Category Archives: Canada
Relatives arriving in Halifax to support parents of seven young fire victims
HALIFAX - Family members were expected to arrive in Halifax Monday to support the grieving mother of seven children who died in a fast-moving house fire. “In difficult times, it is family that b...
Feb 25, 2019
Wilson-Raybould can speak about SNC-Lavalin affair at committee: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be permitted to speak publicly about some of the details of the SNC-Lavalin affair. Trudeau is telling the...
Feb 25, 2019
Ukraine asks Canada to send message to Russia by extending military mission
OTTAWA - Ukraine is asking Canada to send a “strong signal” to Russia by extending and expanding the Canadian military’s training mission there. In an interview with The Canadian Pre...
Feb 25, 2019
Prime Minister Trudeau expresses love for Canadiens on trade deadline day
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wasn’t about to shy away from supporting his favourite Canadian hockey team on trade deadline day. Speaking to TSN’s “TradeCentre” in a video inte...
Feb 25, 2019
Consular officials in China meet with Kovrig, Global Affairs Canada says
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says it met Monday with one of two Canadians detained in China since December. An update from the department said consular officials in China had their fourth visit with...
Feb 25, 2019
Canada must pay $7M over botched assessment of N.S. quarry project
OTTAWA - A North American free trade panel says Canada has to pay an American company $7 million over a botched environmental review of a quarry it wanted to build in Nova Scotia. The company, Bilcon,...
Feb 25, 2019
Murder trial told that mother alone had opportunity to kill girls
LAVAL, Que. - A Crown attorney told jurors Monday that Adele Sorella was the last person to be seen with her daughters before they were found dead in the family home. In his closing arguments, Simon L...
Feb 25, 2019
Fire deaths could prompt new safety measures, upgraded building code: experts
HALIFAX - Experts say the deaths of the seven Barho children in a ferocious Halifax house fire last week could lead to new fire safety measures and changes to the country’s building code. “...
Feb 25, 2019
A look at coroner's recommendations following Humboldt Broncos bus crash
REGINA - The coroner in Saskatchewan has completed its investigation into the Humboldt Broncos crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 on the junior hockey team’s bus last April. It has made ...
Feb 25, 2019
Ex-pastor charged in wife's death sedated her so he could continue affair: Crown
TORONTO - A former pastor accused in the drowning death of his pregnant wife did not mean to kill her but wanted her incapacitated so he could carry on with his double life, prosecutors argued Monday....
Feb 25, 2019