Category Archives: Canada

Smoked meat and basketball: Trudeau takes lighter approach to connect with China
SHANGHAI - With the higher-stakes political discussions behind him, Justin Trudeau’s week-long mission to foster Canadian-Chinese relations adopted a lighter tone Friday. Early in the week, the ...
Sep 02, 2016
Case of man accused in crossbow slaying of 3 put over to Sept. 23
TORONTO - The case of a man accused of killing his mother and two of his brothers in a bloody crossbow attack has been put over to Sept. 23. Brett Ryan, 35, is charged with three counts of first-degre...
Sep 02, 2016

Ontario Tories win Toronto byelection after flip-flopping on sex-ed curriculum
TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives won a provincial byelection Thursday in northeast Toronto, but it may have come at a cost. City councillor Raymond Cho won the Scarborough-Rouge Riv...
Sep 02, 2016
Frightened pooch plucked from side of rocky cliff in daring rescue
PARADISE, N.L. - A lucky, but tired dog is back with his family after rescuers plucked him from the side of a sheer cliff where he had been stranded for days. Askim, a black and white pooch, was spott...
Sep 02, 2016

Seven stories in the news today, Sept. 2
Seven stories in the news today from The Canadian Press --- NEW VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE FIGURES OUT TODAY Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is bracing for a steep decline in detached home sales...
Sep 02, 2016
Candlelight vigil held for slain First Nations man Colten Boushie
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A candlelight vigil has been held in memory of a Saskatchewan First Nations man whose shooting death on a rural property escalated racial tensions in the province. Colten Bou...
Sep 01, 2016
Enbridge suspends regulatory process for delayed Sandpiper pipeline project
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has announced further delays to an oil pipeline proposed to run from the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota through Minnesota to a terminal in Superior, Wis. The Calgary-based co...
Sep 01, 2016

Trudeau uses Shanghai stage to offer public critique of China on human rights
SHANGHAI - Justin Trudeau set his sights squarely on China’s human rights record Thursday, painting Canada as a straight-talking champion of personal freedoms as he lectured an elite business cr...
Sep 01, 2016
New Vancouver real estate figures anticipated after month of foreign-buyers tax
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is bracing for a steep decline in detached home sales recorded in August, as new numbers will offer a first look at the immediate impact of a tax...
Sep 01, 2016
Lawyer for veterans wants Liberals to live up to election promise on pensions
CALGARY - The lawyer for Canadian veterans involved in a legal battle with the federal government says the Department of Veterans Affairs is playing politics with his clients. Don Sorochan said Thursd...
Sep 01, 2016