Category Archives: Canada
Arrests made in death of B.C. professor Ramazan Gencay in Colombia
OTTAWA - Arrests have been made in the case of a British Columbia university professor found dead in Colombia. Colombian authorities found the body of Ramazan (Ramo) Gencay outside Medellin in Decembe...
Feb 03, 2019
RCMP suspend search for missing B.C. rancher Ben Tyner after nearly a week
MERRITT, B.C. - Police have suspended the search for a missing rancher in the wilderness north of Merritt, B.C., after six days of exhaustive effort turned up nothing. Thirty-two-year-old Ben Tyner wa...
Feb 03, 2019

MP says feds slow to act on anti-black racism one year after Trudeau pledge
OTTAWA - Federal efforts to address systemic issues affecting black Canadians appear to have stalled one year after the prime minister made it an issue, says the head of Parliament’s black caucu...
Feb 03, 2019

Trudeau speaks with Venezuelan leader Guaido ahead of key meeting of allies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says he has spoken with the man Canada and many of its allies consider the legitimate leader of Venezuela. Trudeau’s office says he spoke wi...
Feb 03, 2019

Report finds 'sexual misconduct' by leader of Halifax-based Buddhist church
HALIFAX - Two claims of sexual misconduct against the Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization have been found to be credible, a long-awaited independent pro...
Feb 03, 2019

GM Canada disputes Unifor Super Bowl ad calling automaker 'un-Canadian'
The Canadian subsidiary of General Motors has tried to stop an autoworkers’ union from airing a critical TV commercial during the Super Bowl, but the union said it planned to move forward with t...
Feb 03, 2019

Conservatives agree to remove attack ad spoofing "Heritage Minute" format
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they have taken down an attack ad that spoofed the famous “Heritage Minute” format. A party spokesman says the ad “was obviously intended as pa...
Feb 03, 2019
Family holds out hope of finding Quebec teen who disappeared 10 years ago
MONTREAL - Just before 8 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 10, 2009, David Fortin asked his mother, Caroline Lachance, to drive him to school. After she said she couldn’t, the teen didn’t insist...
Feb 03, 2019
Huawei fades from U.S. headlines, but still looms large over trade talk
WASHINGTON - A Canadian reader of U.S. news reports about last week’s trade talks with China could be forgiven for wondering: what the heck happened to Huawei? After all, the week began with the...
Feb 03, 2019
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan apologizes for 'whack' tweet aimed at Premier Doug Ford
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP from Toronto has apologized for a tweet sent Saturday morning that many on Twitter took as a threat against Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Adam Vaughan said sorry for tweeting that p...
Feb 03, 2019