Category Archives: Canada
Who is William Shrubsall? Spotlight on a high-IQ, 'chameleon' sex predator
HALIFAX - William Chandler Shrubsall was a hockey star. He was a pre-med student. He was a devoted son grieving the tragic loss of parents. All false stories the high-IQ sexual predator and convicted ...
Jan 27, 2019
Timeline: A look at the events following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
A sentencing hearing began Monday for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving...
Jan 27, 2019
A list of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
A sentencing hearing began Monday for the driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu pleaded guilty earlier this month to da...
Jan 27, 2019
'Everybody's going to feel it:' Broncos families prepare for sentencing hearing
The hardest thing Chris Joseph ever had to do was get through the first 48 hours after his son died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The second hardest, he says, happens this week when he and his wi...
Jan 27, 2019
Cousteau calls on all countries to do more to save and restore oceans
OTTAWA - Even the family that pioneered efforts to protect the worlds’ oceans once believed you could throw garbage overboard without consequence. Jean-Michel Cousteau, environmental filmmaker a...
Jan 27, 2019
With Quebec opening up adoption records, one woman finds answers about her roots
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was put up for adoption shortly after her birth in 1955 and spent decades seeking answers about her roots says she can finally rest easy. Raymonde Thibeault is one of tho...
Jan 27, 2019
Puppy from Iran that had acid thrown on her face to have surgery in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - On a chilly January afternoon, Mugsy zipped across a green lawn like a whitish-brown arrow playing catch. Her owner, Sam Taylor, a resident of Burnaby, B.C., threw a brown, stuffed hedgeho...
Jan 27, 2019
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $24.3 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $24.3 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in Quebec. The jack...
Jan 27, 2019
US, Canadian fighter planes scramble to escort Russian jets: NORAD
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Military authorities say U.S. Air Force and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to escort two Russian bombers that were travelling near the North American coastline. ...
Jan 26, 2019
Prime minister fires John McCallum as Canada's ambassador to China
OTTAWA - Canada’s strategy for navigating growing tensions with China was in disarray Saturday after Justin Trudeau fired his ambassador to Beijing. The prime minister’s office announced S...
Jan 26, 2019