Category Archives: Canada
Prairie farmers take financial hit as oil and gas slowdown stalls drilling rigs
CALGARY - For 56-year-old farmer Shannon Webb, waking up Friday to six inches of snow coating his grain fields near Wynyard, Sask., the frustration of an interrupted harvest wins out, for now, over wo...
Oct 09, 2016
Quebec group rallies to save abandoned mine threatened with demolition
MONTREAL - A “spectacular” abandoned mine in western Quebec has become so popular with tourists the provincial government is considering demolishing it, says a citizens group. The abandone...
Oct 09, 2016
Struggle of compassion versus doctrine for Catholics who choose assisted death
VANCOUVER - A proper funeral is far more than an end-of-life celebration for practising Catholics, who believe last rites cleanse the soul of sin in preparation for eternal life in heaven. But for the...
Oct 09, 2016
Ontario ticket takes Saturday night's $20 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - The $20.5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw was won by a single ticket purchased in Ontario. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize also went to an Ontario ticke...
Oct 08, 2016
Three killed in pickup truck crash in northern Ont.
ATIKOKAN, Ont. - Three people have been killed and a fourth injured in a single vehicle crash in northern Ontario. Investigators with the OPP’s Atikokan detachment were called to the scene aroun...
Oct 08, 2016
In historic event, rebellion erupts against Trump one month before election
WASHINGTON - An internal rebellion has erupted against Donald Trump, knocking out support from longstanding pillars of the Republican party and threatening to turn his presidential campaign into ruins...
Oct 08, 2016
Sluggish exports continue to confound, says Bank of Canada governor
WASHINGTON - The perplexingly persistent sluggishness of exports has slowed Canada’s adjustment to low oil prices, the country’s central banker said Saturday. The problem continues to conf...
Oct 08, 2016
Philippe Couillard attacks newly-elected PQ leader's "closed nationalism"
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Jean-Francois Lisee’s election as Parti Quebecois leader represents a victory for “the nationalism of exclusion,” Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Saturday...
Oct 08, 2016
Contest winners seek technological solutions to help save the St. Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Can artificial intelligence be used to help predict water quality? Could an app for fishermen help signal the presence of invasive species? Technology, and how it can help save one of North...
Oct 08, 2016
NB community college to offer marijuana cultivation program with industry help
BATHURST, N.B. - A community college in New Brunswick is offering a course in horticulture tailored to equip students with the skills to work in a growing industry - marijuana cultivation. A school of...
Oct 08, 2016