Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa awards design contract for $60-billion warship fleet to Lockheed Martin
HALIFAX - The federal government awarded U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin a long-awaited contract to design its $60-billion fleet of warships despite lingering questions about the selection process ...
Feb 08, 2019
Serial killer Bruce McArthur killed for 'warped and sick gratification': judge
TORONTO - Serial killer Bruce McArthur murdered eight men from Toronto’s gay village for “his own warped and sick gratification,” an Ontario judge said Friday as he sentenced the 67-...
Feb 08, 2019
'Depth of emptiness:' Calgary couple guilty in toddler's death address court
CALGARY - A couple found guilty in the death of their son have told a sentencing hearing that they feel a deep sorrow for their loss. A jury found Jennifer and Jeromie Clark guilty last fall of crimin...
Feb 08, 2019
Transport minister orders trains to use handbrakes after deadly derailment
CALGARY - Canada’s transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains. Marc Garn...
Feb 08, 2019
Internal discussions on SNC-Lavalin prosecution included Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was involved in extensive, internal government discussions last fall about whether SNC-Lavalin should be allowed to avoid criminal prosecution - a...
Feb 08, 2019
'Time did not heal:' Slain Saskatchewan Cree man's mother still looks for relief
REGINA - Debbie Baptiste says she was hopeful when she went into the trial of the man accused of killing her son. Hopeful that she would find justice for Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Cree man who was...
Feb 08, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 8
Six stories in the news for Friday, Feb. 8 --- SINGH WANTS INVESTIGATION INTO SNC-LAVALIN CASE NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an ethics investigation into allegations that the Prime Minister&...
Feb 07, 2019
Missouri leak prompts closure of parts of TransCanada, Enbridge pipelines
ST. LOUIS - An oil leak near St. Louis prompted the closure of parts of two pipelines as crews work to determine the source, company officials and Missouri regulators said Thursday. The leak was disco...
Feb 07, 2019
B.C. legislature officials deny wrongdoing in reply to Speaker's allegations
VICTORIA - The British Columbia legislature’s two top officials say they have responded to a report released by the Speaker alleging they engaged in flagrant overspending, questionable expenses ...
Feb 07, 2019
Parliament Hill security investigating alleged incident of racial profiling
OTTAWA - The department responsible for security on Parliament Hill has apologized after an apparent incident of racial profiling took place on the Hill this week. A spokesman for the Parliamentary Pr...
Feb 07, 2019