Tag Archives: Canada

Friday, 31 March 2017 New details have surfaced in what authorities are now suspecting was an inside job involving the heist of a limited-edition gold coin weighing over 220 pounds from a Berlin museum last week. Previously, officials with the Bode Museum in Berlin observed that high-tech security measures had …

Wednesday, 28 March 2017 :  McMorris, a bronze medallist in slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics, suffered a fractured jaw and left arm, ruptured spleen, a stable pelvic fracture, rib fractures and a collapsed left lung on Saturday and was airlifted to Vancouver General Hospital where he underwent several surgeries. The …

Tuesday, 28 March 2017 A unique solid-gold commemorative coin weighing more than 200 pounds has been stolen from a museum in Berlin, where it was on loan from a private collector. The limited-edition coin, struck in 2007 from extremely pure gold, has a face value of one million Canadian dollars …

Monday, 27 March 2017 :  Canada made history as the first-ever rink to finish a Women’s Curling World Championships undefeated, picking up their first title since 2008 in the process. Led by skip Rachel Homan, the Canadians were a cut above the rest of the competition in Beijing, rounding off …

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 :  West Lothian-born Arfield, 28, represented Scotland at under-19, under-21 and B level. However, he was not selected for the senior squad and won the first of his six Canada caps last year. “I’m happy that I’ve taken this opportunity,” said Arfield, who is in the …

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 :  Eve Muirhead’s Scotland picked up their third round robin win of the 2017 Women’s World Championships after beating Denmark 7-2 on Monday. The Danes were still looking for their first win when they faced the Scots with regular skip Lene Nielsen, who has been suffering …

Saturday, 18 February 2017 CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. – 9 asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a U.S. border patrol officer tried to stop them and a Reuters photographer captured the scene. As a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer seized their passports and …

Wednesday, 8 February 2017 Wild bison have been reintroduced to a national park in southwestern Canada for the first time in a century after being airlifted from another national park. The majority of the 16 bison brought to the Banff National Park Wednesday were pregnant two-year-olds in the hopes of strengthening the …

Monday, 23 January 2017 WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans talks soon with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. “We will be starting negotiations having to do with NAFTA,” Trump said at a swearing-in ceremony for his …

  Linda Chung and her daughter Kelly recently returned to Hong Kong to catch up with old friends Tavia Yeung and Myolie Wu. They used an app to add Christmas stickers to their babies faces in a cute post. They talked about how they can both play with each other …