Category Archives: Canada
Timeline in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur
TORONTO - A timeline of key events in the case of Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur based on information released by police: September 2010 _ Skandaraj Navaratnam, 40, disappears from Toronto’...
Jan 29, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 29
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 29 --- CASE OF HUAWEI EXEC BACK IN VANCOUVER COURT The case of a senior executive of Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei Technologies is scheduled to return to c...
Jan 29, 2019
Liberals set to decide on future of Social Security Tribunal: sources
OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers will soon decide whether and how to reform the oft-maligned tribunal Canadians use to appeal federal benefits rulings, potentially undoing changes made six years ago...
Jan 29, 2019
Canada has one month to decide whether to hold an extradition hearing for Meng
VANCOUVER - The clock is ticking for Canada to decide whether to proceed with a high-profile extradition case involving a senior executive of Huawei Technologies, which has touched off furor in diplom...
Jan 29, 2019
Feds to offer $114M in new money to provinces, cities for asylum seeker housing
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to spend an extra $114.7 million to help pay for temporary housing for asylum seekers - a sum Ontario’s government criticized as being hundreds of millions sho...
Jan 29, 2019
Mercy or monster? Some Humboldt Broncos families offer forgiveness, others anger
MELFORT, Sask. - As more families stood in court Tuesday to share stories of their unending grief over the dead and the injured in the Humboldt Broncos crash, there was talk of forgiveness but also of...
Jan 29, 2019
Jagmeet Singh stakes NDP leadership on risky Burnaby South byelection bid
BURNABY, B.C. - Jagmeet Singh often starts conversations with Burnaby South residents by asking a question: “I want to take on the government in Ottawa. What do you need me to do?” Singh h...
Jan 29, 2019
Sexual assault investigations at hydroelectric project alarming: chief
WINNIPEG - The grand chief who represents First Nations in northern Manitoba says it’s alarming that RCMP have investigated nine sexual assault allegations at one power station construction site...
Jan 28, 2019
Liberals hoping Outremont byelection win will lead to big gains in Quebec come October
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Rachel Bendayan, his candidate for the upcoming Outremont byelection, walked carefully along the ice-covered sidewalks Monday evening in Montreal to campai...
Jan 28, 2019
Liberals write off $163 million in student loans feds will never collect
OTTAWA - The federal government is writing off more than $163 million in outstanding student-loan payments that officials will never be able to collect. New spending documents show the government is g...
Jan 28, 2019