Category Archives: Canada
Scientists propose ways to measure Great Lakes water quality
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A U.S.-Canadian agency is considering additional ways to measure the safety of Great Lakes water for drinking and activities such as swimming and fishing. The proposals were dev...
Dec 19, 2016
Breaking the boom and bust: A look at how Alberta is trying to
diversify economy
CALGARY - As Alberta struggles to emerge from one of its worst economic downturns, Premier Rachel Notley has been pushing to make the province less reliant on oil and the boom and bust cycle that come...
Dec 19, 2016
Man who fled to Pakistan after sexually assaulting woman sentenced in absentia
TORONTO - An Ontario man who fled to Pakistan after being found guilty of sexual assault was sentenced in absentia Monday, in what a Toronto judge called a “phenomenally rare procedure.” M...
Dec 19, 2016
Blackberry banks on business from auto makers producing self-driving cars
KANATA, Ont. - BlackBerry says it will spend about $100 million developing secure software, hoping to make itself indispensable for the burgeoning self-driving vehicle market. The company’s QNX ...
Dec 19, 2016
Almost 1.1 million young people hit by cyberbullying, cyberstalking: StatCan
OTTAWA - A new report from Statistics Canada says almost one in every five young Canadians - about 1.1 million people - has been a victim of cyberbullying or cyberstalking. Within that group of 15 to ...
Dec 19, 2016
Blanket of wet snow cut off power, caused commuter woes across Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A blanket of heavy, wet snow cut off power to thousands in British Columbia and caused commuter chaos in Metro Vancouver on Monday. The snowfall caused trees or branches to come down over ...
Dec 19, 2016
Mounties investigate after five-year-old drowns in bathtub in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., were investigating after a five-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub. Police were called to a home in the Whalley neighbourhood just before 5 p.m. Sunday. They say fi...
Dec 19, 2016
Toronto police testing roadside screening devices for drug-impaired driving
Toronto police have begun a pilot project testing the use of roadside screening devices for drug-impaired driving. The project - which continues through to next spring - will test how well officers ar...
Dec 19, 2016
University to reinstate women's hockey after lengthy human rights battle
FREDERICTON - The University of New Brunswick is reinstating women’s varsity hockey following a 10-year absence and a lengthy battle over human rights. “I’m very pleased and very pro...
Dec 19, 2016
Newfoundland mourns retired teacher killed in Jordan: 'She was a happy person'
BURGEO, N.L. - Linda Vatcher made the trip home to Newfoundland’s south coast every year, often offering up a hug and a smile to many people she ran into. “She was just an infectious perso...
Dec 19, 2016