker that ran aground off the coast of Nova Scotia has returned to port after being stuck in shallow water for a week. The coast guard and salvage crews freed the Arca 1 from a bay ...
Jan 15, 2017
Experts question whether tougher sentences deter drunk driving
Experts are questioning whether a recent trend towards stiffer sentences for those who kill someone while drinking and driving are doing much to solve the problem. Earlier this week, an Ontario judge ...
Jan 15, 2017
No winning ticket for $20 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $20 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket purchased in Quebec. The jac...
Jan 15, 2017
Nova Scotia Teachers Union rejects province's latest offer: province
HALIFAX - Education Minister Karen Casey says the Nova Scotia Teachers Union has rejected the province’s latest contract offer. The two sides had been meeting with a conciliator for the past fou...
Jan 14, 2017
Second attempt to tow grounded off Nova Scotia rescheduled after weather delays
SYDNEY, N.S. - A second attempt to free a grounded tanker from a sandy bottom off Cape Breton has been pushed back until early Sunday morning due to weather conditions. The salvage company brought in ...
Jan 14, 2017
Five suicides in Quebec indigenous communities were avoidable: coroner's report
Five suicides that occurred in two indigenous communities in 2015 were avoidable, a Quebec coroner said Saturday in a report that compared Canada’s reserve system to apartheid and suggested it w...
Jan 14, 2017
Reconciliation more than land acknowledgments, Aboriginal groups say
An increasing number of institutions across the country have started making verbal land acknowledgments to the Aboriginal groups who traditionally occupied the territory. Professors at Dalhousie Unive...
Jan 14, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $34.8 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $34.8 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 20 will be approximately $50 million, and two...
Jan 13, 2017
Retiring star Hayley Wickenheiser paved the way for female hockey players
CALGARY - When Hayley Wickenheiser sees girls dragging hockey bags into arenas, she feels a sense of accomplishment. The normalcy of girls playing hockey is what she sweated for, fought for, and shed ...
Jan 13, 2017
Walmart charged under Public Health Act over fire food: Alberta Health Services
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Alberta Health Services alleges Walmart Canada kept and sold food that was potentially contaminated by the Fort McMurray wildfire. The health agency says Walmart Canada Corp. ha...
Jan 13, 2017