Category Archives: Canada
'Off the radar': new program aims to give visibility to young caregivers in Quebec
MONTREAL - At 13, while most of her friends were playing outdoors, Joany Roussel was home. Roussel, now 26, said she knew her life was different than most teenage girls: instead of keeping up with the...
May 24, 2021
Canadian troops, Mounties get front row seats to Israeli-Palestinian clashes
OTTAWA - A handful of Canadian Armed Forces members and RCMP officers have had front row seats over the past two weeks as protests and violence have rocked parts of Israel and the Gaza Strip, leaving ...
May 24, 2021
B.C. 'Hobbit' house renamed after threat of lawsuit from entertainment company
BRIDESVILLE, B.C. - The owner of a British Columbia Airbnb property paying tribute to the fantasy race of hobbits from the "Lord of the Rings" has been forced to change the name of her property after ...
May 23, 2021
Provinces shift vaccination efforts to teens and younger adults as rollout advances
A day after Canada officially reported partially immunizing 50 per cent of residents against COVID-19, efforts are shifting to vaccinate younger age groups.Ontario today became the latest province to ...
May 23, 2021
Canadian troops lining up in droves to be vaccinated with 85% receiving one dose
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says Canadian military personnel are coming forward in droves to be vaccinated, with more than 85 per cent of all troops receiving at least one dose. That s...
May 23, 2021
Community involvement key to safe, reclaimable coal mines: industry scientists
Coal mines can be environmentally safe and can become useful, enjoyable landscapes when the seam runs out, say scientists working with industry. But they admit that there are risks and costs, and urge...
May 23, 2021
Families vow to continue land battle in New Brunswick's Kouchibouguac National Park
KOUCHIBOUGUAC, N.B. - A group of 50 people gathered last week on a grassy area overlooking the Fontaine River on New Brunswick's east coast to share memories and erect a teepee. Their answer for why t...
May 23, 2021
Amateur fossil hunter finds 84-million-year-old fossilized turtle on Vancouver Island
COURTENAY, B.C. - Russell Ball was taking one of his usual walks along Vancouver Island's Puntledge River on a cool, grey day in January when he noticed something out of the ordinary. As he knelt down...
May 23, 2021
Film producer Avi Lewis named as NDP candidate in B.C. riding
HALFMOON BAY, B.C. - Documentary film producer Avi Lewis has been acclaimed as the federal NDP candidate in a riding in southern British Columbia. Lewis, the grandson of former federal NDP leader Davi...
May 22, 2021
Cloistered nuns get vaccinated to do their 'duty as citizens' and neighbours
MONTREAL - Cloistered nuns in Montreal's Carmelite monastery lined up to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday. Inside a 125-year-old convent in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, 11 sisters -...
May 22, 2021