Category Archives: Canada

War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 30, 2016

'The truth will come out': Sister of Stampeder shooting suspect says he didn't do it
CALGARY - The sister of a man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player says she’s praying “the truth will come out” to prove his innocence. “I donR...
Sep 30, 2016
Ex-TransCanada CEO says Energy East setback a win for anti-development activists
BANFF, Alta. - Delays caused by the replacement of a panel reviewing the Energy East Pipeline project show that Canada’s regulatory system is flawed and must be fixed, says a former CEO of propo...
Sep 29, 2016
Canada is conducting small operations in Africa
OTTAWA - While the Liberal government is looking at joining UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and the Canadian Forces are finalizing plans to support French counter-terrorism efforts there with trans...
Sep 29, 2016

Donald Trump presidency a danger to world unity, says British globalization prof
BANFF, Alta. - A British globalization expert says if Americans elect Donald Trump as president in November it will set back world harmony and be especially harmful for Canada because it’s ̶...
Sep 29, 2016
Emergency response unco-ordinated after man fell off party boat: TSB
TORONTO - The Transportation Safety Board says emergency response efforts after a man fell off a party boat in Lake Ontario last year weren’t co-ordinated. Search efforts failed to locate 34-yea...
Sep 29, 2016

The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Sept. 29 ___ ONE DEAD IN NEW JERSEY TRAIN CRASH: One person is dead and 108 people are injured after a New Jersey commuter train crashed into the Hoboken Te...
Sep 29, 2016
Man faces abduction charges following Amber Alert in Saskatchewan
LA RONGE, Sask. - RCMP have charged a man in the abduction of two children following an Amber Alert in Saskatchewan. Mounties say a boy was picked up on Wednesday by a man driving a silver van near La...
Sep 29, 2016
Conservative leadership debate in Saskatoon moved back a day to Nov. 9
OTTAWA - The first debate in the federal Conservative leadership campaign will take place Nov. 9 in Saskatoon - a change from the original Nov. 10 date. The party says the English-language debate will...
Sep 29, 2016

Toronto designer basks in glow of 'Kate effect' after royal wears Canadian coat
TORONTO - Bojana Sentaler is quickly learning just what it means to feel the full force of the “Kate effect.” Barely 24 hours after the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in a coat by the Toron...
Sep 29, 2016