Category Archives: Canada
Semi-driver in Humboldt Broncos crash a newlywed with business education
MELFORT, Sask. - The man who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash is a newlywed who earned a commerce degree in his native India and worked at a Calgary liquor store before he started driving ...
Jan 31, 2019
Broncos crash: Cases cited for judge to consider in sentence of truck driver
A Saskatchewan court heard sentencing arguments Thursday at a hearing for the truck driver who caused the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu p...
Jan 31, 2019
Quebec Premier Legault says province does not suffer from Islamophobia
GATINEAU, Que. - Premier Francois Legault said Thursday there is no Islamophobia in Quebec, closing the door on the idea of designating a national day to combat the problem. On Tuesday, the second ann...
Jan 31, 2019
Israeli cyberexpert detects China hack in Ottawa, warns against using Huawei 5G
OTTAWA - A Chinese telecommunication company secretly diverted Canadian internet traffic to China, particularly from Rogers subscribers in the Ottawa area, says an Israeli cybersecurity specialist. Th...
Jan 31, 2019
People on plane reported missing in N.W.T. dead, RCMP working with coroner
YELLOWKNIFE - RCMP say everyone on a plane reported missing in a remote area of the Northwest Territories are dead. On Wednesday, contact was lost with an Air Tindi King Air 200 with two pilots on boa...
Jan 31, 2019
Man pleads guilty to attempted murder in shooting of Manitoba RCMP officer
BRANDON, Man. - A man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the shooting of an RCMP officer in western Manitoba and his defence lawyer says he is ready to take responsibility for his actions. Ther...
Jan 31, 2019
Two more gymnastics coaches suspended after complaints
OTTAWA - The wife and daughter of a suspended gymnastics coach also face suspension after an internal investigation by the sport’s governing body in Canada. Valerie Oudin and Sara Stafford of th...
Jan 31, 2019
NDP byelection victory prompts soul-searching among Greens, Liberals in B.C.
VANCOUVER - An NDP victory in a crucial byelection has prompted political soul-searching in British Columbia, with the Opposition Liberals hoping to revitalize their party while the Greens distance th...
Jan 31, 2019
First responders gather in B.C. to call for end to stigma in jobs full of trauma
VANCOUVER - Eighteen years as a firefighter had exposed Greg Gauthier to endless trauma but a call involving a tour bus hitting a family triggered his descent into mental illness as intrusive thoughts...
Jan 31, 2019
Defence begins in case of Quebec man charged with killing ailing wife
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was allegedly killed by her husband as she suffered from advanced Alzheimer’s had told family she didn’t want to end up like their mother, who also had the di...
Jan 31, 2019