Category Archives: Canada
Montreal lawyer challenges order to euthanize pit bull involved in attack
MONTREAL - A prominent Montreal lawyer was in court Thursday in an attempt to save a pit bull-type dog that attacked six people last summer from being put down. Anne-France Goldwater argued the sectio...
Mar 21, 2019
Sir John A. Macdonald statue vandalized again in downtown Montreal
MONTREAL - Vandals struck a Sir John A. Macdonald statue in downtown Montreal once again, spray painting the imposing bronze monument to the country’s first prime minister early Thursday. Montre...
Mar 21, 2019
Cambridge University rescinds offer of fellowship for Jordan Peterson
A controversial Toronto psychology professor is lambasting a prestigious British university after it opted to rescind a visiting fellowship on the basis of his work. Jordan Peterson published a blog p...
Mar 21, 2019
B.C. legislation targets Trans Mountain, say proponent and Alberta government
VANCOUVER - Environmental legislation proposed by British Columbia is specifically targeting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and would significantly impact it, the project’s proponent and ...
Mar 21, 2019
In Liberal, Tory battle over deficits, both messages click, poll suggests
OTTAWA - With a federal election looming this fall, the Liberals and Conservatives are bracing for an ideological battle that pits the merits of balancing the books against spending on consumer confid...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberals pledge $253 million to undo Tory-era changes to benefits tribunal
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are promising to spend more than $250 million to revamp the body Canadians turn to with disputes over access to federal benefits, partially restoring the system that exis...
Mar 21, 2019
'I'm a little numb:' Killer of B.C. gas station attendant Grant De Patie dies
BLIND BAY, B.C. - The mother of a British Columbia gas station attendant dragged to death under a vehicle more than a decade ago, says she is “numb” to learn her son’s killer has die...
Mar 21, 2019
Police investigating after pot-laced brownies served at lunch for seniors
A monthly community lunch for a group of Ontario seniors took a strange turn this week after many attendees got sick from consuming cannabis-laced brownies, provincial police said Thursday. Const. Mil...
Mar 21, 2019
In the news today, March 21
Four stories in the news for Thursday, March 21 --- BRONCOS FAMILIES AWAIT SENTENCING FOR TRUCK DRIVER Family members forever changed by the Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash are speaking out before F...
Mar 21, 2019
Scientists fear communications chill in polarized media landscape
VANCOUVER - A marine mammal scientist in Vancouver says he thinks his work has been misrepresented online and he’s worried it’s part of a trend that has him and his colleagues questioning ...
Mar 21, 2019