Category Archives: Canada
'Arctic has to be heard:' Inuit to make first address to world shipping group
A delegation of Arctic aboriginals that includes Canadian Inuit will use its first appearance before the group that regulates global shipping to argue that it shouldn’t be its last. “The v...
Oct 23, 2016
Trudeau's 'star power' unlikely to nab seat for Liberals in Alberta byelection
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - The Conservatives are hoping to rally their traditional power base to retain hold on a sprawling southern Alberta federal riding that hasn’t elected a Liberal MP in 48 year...
Oct 23, 2016
Victoria Stafford's killer appeals, pinning blame on accomplice
TORONTO - The man convicted of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford seven years ago will ask Ontario’s top court for a new trial Monday, trying to pin the blame on his accomplice. Michael Ra...
Oct 23, 2016
A look at the abortion drug Mifegymiso
TORONTO - The abortion drug Mifegymiso is expected to hit the Canadian market next month. A look: WHAT IS IT? Mifegymiso, also known as RU-486, is a combination of two medications - mifepristone and m...
Oct 23, 2016
Sexual health advocates battle to ease abortion pill hurdles before Cdn debut
TORONTO - Sexual health advocates are intent on making Canada the most permissive country in the world for a heavily regulated abortion pill expected to hit shelves next month. Mifegymiso has been ava...
Oct 23, 2016
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $13 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for Saturday night’s $13 million Lotto 649 jackpot. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lott...
Oct 23, 2016
Pilot injured as small plane crash lands in Medicine Hat cemetery
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - A small plane crash landed in a cemetery in Medicine Hat, Alta. Saturday night. Sgt. Jeff Wieschorster (WEE’-chess-ter) of the Medicine Hat Police Service said the pilot - ...
Oct 23, 2016
Bad weather damages booms, spreads diesel spill from sunken tug off B.C. coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - Heavy weather conditions are causing a diesel spill from a sunken tugboat to spread in the waters off British Columbia’s remote central coast. A spokeswoman for Kirby Offshor...
Oct 22, 2016
Former Habs coach and Senator Jacques Demers hospitalized: Office confirms
OTTAWA - Senator and former Montreal Canadiens coach Jacques Demers has been hospitalized, but his office said Saturday it was too early to provide any details. His director of parliamentary affairs c...
Oct 22, 2016
Protesters break into Muskrat Falls site, more form blockade outside
Protesters broke into the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric site in Labrador and formed a blockade around it, Nalcor Energy confirmed Saturday. Nalcor spokeswoman Karen O’Neill said protesters and veh...
Oct 22, 2016