Category Archives: Canada
Toronto lawyers and family mourned after cottage fire kills four
DOURO-DUMMER, Ont. - A Toronto law firm is remembering one of its partners as a “vibrant and wonderful person” after news that a family of four died in a fire near Peterborough, Ont. Polic...
Dec 26, 2016
Forensic engineering certificate first of its kind in Canada: University of Toronto
TORONTO - Doug Perovic loves his job, but he also wishes he didn’t have to do it. If he’s involved, it usually means something catastrophic has occurred. The University of Toronto engineer...
Dec 26, 2016
Star sprinter Andre De Grasse voted Canadian Press male athlete of the year
TORONTO - The smile was priceless, a rare spontaneous moment in the Olympic pressure cooker that will go down as one of the most enduring images of the Rio Summer Games. Andre De Grasse had cruised up...
Dec 26, 2016
Alberta's divided conservative movement set to roil again in 2017
EDMONTON - Alberta's conservative political parties, two stubborn rams of provincial politics for almost a decade now, appear poised to lock horns once again in 2017. An entirely new entity may emerge...
Dec 26, 2016
From 'floaters' to family: Strangers bond at Nova Scotia Christmas gathering
BLOCKHOUSE, N.S. - A falconer, a university student from Vietnam, a toddler and miniature horse gathered around the Christmas tree at a farmhouse in Nova Scotia for a turkey dinner shared by ten near ...
Dec 26, 2016
Author Joseph Boyden defends indigenous heritage after investigation
A celebrated Canadian author who writes about First Nations heritage and culture is defending himself on Twitter after his ancestry was questioned. In a statement posted to his Twitter account, Joseph...
Dec 25, 2016
Mission readies late Christmas gifts for mariners who spend holidays at sea
HALIFAX - Somewhere on the North Atlantic, there’s a small fleet of merchant ships headed for the port of Halifax, with crews that have spent Christmas Day at sea, far from their families. Rev. ...
Dec 25, 2016
Three Canadian teachers nominated for global teaching innovation prize
From transforming classrooms into scenes from the Harry Potter novels to coaching kids in a northern community to run half-marathons, three Canadian have gone above and beyond the curriculum to help s...
Dec 25, 2016
CRTC's 'basic service' Internet decision welcomed by indigenous group
WINNIPEG - As grand chief of an organization representing northern Manitoba First Nations, Sheila North Wilson has a lot of experience dealing with spotty Internet and cell phone service. North Wilson...
Dec 25, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7.7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7.7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, there were five guaranteed $1 million dollar prizes, two of which were claimed by t...
Dec 25, 2016