Category Archives: Canada
No winning ticket for Friday night's $35.7 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $35.7 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Mar. 29 will be approximately $50 million, and th...
Mar 23, 2019
'I fought to live:' Manitoba Mountie shot in head faces shooter in court
MINNEDOSA, Man. - RCMP Cpl. Graeme Kingdon got a chance Thursday to face the man who shot him during a series of break-and-enters last summer in western Manitoba, and called for the maximum sentence u...
Mar 23, 2019
Republican Karl Rove says conservatives need more than simplistic slogans
OTTAWA - Legendary Republican campaign strategist Karl Rove, known for his no-holds-barred approach to American politics, has some advice for Canadian conservatives: simplistic, bumper-sticker slogane...
Mar 22, 2019
Appeal Court to decide on B.C. pipeline law that would impact Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing on proposed provincial legislation that would impact the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has concluded and a panel of five judges has reserved ...
Mar 22, 2019
Montreal concert by former Haitian president Martelly cancelled: promoter
MONTREAL - A controversial concert scheduled for Friday night in Montreal by former Haitian president Michel Martelly has been called off at the last minute. The show’s promoter, Carl-Edward Osi...
Mar 22, 2019
Sentencing judge in Broncos crash calls for carnage on highways to end
MELFORT, Sask. - A judge called for an end to “carnage on our highways” as she sent a truck driver to prison on Friday for causing a fatal crash involving a Saskatchewan junior hockey team...
Mar 22, 2019
Quebec man convicted in Mafia-linked conspiracy deported to Italy
MONTREAL - Michele Torre, a Quebec man convicted in 1996 for his role in a Mafia-linked conspiracy, finally ran out of options to stay in Canada and boarded a plane Friday night to his native Italy, h...
Mar 22, 2019
Questions about who qualifies surround journalism supports in federal budget
OTTAWA - Concerns are being raised about limits to who might qualify for aid under a section of this week’s federal budget geared toward supporting journalism, and whether the money will, in the...
Mar 22, 2019
Factors judge considered in sentencing of truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash
The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for 29 counts of dangerous driving causing death or bodily harm. Court heard the inexper...
Mar 22, 2019
UN formally asks Canada to extend Mali mission to prevent medevac gap
OTTAWA - The United Nations has formally asked Canada to extend its mission in Mali in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to prevent a gap in the provision of military medical evacuations for woun...
Mar 22, 2019