Category Archives: Canada

Suspect arrested in shooting that sent transit officer to hospital in Surrey, BC
SURREY, B.C. - Police say they arrested a man days after he allegedly shot a transit officer in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday. RCMP began looking for Daon Gordon Glasgow on Thursday in connection with th...
Feb 03, 2019

New Manitoba court for people with FASD could be game changer: experts
WINNIPEG - Lawyers and judges say a new court set to open in Manitoba specifically for people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder could be a game changer. “If you have somebody who can’t ...
Feb 03, 2019

Officer involved in previous McArthur arrest charged with insubordination
TORONTO - A Toronto police officer who was involved in a previous arrest of serial killer Bruce McArthur is set to appear before a disciplinary tribunal next week on charges of insubordination and neg...
Feb 03, 2019
Refugees hoping to become citizens face high bar to achieve language benchmarks
SURREY, B.C. - Fatum Ibrahim is pointing to her nose and smiling ear-to-ear. “Nose,” she proudly pronounces, eager to demonstrate her expanding English vocabulary. Three years ago, a day s...
Feb 03, 2019
Ontario ticket wins Saturday night's $33 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - There is one winning ticket for Saturday night’s Lotto 649 jackpot of just under $33.4 million, and it was sold somewhere in Ontario. An Ontario ticket holder also claimed the drawR...
Feb 03, 2019

RCMP divers on frozen Saskatchewan lake find remains from decades-old crash
BUFFALO NARROWS, Sask. - Sixty years after two men vanished when their float plane crashed on a northern Saskatchewan lake, RCMP divers have helped bring some closure to their relatives by recovering ...
Feb 03, 2019

Auditor General Michael Ferguson remembered as 'passionate fighter for accountability'
OTTAWA - Michael Ferguson, Canada’s auditor general for the past seven years, died of cancer on Saturday at the age of 60. Ferguson passed away in Ottawa surrounded by his wife, Georgina, and so...
Feb 02, 2019
Quebec doctors urged to look out for signs of syphilis in pregnant women
MONTREAL - Quebec’s order of doctors is urging its members to watch out for signs of syphilis in pregnant women as rates of the sexually transmitted infection continue to rise. The College des m...
Feb 02, 2019
Integrating cultural practices helps in recovery of Indigenous women
VANCOUVER - New research suggests that the health of Indigenous women recovering from the trauma of partner violence improves when the healing process integrates elder-led circles and other cultural e...
Feb 02, 2019

Gatineau mayor slams city councillor's statements on Islamophobia
GATINEAU, Que. - The mayor of Gatineau, Que., said he plans to request that a city councillor be stripped of some of her duties after she reportedly said the word “Islamophobia” doesn̵...
Feb 02, 2019