Category Archives: Canada

Scientist says tropical fish documented by diver signal warming Atlantic waters
HALIFAX - A marine biologist is taking notice of stunning images of tropical fish photographed by an amateur diver in the warming waters off Nova Scotia's southern shore. Boris Worm of Dalho...
Aug 04, 2019

Freeland lands meeting with Chinese counterpart to talk about detainees
OTTAWA - The diplomatic tensions between Canada and China took what Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland styled Friday as a positive step after she finally landed a face-to-face m...
Aug 04, 2019

'Nowhere to go.' Iqaluit homeless stay in shacks, old boats amid housing crisis
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nushupiq Kilabuk wakes up every day in a shack on the shores Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit with only a lantern and a camping stove to keep him warm - but he says he's one of the luc...
Aug 04, 2019

Mount Polley mine disaster five years later; emotions, accountability unresolved
VICTORIA - People are swimming and fishing in Quesnel Lake five years after the largest environmental mining disaster in Canadian history, but residents of Likely, B.C., are still struggling with...
Aug 04, 2019

Trudeau given glimpse of life in the Far North during tour of Arctic Bay
ARCTIC BAY, Nunavut - Sitting on a bed next to the oldest Inuit woman in northern Nunavut, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heard and witnessed first-hand what life is like for the people of the Far Nort...
Aug 04, 2019

Conservatives, if elected, would work to restore ties with Saudi Arabia
OTTAWA - A Conservative government, if elected this fall, would work to fix Canada's relationship with Saudi Arabia by trying to build back rapport with the kingdom in areas that i...
Aug 04, 2019

Iranian-born Canadian resident returns after 11 years in notorious prison
VANCOUVER - An Iranian-born Canadian resident has returned to British Columbia after being imprisoned and allegedly tortured in his home country for 11 years. Saeed Malekpour arrived at Vancouver...
Aug 03, 2019

Groups seeking to suspend Quebec secularism law granted leave to appeal
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court agreed Thursday to hear an appeal on behalf of groups seeking to suspend the central parts of the province's secularism law. Catherine McKenzie, a lawy...
Aug 03, 2019

Parks puts up toilet etiquette signs to help international tourists use outhouses
YOHO NATIONAL PARK, B.C. - Some new signs are popping up in the Canadian Rockies to show international visitors how to properly use outhouses. Staff at Lake O'Hara in British Columbia's Yoho Nati...
Aug 03, 2019

Evacuation ends and rail line reopens after Alberta train derailment
IRVINE, Alta. - Residents of a southern Alberta hamlet are back in their homes after an evacuation that followed a train derailment and chemical spill. Cypress County posted on its website Saturday th...
Aug 03, 2019