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Fox caught on video snatching morning paper from P.E.I. elementary school
When staff at an elementary school in Stratford, P.E.I., set up a surveillance camera to catch the thief who's been making off with the school's newspapers, they weren't expecting the culprit to be of the four-footed variety. Birdzilla the poisoned eagle flies 'like a jet fighter' once again
The largest bald eagle to ever visit the Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Nova is flying free once again after nearly dying of lead poisoning. Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue training centre to open in Sooke
A long-awaited training centre for marine search and rescue volunteers from around the province is on track to open this spring near Victoria. Daring helicopter rescue saves pair of snowmobilers lost for 2 days
A pair of snowmobilers were forced to spend two days and nights in the cold until Vernon Search and Rescue could pull them out of a gully they were trapped in. North Shore Rescue escorts lost hikers off Crown Mountain trail
The hikers set off for the gruelling seven-hour hike on the closed trail at 6:30 a.m., says NSR team leader Mike Danks. The pair called 911 around 8 p.m. PT saying they had gotten lost, but were prepared to stay overnight. 2 cats rescued in Qualicum Beach show signs of abuse
Concerns have been raised that someone in Qualicum Beach, B.C., might be abusing cats, after two of the creatures were recently found with wires bound around their stomachs. Human rights tribunal to rule whether Canada discriminated against First Nations children on reservesMisc CDN | 208173 hits | 6:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by ShepherdsDog
Nine emotional years after she first challenged the federal government, First Nations child welfare advocate Cindy Blackstock is awaiting a ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that will determine if Canada has discriminated against children on Syrians feel 'hopeless' as government-sponsored refugees in Toronto, mother saysMisc CDN | 206933 hits | 6:58 AM on Monday | posted by ShepherdsDog
Some government-sponsored Syrian refugees staying at a budget hotel in Toronto say they feel like they're "trapped in a prison" without hope due to a lack of communication, supplies and assistance. Saskatchewan says refugee influx straining resources
Saskatchewan Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison says the arrival of nearly 600 Syrian refugees over the last couple of months is straining resources. Hello, winter! Newcomers to Canada enjoy the snow in Pippy Park
It's something locals take for granted, but people who have moved to St. John's from warmer countries are experiencing the thrill of sliding. They've lived through war and natural disasters, but a St. John's winter is a new experience for a group of newco Sick and stranded fur seal under care of Vancouver Aquarium
A stranded, sickly Guadalupe fur seal, rescued last week off the coast of Vancouver Island, far from its normal range, is recovering at the Vancouver Aquarium. First Nations aims to boost tourism for remote Vancouver Island village
A potential tourist town on Vancouver Island that never quite made it has a new player in real estate: the neighbouring Huu-ay-aht First Nation. They bought 11 properties in town, including an airport, and hope to develop that tourism potential. Body of Ontario woman missing for nearly 2 weeks pulled from frozen pond
The body pulled from a frozen pond in Markham on Saturday was that of 25-year-old Taneesha Brown, who has been missing for nearly two weeks, York police have confirmed. Two dead after lumber yard accident in New Westminster, B.C.
Two people have died in an apparent industrial accident at a lumber yard in the Metro Vancouver area. Justin Trudeau phone call prompts husband of Burkina Faso victim to hang upMisc CDN | 206980 hits | 10:46 AM on Friday | posted by ShepherdsDog
The husband of one of the Quebecers killed in the Burkina Faso terrorist attack says hanging up on Justin Trudeau "felt good" after the prime minister called him earlier this week. Racing cars on Red River dangerous, RCMP say
Selkirk RCMP are concerned that people racing and drifting in their cars on the frozen Red River could hurt or kill someone. We told you so: Cities struggling with too many refugees, too quicklyMisc CDN | 206806 hits | 12:24 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Liberals' refugee plans have hit
yet another snag. Immigration and
Refugee Minister John McCallum revealed
Wednesday morning that four cities are
now asking for a pause to the flow of
Syrian refugees arriving in their
municipalities. Toron B.C. wolf cull critics take fight to court
Two environmental groups say they're taking their fight against British Columbia's controversial wolf cull to court. Pacific Wild and Valhalla Wilderness Society say they have filed an application for a judicial review. BC Hydro seeks injunction against Site C dam project protesters
BC Hydro is seeking an injunction against protesters at its Site C dam project, claiming they have been preventing contractors from completing their work on the south bank of the Peace River since Jan. 4. Conservatives 'booby-trapped' Iran relations with Victims of Terrorism ActMisc CDN | 206712 hits | 12:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The former Conservative government "booby-trapped" Canada's international relations with a pair of laws that are preventing the Liberals from lifting sanctions on Iran, says a former Canadian military analyst and Middle East expert. Denman Island cable ferry ready to start service
It took two years longer than expected, but BC Ferries says the controversial new cable ferry from Vancouver Island to Denman Island is ready to go into service in February. 13 Vancouver school closures recommended in staff report
Vancouver School Board staff say it may have to close up to 13 schools over the next 15 years as part of its seismic upgrading plan. Snowmobilers rescued in B.C. could be facing hefty bill
Four male snowmobilers from Alberta could be facing a hefty price tag after they had to be rescued on the weekend from Quartz Creek, west of Golden, B.C. New ferry service planned linking Vancouver and Victoria
Clipper says it will add a new hub in Vancouver to connect with Victoria. Nipigon Bridge failure: engineers consider options to open second lane by the end of February
Ontario's Ministry of Transportation hopes to have two lanes of a failed bridge on a northern section of the Trans-Canada Highway open to traffic by the end of February. Truck Loggers Association elects first female president in 73-year history
Jacqui Beban has deep roots in the industry as a 3rd-generation logger on her mom’s side and a 4th-generation logger on her dad’s side of the family. Unwelcome Canada geese prompt push to allow hunting on Victoria farmland
There's a push to change local firearms bylaws to allow for more hunting of Canada geese on Victoria-area farmland. Farmers are currently allowed to kill a small number of geese per week if they have a crop-damage permit from the Canadian Wildlife Service Nova Scotia theft of $28K of lobster troubles fishing community
Recent thefts of roughly 2,700 kilograms of lobster in Nova Scotia are troubling officials in Atlantic Canada's billion-dollar lobster fishing industry. Cree mythology written in the stars
Wilfred Buck teaches kids about the universe through an indigenous lens. The science specialist for the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre takes an inflatable planetarium to First Nations schools. Every earthquake felt in Canada from 1985
CBC has mapped all the earthquakes since 1985 of magnitude 4 and higher that were felt in Canada, using the seismic bulletin data from the National Earthquake Database. Oilsands plant explosion near Fort McMurray leaves 1 dead, another critical
One person is dead and another is in critical condition in a Fort McMurray, Alta., hospital after an explosion at the Nexen Long Lake plant, Wood Buffalo RCMP say. Pacific Centre photos: Vancouver police investigation not meant for public, says chief
Vancouver's police chief says the force still wants to identify three men seen taking photos and video inside the city's downtown shopping mall, but won't officially release the images of them. More women may get top billing on Canadian bank notes: MorneauMisc CDN | 206707 hits | 1:36 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Queen may not be the only woman featured on a Canadian bank note soon. Homeless Inuk man's selfless act caught on camera in MontrealMisc CDN | 206774 hits | 7:14 PM on Wednesday | posted by JaredMilne
It was a selfless act: a homeless man spots a supposedly homeless teenager asking for money and stops to give him the coat off his back. 
The 10,000th Syrian refugee is expected to arrive in Canada today. Whether she feels welcomed will test the skills of this new Liberal government. Canadian Colin Rutherford freed after 5 years in Taliban captivity
According to the federal government, Colin Rutherford, taken hostage during a trip to Afghanistan in 2010, has been released from captivity and will soon return to Canada. Woman dies after falling from party bus in VancouverMisc CDN | 206744 hits | 6:30 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A 23-year-old woman has died after falling from a moving party bus in downtown Vancouver. Ontario's Nipigon River bridge fails, severing Trans-Canada HighwayMisc CDN | 207257 hits | 6:20 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A newly constructed bridge in northern Ontario has heaved apart, closing the Trans-Canada highway — the only road connecting Eastern and Western Canada — indefinitely. At least one town has declared a state of emergency. 5 Montreal birds that soared on the internet
A snowy owl caught on a Transport Quebec traffic camera caught the attention of many on the internet this week. Here are five other memorable Montreal bird moments. Crews respond to seven hikers stranded near Vancouver mountain
Rescue crews are responding to a group of stranded hikers in Metro Vancouver. Mother, son with disabilities wait 19 months in motel for social housing
After 19 months living in a cramped motel room, a mother and her son with disabilities are hoping they won't have to wait much longer for a place to call home. Protection of marine areas to be based on science, Hunter Tootoo says
Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo says science will determine not only which areas of Canada's oceans the government will designate as marine protected areas but also what development, if any, will be permitted in those areas. Syrian refugees pepper sprayed at 'Welcome Night' in Vancouver | Canada | News |Misc CDN | 206651 hits | 8:13 AM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Canada will take in 10,000 parent, grandparent sponsorship applications this year
Immigration Minister John McCallum confirms that 10,000 applications for reunification of parents and grandparents will be accepted this year, despite a 5,000 annual cap that was in place when the Liberal government re-opened the program earlier this week Canadians are more polite than Americans on Twitter: study
Canadians tweeted words such as "great," "amazing" and "beautiful." Americans, by contrast, commonly used negative words such as "hate," "hell," "tired," "hurt" and "annoying." Fundraiser for mauled twins taken down after allegations they got the dog stonedMisc CDN | 207004 hits | 7:55 AM on Friday | posted by Alta_redneck
A fundraiser for twin sisters who were mauled by a dog to protect a child has been removed after allegations the party girls might have gotten the dog stoned, provoking the attack. Statistics Canada Hiring 35,000 For 2016 Census That Will Replace Harper's Voluntary Survey
Out-of-work Canadians may want to hit up Statistics Canada for a temp job this month, as the data agency is looking to hire 35,000 people for this year’s census.Back to Canada News
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