Category Archives: Canada
Overpaid workers will only pay back 'net' amounts under proposed new tax rules
OTTAWA - The country’s biggest civil-service union declared a victory for its members Tuesday as the Trudeau government moved to change a tax rule that has caused headaches for federal employees...
Jan 15, 2019
Crown outlines case against Quebec man charged with suffocating ailing wife
MONTREAL - A Quebec man accused of suffocating his ailing wife had inquired about medically assisted death for her a year earlier but was informed she did not qualify because of her advanced Alzheimer...
Jan 15, 2019
'The Force will be with him:' Star Wars actor honours N.L. boy who had cancer
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - A six-year-old boy who captured the attention of a province - and one of his Star Wars heroes - has passed away from cancer. Kaiden Little’s family posted a Facebook...
Jan 15, 2019
How an instantly iconic Newfoundland iceberg became a Canada Post stamp
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A towering iceberg that captured international attention in 2017 when it parked beside a tiny Newfoundland town will be seen around the world again - on an international stamp...
Jan 15, 2019
The night the RCMP secretly kept an eye on future prime minister Pierre Trudeau
OTTAWA - He was almost a decade away from becoming prime minister but the two RCMP constables on surveillance duty that January night seemed to have no difficulty recognizing Pierre Trudeau, even if t...
Jan 15, 2019
Woman's complaint leads to sexual assault charge against Calgary priest
CALGARY - A Catholic priest in Alberta is being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a church more than six years ago. Police investigators say the woman told them last October about assaults at ...
Jan 15, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 15
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 15 --- SAUDI TEEN GRANTED ASYLUM IN CANADA TO SPEAK TODAY A Saudi teen whose flight from her allegedly abusive family captured global attention will give a p...
Jan 15, 2019
Freeland, McCallum decry China death sentence, tout growing support of allies
Canada shot back at China on Tuesday, branding the death sentence imposed on a British Columbia man as inhumane and flaunting the support of its allies in trying to win the release of two other impris...
Jan 15, 2019
Saudi teen who was granted asylum in Canada says she's a lucky one
TORONTO - A Saudi teen who shot to international prominence through her dramatic flight from an allegedly abusive family said Tuesday that she will devote her new life in Canada to fighting for the fr...
Jan 15, 2019
Urgent action needed to improve bus safety: Transportation Safety Board
OTTAWA - The head of the Transportation Safety Board says Canada needs to move fast on better national “crashworthiness” standards for buses and other commercial passenger vehicles in ligh...
Jan 15, 2019