Category Archives: Canada
Canadians sent home for trying to sneak cat into New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A Canadian woman who authorities say managed to hide her 4-year-old pet cat Bella in her handbag during a trans-Pacific flight had her vacation cut short when border agents d...
Dec 21, 2016
Owl doing OK after being hit by SUV, getting stuck in front grill
CAMROSE, Alta. - Some high school students, a teacher, and a Alberta fish and wildlife officer worked together to free a Great horned owl stuck in the front grill of an SUV. The SUV, which belongs to ...
Dec 21, 2016
No jail time for Mountie in violent arrest, assault of youth in Terrace, B.C.
TERRACE, B.C. - A RCMP officer will not spend time in jail for assaulting a teenager in Terrace, B.C., during a violent arrest more than two years ago. However the suspended sentence handed to Const. ...
Dec 21, 2016
No quick end to bovine TB disaster despite lack of new cases: CFIA
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has not found any new cases of bovine tuberculosis in the last week, though it could take several more months to sound the all clear. Cattle ranche...
Dec 21, 2016
Trudeau says government's plans aimed at preventing anti-trade backlash
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says his government’s focus on bolstering the middle class is aimed at insulating Canada from the kind of populist rage that is fuelling political upheaval elsewhere arou...
Dec 21, 2016
Calgary mayor raises 2026 Olympic bid with prime minister; says it was 'cursory'
Calgary’s potential bid to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games was on the agenda in a meeting between Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “It was very cursory,” Nen...
Dec 21, 2016
'Knees together' judge gets extra time to file response to judicial council
CALGARY - The Canadian Judicial Council says a judge who asked a sex assault complainant why she couldn’t keep her knees together has been given more time to respond to a recommendation he be re...
Dec 21, 2016
In rural Nova Scotia, a refugee with pastry skills helps preserve Canadian jobs
CHESTER, N.S. - As Ruwad Al Badin deftly prepares Christmas gingerbread men, his employer in southwestern Nova Scotia looks on approvingly, knowing the skilled Syrian refugee is supporting a family, w...
Dec 21, 2016
Telecom regulator declares broadband internet a basic service, like telephone
GATINEAU, Que. - Canada’s telecom regulator has declared broadband internet access a basic service across the country, just like current landline telephone service. But making full access to ult...
Dec 21, 2016
Quebec announces inquiry into treatment of First Nations
Quebec announced on Wednesday the creation of a provincial inquiry into relations between First Nations peoples and various government-run bodies. The inquiry will be led by retired Superior Court jus...
Dec 21, 2016