Category Archives: Canada

'Please pray for our Bahamasland,' Canadian victim wrote before Dorian hit
Hours before hurricane Dorian pounded the Bahamas and obliterated entire neighbourhoods, Alishia Sabrina Liolli asked her friends and loved ones on social media to pray for her family and the sma...
Sep 07, 2019

Some former New Brunswick NDP candidates deny they left party to join the Greens
MONTREAL - Some of the 14 former candidates for the New Brunswick NDP whose names were on a declaration stating they were jumping to the provincial and federal Green parties are now cla...
Sep 07, 2019

Hurricane Dorian projected to hit with force in parts of Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - As Hurricane Dorian pushes northward, emergency and weather officials in Atlantic Canada warned Thursday against complacency ahead of the expected weekend arrival of the severe storm system....
Sep 07, 2019

Health Canada warns against modifying vape pens as illness spreads in U.S.
OTTAWA - People who vape should get medical attention right away if they're worried their electronic cigarettes are harming them, Health Canada said Thursday. The federal department said there is no s...
Sep 07, 2019

NAFTA panel says U.S. can't show harm from Canadian softwood industry
OTTAWA - A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its tariffs on imported Canadian softwood lumber but the saga for Canada's troubled softwood companies is far from over...
Sep 07, 2019

Montreal man pleads guilty to murder of unborn child
MONTREAL - A Montreal man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in a stabbing attack that killed his unborn child and seriously injured the baby's mother. The surprise gu...
Sep 07, 2019

Threats, abuse move from online to real world, McKenna now requires security
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she was recently walking outside a movie theatre with her children when a car slowly pulled to a stop beside them. The driver rolled down his windo...
Sep 07, 2019

In the news today, Sept. 5
Four stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 5 --- CANADA'S BIANCA ANDREESCU HEADS TO U.S. OPEN SEMIFINALS Bianca Andreescu became the first teenager to reach the U.S. Open semifinals in a d...
Sep 07, 2019

Conference looks at how First Nations can be involved in marijuana industry
VANCOUVER - The cannabis industry is seen by some First Nations as an opportunity to take the initiative and get out of poverty, says the regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of Fir...
Sep 06, 2019

Trial hears Quebec man stabbed his former partner, beat stranger to death
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The trial of a Quebec man accused of murdering his partner and killing another man for a getaway vehicle began Friday at a courthouse north of Montreal. Crown prosecutor...
Sep 06, 2019