Category Archives: Canada

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

Forced to resign as top Montreal cop, Pichet hired in subarctic mining town
Montreal's former police chief, who was forced out of the job following allegations officers fabricated evidence and targeted rivals with internal investigations during his tenure, is becomi...
Aug 03, 2019

50 kilograms of meth seized from semi stopped at Alberta-Montana border crossing
CALGARY - Alberta border officers say they have made their largest seizure of methamphetamine at a crossing into Canada from Montana. Agents stopped a semi-truck with an empty trailer for a secon...
Aug 03, 2019

Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is putting Canada's money where his mouth is, promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he becom...
Aug 03, 2019