Category Archives: Canada
'Smell of food would really excite' python, reptile expert tells N.B. trial
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - Two boys killed by a python may have become prey because they had been playing with farm animals, a reptile expert testified Monday. Bob Johnson, the now-retired former curator of ...
Nov 07, 2016
Ford workers vote in favour of new contract with automaker
TORONTO - Unionized workers at Ford’s Canadian operations have accepted a new contract with the automaker. Unifor, which represents some 6,700 workers at Ford, says the deal was approved by 58 p...
Nov 06, 2016
Transport minister visits fuel spill, sunken tug site off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Members of a First Nation affected by a diesel spill on British Columbia’s central coast are calling for changes to be made quickly following another visit from a federal cab...
Nov 06, 2016
Italy says 2 kidnapped Italians, 1 Canadian freed in Libya
ROME - A Canadian and two Italians who were kidnapped in southern Libya by armed men in September were freed unharmed and brought to Italy in the early hours of Saturday, Italian authorities said. Ita...
Nov 06, 2016
Saskatchewan judge orders five dogs that attacked kids be destroyed
PONTEIX, Sask. - A judge in Saskatchewan has ordered five dogs be euthanized after they attacked a group of children earlier this year. Robert Carpenter owned all five of the Labradors in the communit...
Nov 06, 2016
Geologist hired to study sediment calls Flora Bank LNG approval 'science fraud'
When Patrick McLaren first pitched a sediment analysis of the port of Prince Rupert, B.C., seabed, he had no idea he would uncover a “mind-blowingly wonderful” 8,000-year-old anomaly under...
Nov 06, 2016
Montreal's mayor stands by police chief amid outcry over journalist surveillance
Montreal’s mayor is standing by the city’s police chief amid new reports of police surveillance of journalists’ phones. Denis Coderre says asking Chief Philippe Pichet to resign with...
Nov 06, 2016
A look at the issues facing Canada with Clinton or Trump in the White House
OTTAWA - Canada’s neighbour elects a new president Tuesday with either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to take up residence in the White House. Each are proposing different agendas for the U.S. ...
Nov 06, 2016
Melodie's story: the ripple effect of abuse in indigenous communities
OTTAWA - At the age of five, Melodie Casella remembers calling her mom to tell her “something” had happened. It was enough to send her mother rushing home. A babysitter on her B.C. reserve...
Nov 06, 2016
B.C. lays out West Coast spill response needs ahead of expected federal plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s demands for a world-leading marine oil spill response has a long list of requirements, including a coast guard base at Prince Rupert and a multimillion-dollar price...
Nov 06, 2016