Topic: Canada
A rapid thaw of winter roads used to transport food, fuel and other supplies to remote communities in western Canada has stranded a number of trucks and drivers, police said Wednesday. "We had a half-dozen truckers stuck in the mud. And one 52-year-old driver had to be airlifted out," Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Sergeant Tom Cooney told AFP by ...
Alexi Salamone is focused on winning gold for his USA men's sledge hockey team at the Paralympics, but the star forward is also looking ahead to 2014 when Sochi will host the Games. The trip will have special meaning for the Buffalo native as he was born in the Ukraine when it was part of the Soviet Union, 14 ...
Nunavut lawmakers voted to ban European alcohol in the northern Canadian territory in symbolic retaliation for an EU ban on seal products, a government official told AFP on Wednesday. However, the motion is unlikely to become law, said Emily Woods, spokeswoman for Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak. The members of the legislative assembly voted 9-0 in favor of the ban. Aariak ...
