Category Archives: Canada
Winning ticket sold in B.C. for Saturday night's $9.7 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - A single winning ticket for Saturday night’s $9.7 million Lotto 649 jackpot was sold in British Columbia. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize was claimed by a ticket purchased...
Sep 18, 2016
Passenger hiding iguanas in luggage delays WestJet flight in Toronto
TORONTO - A WestJet flight was grounded in Toronto after customs officers determined there were iguanas loose in the aircraft. WestJet spokesperson Lauren Stewart says a passenger on a flight from Cub...
Sep 17, 2016
Officer severely injured in altercation at Calgary shopping mall
CALGARY - A police officer was severely injured after a struggle with a man at a Calgary shopping mall on Saturday and used his service firearm to defend himself. Calgary police say a suspect attacked...
Sep 17, 2016
NATO's Canadian-led battle group beginning to take shape in Latvia
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Canadian-led NATO force in Latvia is starting to take shape, with several countries having expressed an interest in contributing troops and equipmen...
Sep 17, 2016
Rock star Bono praises Canada as a global leader at Montreal AIDS conference
MONTREAL - Canada is a leader when it comes to collaborating on global issues, rock star Bono said Saturday during his keynote address at a Montreal conference to fundraise for AIDS, malaria and tuber...
Sep 17, 2016
Emissions, First Nations and the IMF: three ways politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Federal politicians were scarce on Parliament Hill this week, taking advantage of the last few days before Parliament returns to kick up their heels and work the barbecue circuit one last tim...
Sep 17, 2016
Two tickets sold in Ontario split Friday's $60 million Lotto max jackpot
TORONTO - There are two winning tickets for Friday night’s $60 million Lotto max jackpot. They were both purchased in Ontario and each is worth $30 million. Five of the 22 MaxMillion prizes of a...
Sep 17, 2016
Mountie charged with luring will vigorously defend himself: Lawyer
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a British Columbia RCMP officer charged with luring after a sting by a vigilante group says his client will vigorously defend himself. Rishi Gill says Const. Dario Devic is ...
Sep 16, 2016
A list of books written by B.C.-based author W.P. Kinsella
Following is a list of the works of W.P. Kinsella, who died Friday in Hope, B.C. - Dance Me Outside (1977). A series of stories narrated by a young Cree man from what was then called Hobbema in centra...
Sep 16, 2016
W.P. Kinsella, B.C.-based author of 'Shoeless Joe,' has doctor-assisted death
VANCOUVER - W.P. Kinsella, the B.C.-based author of “Shoeless Joe,” the award-winning novel that became the film “Field of Dreams,” has died at 81. His literary agency confirme...
Sep 16, 2016