Category Archives: Canada
NHL called in Cree helps revive, sustain Indigenous language: hockey analyst
An NHL game called in Plains Cree is a step toward keeping Indigenous languages alive, says a hockey analyst. Former NHL centre John Chabot will join play-by-play announcer Clarence Iron, musician Ear...
Mar 22, 2019
Families, victims of Broncos crash react to trucker’s sentence
Judge Inez Cardinal told court in Melfort she approached Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's sentence knowing "nothing can turn back the clock." In handing down an eight-year prison term to the 30-year-old, she no...
Mar 22, 2019
Finance minister tells Halifax business audience not to link budget to election
HALIFAX - Finance Minister Bill Morneau pitched the virtues of his latest budget as logical extension of his past documents in a speech Friday, telling a Halifax business audience they shouldn’t...
Mar 22, 2019
B.C. judge orders RCMP to give Meng data on devices seized during arrest
VANCOUVER - A judge has ordered the RCMP to provide copies of the content on seven electronic devices to an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies after they were seized at Vancouver̵...
Mar 22, 2019
A list of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
The driver of a transport truck who caused the deadly collision last April involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu had pleade...
Mar 22, 2019
Truck driver in fatal Broncos crash sentenced to eight years
MELFORT, Sask. - It's been nearly one year since the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash, and the court proceedings have now concluded with an eight-year prison sentence for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu. Judge Inez...
Mar 22, 2019
Steering problem forces authorities to pull more than 600 Quebec buses off the road
MONTREAL - Quebec public transit corporations had to pull more than 600 buses off the road today after the manufacturer detected a technical problem. Nova Bus of St-Eustache, Que., ordered immediate i...
Mar 22, 2019
Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma
HALIFAX - The father of seven children who were killed in a ferocious fire remains in a coma, a month after flames engulfed their Halifax home. Muslim community leaders said on Friday that Ebraheim Ba...
Mar 22, 2019
Wilson-Raybould to reveal more details, documents on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Liberals are urging former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to use her parliamentary privilege to tell the House of Commons whatever she wants about the SNC-Lavalin affair. But they want...
Mar 22, 2019
Warmth sets more records in parts of B.C., while avalanche risk remains high
VANCOUVER - Record-breaking warmth that ushered spring into British Columbia is slowly moving east, but continues to bring sunny skies and high temperatures to the Interior, along with mounting concer...
Mar 22, 2019