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New Arctic coast highway opens up remote Tuktoyaktuk
By mid-November, a 137-km all-season road will permanently connect Tuktoyaktuk to Inuvik, opening up the isolated hamlet in a way it never has been before. Sturgeon County neighbourhoods evacuated after train carrying crude oil derails
Residents of two neighbourhoods in Sturgeon County, Alta., were allowed to return home Sunday evening after they were evacuated in the aftermath of a train derailment Sunday afternoon, county officials say. Dalhousie student faces disciplinary action over Canada 150 postMisc CDN | 207391 hits | 12:30 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Dalhousie University student is facing disciplinary action over a post she made to Facebook in the summer about Canada 150 celebrations. New data show 69% of illegal border-crossers are being granted asylumMisc CDN | 206719 hits | 12:03 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The acceptance rate for the border-crossers is even higher than the 63-per-cent overall rate for asylum-seekers in 2016. 4 charged following duelling demonstrations at Nathan Phillips SquareMisc CDN | 209096 hits | 12:09 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Four people have been charged after two groups of demonstrators faced off against each other amid a heavy police presence at Nathan Phillips Square. 'We should be in alignment': B.C. looks to shift date for Family Day
B.C. is the only province that celebrates Family Day on the second Monday of February, but that could change. Other provinces have Family Day on the third Monday of the month, and that disparity means some employees, such as those who work for the federal Hungry bear nibbles Styrofoam berries on woman's front door wreath
Kim Bouwman decorated her front door for a simple autumn esthetic but now has some chewed-up fake berries and a great story. The woman, who lives in the community of Ste. Anne — about 45 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg — was relaxing in her reading room Man plunges into Halifax Harbour to rescue drowning bird
A man working at a Halifax waterfront restaurant stripped down to his underwear and jumped into the harbour Thursday to save a drowning bird caught in a fishing line. Bill Morneau says he doesn't 'report to journalists,' bristles at questions about personal finances
Finance Minister Bill Morneau dodged questions about his use of numbered companies to hold investments Friday, saying he does not have to defend his choices to journalists. Winter road will be carved through northern Manitoba to get supplies to Churchill
A scheme is in the works to build a temporary winter road to Churchill so food, fuel and other supplies can be delivered in the absence of train service. No-calculator math test reveals weak mental math among Alberta studentsMisc CDN | 208144 hits | 10:31 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Grade 6 students did poorly on a new no-calculator portion of provincial mathematics exams, Alberta's education minister said Tuesday.Last fall, concerned about children's grasp of math fundamentals, Minister David Eggen introduced a new 15-minute, 15-que Magnitsky human rights law, protections for journalists' sources get royal assent
Two private member's bills, one protecting journalists' sources and another that allows Canada to get tough on human rights abusers, received royal assent Wednesday. Ammonia leak believed responsible for 3 deaths at Fernie, B.C., arena
The City of Fernie has confirmed three people have died from possible exposure to ammonia after emergency crews were called to the Fernie Memorial Arena for reports of an ammonia leak just before noon on Tuesday. Enhanced training, support rolls out for Indigenous search and rescue
New gear and joint training with Coast Guard are part of the federal government's commitment to support the historic role of coastal Indigenous communities in marine rescue and response, says Ottawa. Police drop investigation as story of racist death threats against Calgary trustee candidate unravelsMisc CDN | 207030 hits | 3:11 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The man originally accused of making online racist death threats against a Calgary school board trustee candidate says he didn't do it, and Calgary police confirm their hate crimes unit is no longer investigating the comments. The candidate, for her part, Digger the horse dies after rescue from 6 days trapped in hole
A horse that survived almost a week stuck in a large hole on an Alberta farm before being rescued has died. Part of Jasper National Park to close for Indigenous huntMisc CDN | 207162 hits | 2:19 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Digger the horse survives six days stuck in old sewage hole
An Alberta family has a lot to be thankful for this weekend, after days of desperately searching for their horse ended in what they call a 'miracle.' 'I just saw a big fin': Huge shark spotted off B.C. coas
A massive shark was captured on camera swimming off the coast of Vancouver Island by a group of people fishing for tuna. The group, which included former Vancouver Canucks hockey player Willie Mitchell, told CTV Vancouver Island they spotted a large shark Close to 500 black bears destroyed this year due to human conflict, says province
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is reminding people who live in or near bear country to make sure the animals don't have access to garbage, fruit trees and compost. Grizzly meat hunt is a trophy hunt in disguise, say 38 organizations
Thirty-eight environmental and animal welfare groups have signed an open letter to the B.C. government opposing the continuation of grizzly bear hunting for meat. Moose hunt closed in Cariboo areas following wildfires
Parts of the Cariboo will be closed to moose hunting this season after the area was ravaged by wildfire this summer. The closures affect the area directly north of Highway 20, and west of Williams Lake and Quesnel in B.C.'s Interior. Misc CDN | 206856 hits | 9:47 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Abdirahmaan Warssama claimed he was held in jail for refusing to sign a "voluntary statutory declaration" that would indicate he volunteered to return to Somalia. Wanted by the Mounties: 4,470 muskrat hats
Canada's national police force says nothing tops muskrat fur for keeping officers' heads warm in extreme cold. It has issued a tender for 4,470 of its traditional blue winter hats with ear flaps, lined and trimmed with muskrat fur. 2 P.E.I war memorials among best in Canada, says author
Alan MacLeod says it was his great-uncle's stories about his experiences in the First World War that got him interested in war memorials. New rules for Canadian citizenship come into effect next weekMisc CDN | 206953 hits | 10:57 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Truckers face charges after allegedly trying to bring 11 people over borderMisc CDN | 207020 hits | 10:56 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two truck drivers from Quebec are facing multiple charges after allegedly trying to smuggle 11 people from the United States into Canada. Hurricanes help unearth debris from Canadian pilot's crash, 59 years later
Nearly 60 years after a Canadian naval pilot vanished off the coast of Florida, clues about what happened washed ashore. Charging deer injures Oak Bay police chief
Oak Bay Police Chief Andy Brinton is recovering in hospital after being charged by a deer while cycling on Salt Spring Island Sunday morning. B.C. man, 23, among the 58 killed in Las Vegas mass shootingMisc CDN | 206838 hits | 10:15 AM on Monday | posted by shockedcanadian
Condemn both terrorism and Islamophobia in wake of Edmonton attacks, Imam says
It's important to condemn both terrorism and Islamophobia in the wake of violent overnight attacks in Edmonton, the founder of a Muslim group said Sunday. Put a ring on it: 99-year-old finds new owner for WW II engagement rings
Annette Vardy of Clarenville accepted a marriage proposal when she was 22 but never got to wed her sweetheart. Decades later she has passed the rings on, saying "I wanted somebody to have them who would care." Finding Private Ryan: Portrait of soldier killed in WW I found in dump
A St. John's man is trying to track down the family of a First World War soldier, after a chance discovery at a dump more than 20 years ago. 'Ready to have some popcorn and chill': Bears caught relaxing at northern Manitoba dump
Does a bear sit in the woods? Maybe not, but photographs received by CBC News indicate they do sit at the garbage dump. Lynx kittens turn Alaska photographer's deck 'into a romper room'
During an hour-long encounter, a lynx and her seven kittens turned Tim Newton's deck in the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska, into a playroom. Edmonton police investigate 'acts of terrorism' after officer stabbed, pedestrians run downMisc CDN | 210369 hits | 10:37 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man who stabbed a police officer with a knife and deliberately plowed into pedestrians on Edmonton's busiest downtown strip is being investigated for "acts of terrorism," police said at a news conference early Sunday. Winter tire rules take effect on B.C. highways as temperatures start to drop
From Oct. 1 through March 31, drivers are required to use snow tires on most B.C. highways. Bear 148 hunter knew bear was wearing tracking collar before kill
The hunter that killed a notorious female grizzly bear in B.C. after the bear wandered into the province from Alberta knew the animal was wearing a research tracking collar but shot it anyway. Siwash Rock needs its 'derogatory' name changed, park board commissioner says
Catherine Evans introduced a motion to kickstart the renaming process earlier this week. The word for a Native person is Siwash — that's what you would call a Native person. And the word Siwash is derived from the French word 'sauvage,' which translates t Identity of Canadian soldier depicted in new war memorial discovered in time for big reveal
It took months to identify the soldier depicted in the image engraved on the new memorial, but Lt. Michael McCauley and his wife will be in attendance at the upcoming unveiling. Man expected to make full recovery after predatory attack by 'emaciated' grizzly near B.C.-Yukon border
A hunter from B.C. is recovering from a bear mauling earlier this week.Conservation officers say the attack was predatory, meaning the bear wanted to eat the man. 
A pair of photographs are stirring up the folklore pot in the Northwest Territories — or perhaps more accurately, leaving a big impression. Air France plane makes emergency landing in Goose Bay after engine blowout over AtlanticMisc CDN | 210023 hits | 1:08 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An Air France plane en route to Los Angeles from Paris made an emergency landing in Goose Bay, N.L., after one of its engines blew out over the Atlantic Ocean. Rock climber falls to death on North Shore after attempt to save him fails
A rock climber fell approximately 75 metres to his death after an attempt to climb Crown Mountain went awry. The survivor was rescued after suffering 3rd-degree burns when he tried to grab the rope they were joined with to stop the fall. Trump visit tarnishes Sidney Crosby's crown in his hometown
A year after Halifax decided to consider naming a street after Sidney Crosby, the hockey superstar suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ugly political mess that has some residents openly musing about rescinding the offer. Infamous Banff-area grizzly killed by hunter in B.C.
An often troublesome, collared female grizzly — famous for her run-ins with people in Alberta's Bow Valley — has been killed by a hunter in B.C. less than two months after being relocated. Distorted inukshuk art at Toronto airport angers some Inuit
The way three inukshuks displayed outside Toronto's Pearson International Airport have been reassembled has angered some Inuit.Back to Canada News
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