Category Archives: Canada
Families of Humboldt Broncos victims share statements on how crash changed lives
MELFORT, Sask. - A sentencing hearing is being held this week for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded gui...
Jan 30, 2019
McGill puts off decision on changing contentious Redmen team name
Montreal’s McGill University said Wednesday that it needs more time to decide what to do about its sports teams’ contentious Redmen name. Principal Suzanne Fortier said in a statement that...
Jan 30, 2019
'Large-bodied' Canadian wolves to help keep U.S. moose population in check
The transfer of up to six wolves from a northern Ontario island where they were starving to the U.S. is getting underway following a weeks-long delay caused by the federal government shutdown south of...
Jan 30, 2019
Bruce McArthur guilty plea sparks call to widen missing persons review
TORONTO - The head of an independent investigation into how Toronto police handle missing persons reports has called for an expansion of her mandate to include cases involving serial killer Bruce McAr...
Jan 30, 2019
Saskatchewan whisky maker Canada's top micro distillery, credits local grain
LUMSDEN, Sask. - It turns out some of Canada's best-made whisky comes from a small town just northwest of Regina. Last Mountain Distillery in Lumsden has been named the 2019 Micro Distillery of the Ye...
Jan 30, 2019
Judges cannot be overly swayed by victim impact statements: legal experts
Legal experts say a sentencing judge must use caution and not be overwhelmed by victim impact statements. A Saskatchewan judge heard more than 70 victim impact statements this week as part of a senten...
Jan 30, 2019
Mould causing housing crisis for First Nations across Canada: NDP
OTTAWA - A housing crisis in a northern Ontario First Nation is the tip of a deep, systemic problem in communities across the country that requires the response of a task force, the federal NDP said W...
Jan 30, 2019
Access searches for military should be broadened for other identifiers: Vance
OTTAWA - The Defence Department wasn’t trying to hide any information when its staff used terms other than Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s name in internal communications, Canada’s top mi...
Jan 30, 2019
Images show evidence of what could be one of Canada's oldest graveyards
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, N.S. - Researchers using ground-penetrating radar have found what they believe is one of the oldest European graveyards in Canada. Archeologist Sara Beanlands says there is compelling...
Jan 30, 2019
Activists ask Trudeau to act as Canadian trash continues to rot in Manila
OTTAWA - More than 100 community and environment groups in the Philippines are pleading with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take out Canada’s trash. Under the banner EcoWaste Coalition, the gr...
Jan 30, 2019