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Plans for new Windsor-Detroit bridge held up by delays in buying properties

Plans for new Windsor-Detroit bridge held up by delays in buying properties

Canada July 18, 2016 at 6:41 pm 0 comments

DETROIT – An official says plans for a bridge linking Windsor, Ont., and Detroit are being held up by delays in buying properties in both cities. Dwight Duncan, interim chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, tells the Detroit Free Press that about 30 of the roughly 900 parcels needed inRead More

Motorcyclist loses leg in crash at Toronto Motorsport Park: EMS

Motorcyclist loses leg in crash at Toronto Motorsport Park: EMS

Canada July 17, 2016 at 7:49 am 0 comments

Toronto : Local paramedics say that a motorcycle rider lost one leg and had to have another amputated below the knee after a single-vehicle collision at a racing track near Cayuga, Ontario on Friday night. It happened at around 9 p.m. at the Toronto Motorsport Park, which is located southRead More

Smell of smoke wafting into Fort McMurray from N.W.T.: officials

Smell of smoke wafting into Fort McMurray from N.W.T.: officials

Canada July 17, 2016 at 7:48 am 0 comments

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Officials in Fort McMurray, Alta. are reassuring residents that smoke they may be smelling is not from a nearby fire. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo issued a statement on Saturday advising that smoke from wildfires in the Northwest Territories is blowing through northern Alberta. ItRead More

Surrey, B.C. sees 20 drug overdoses in less than one day

Surrey, B.C. sees 20 drug overdoses in less than one day

Canada July 17, 2016 at 7:47 am 0 comments

SURREY, B.C. — Officials in Surrey, B.C., are warning people about potent illicit drugs after a jump in overdoses. The Fraser Health authority said Saturday afternoon that there have been 20 reported overdoses in less than 24 hours. None of the patients have died, but two people have been admittedRead More

Canadian student missing after truck attack in Nice is Ukrainian citizen

Canadian student missing after truck attack in Nice is Ukrainian citizen

Canada July 17, 2016 at 7:45 am 0 comments

EDMONTON — An Edmonton student missing after a deadly truck attack in France that killed at least 84 people is a Ukrainian citizen. MacEwan University says Mykhaylo (Misha) Bazelevskyy has permanent resident status in Canada. It says he travels under a Ukrainian passport, which explains why no Canadians were identifiedRead More

Trudeau to make first visit to Calgary Stampede as PM

Trudeau to make first visit to Calgary Stampede as PM

Canada July 15, 2016 at 4:29 pm 0 comments

CALGARY – Justin Trudeau is no stranger to the Calgary Stampede but today’s visit will be his first as prime minister. Trudeau is expected to kick off the day by attending the Stampede breakfast, and plans in the afternoon to take in some rodeo events. The prime minister has beenRead More

Bank of England governor Mark Carney in Toronto to discuss climate change

Bank of England governor Mark Carney in Toronto to discuss climate change

Canada July 15, 2016 at 4:28 pm 0 comments

TORONTO – Bank of England governor Mark Carney is in Toronto today along with Environment Minister Catherine McKenna to discuss the implications of climate change initiatives for the financial sector in Canada and the world. There has been emerging government and investor pressure for reduced emissions — and the evolutionRead More

Calgary police to return to scene where body of missing five-year-old was found

Calgary police to return to scene where body of missing five-year-old was found

Canada July 15, 2016 at 4:26 pm 0 comments

CALGARY — Investigators will head back to a rural area east of Calgary today to begin the gruesome task of collecting more evidence from the crime scene where the body of a missing five-year-old girl was found. “There’s also lots of work to still do,” a sombre Insp. Don ColemanRead More

Trudeau arrives in western Ukraine to visit troops

Trudeau arrives in western Ukraine to visit troops

Canada July 12, 2016 at 1:26 pm 0 comments

LVIV, Ukraine — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in western Ukraine for the final stop of his latest overseas trip. He plans to greet Canadian Forces soldiers who have been training their Ukrainian counterparts since last summer. The Canadians, alongside British and American troops, have been teaching the basicsRead More

Mother of missing Calgary girl found dead: police

Mother of missing Calgary girl found dead: police

Canada July 12, 2016 at 1:25 pm 0 comments

CALGARY — Police say the mother of a missing five-year-old Calgary girl who is the subject of an Amber Alert has been found dead. Investigators say officers were called to a home in the northwest Panamount neighbourhood around 8:30 p.m. Monday after relatives could not get in contact with theRead More