A 16-year old boy says he heard a horrible “scream” from his black Labrador and looked out a window to see her in the grip of a cougar. The attack took place in the small town of Belcarra in the… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Possible nation-wide ban on checking in minor hockey
The highly controversial issue of body-checking in hockey will be front and centre at a national meeting of hockey officials this week. Hundreds of delegates from hockey associations across the country are meeting in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The primary… »
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Canine ambassador welcomes stressed hotel guests
A dog called Smudge has been appointed ambassador to welcome guests at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in the western Canadian city of Edmonton. The yellow Labrador Retriever “works” weekdays greeting guests with a wag of the tail and accompanying those… »
Questions on two continents about Canada’s Senate expense scandal
In Canada’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird faced off again repeated questions over a Senate expense scandal, while in Peru Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper faced similar questions while on an official mission to Peru. At… »
Festival TransAmériques: Contemporary dance, theatre, cultural and artistic mixing
In its seventh annual edition the Festival TransAmériques continues its exploration of contemporary dance and theatre. The festival invites artists and spectators to explore the “intriguing mutations and myriad encounters” of “an age where impurity, cultural and artistic mixing and the free flow… »
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Expo baseball great Gary Carter remembered in Montreal
When baseball player Gary Carter died of brain cancer on February 16th, 2012 at the age of 57, fans in Montreal mourned. The Montreal Canadiens hockey team held a moment of silence during a video montage, before their game on… »
Canadian children don’t walk, bike enough
Canadian young people use active transportation far less than they used to according to a report by Active Healthy Kids Canada. 58 per cent of parents walked to school when they were children. Only 28 per cent of their own… »
Mark Carney cautions Canada in his final appearance
Mark Carney, outgoing governor of the Bank of Canada, addressed the Montreal Board of Trade yesterday in his last public appearance before leaving to become governor of the Bank of England. In his parting words he advised that it’s time… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health
Boil water advisory in Canada’s second largest city of Montreal – lifted after 36 hours
More than a million Montrealers were advised to boil their water for at least a minute on Wednesday morning (May 22). Citizens who live south of the Metropolitan Expressway – which includes most on the island of Montreal – were… »
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Member of iconic police unit sues for harassment, assault
A staff sergeant in Canada’s iconic Royal Canadian Mounted Police has launched a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 13 former colleagues for harassment and sexual assault in the 1980s. When she was a member of the renown Musical Ride travelling equestrian show,… »
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