Category Archives: Canada
Pipeline protesters delay Trudeau speech to First Nations with drums, chants
OTTAWA - Dozens of pipeline protesters delayed an appearance by the prime minister in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon, drumming and chanting in a government building where Justin Trudeau was set to speak....
Jan 08, 2019
Timeline: A look at the events following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
The driver of a transport truck involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus pleaded guilty Tuesday to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 charges of dangerous ...
Jan 08, 2019
Trump, Democrats trade prime-time blows over border-wall standoff, shutdown
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took his case for a wall along the southern U.S. border directly to the American people Tuesday, using the first televised Oval Office address of his presidency to ...
Jan 08, 2019
Feds didn't fully assess requirements in towing vessel contract, tribunal says
OTTAWA - Canada’s International Trade Tribunal says the federal government should reassess its decision to award a contract for two emergency towing vessels off the coast of British Columbia. Th...
Jan 08, 2019
High-profile death of cousin sparked slain woman's meth use: trial
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg court has heard a woman started using methamphetamine after her teenage cousin’s body was found in the Red River before she herself was killed in what the Crown says was a ...
Jan 08, 2019
Trio of frozen kittens healing after rescue from Newfoundland snowbank
DEER LAKE, N.L. - Three abandoned kittens are recovering after being rescued from a snowbank in western Newfoundland. Shiver, Stormy and Flurry were found Sunday by an animal-loving truck driver, hudd...
Jan 08, 2019
Five things to know about the LNG pipeline protest in northern B.C.
OTTAWA - Here are five things to know about the anti-LNG demonstrations in northern British Columbia: 1. The pipeline A pipeline by TransCanada subsidiary Coastal GasLink is to carry natural gas from ...
Jan 08, 2019
Canadian officials meet with detainee Michael Spavor in China for second time
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats visited detained entrepreneur Michael Spavor on Tuesday, their second meeting since he was arrested in China last month for allegedly endangering national security. They ar...
Jan 08, 2019
'That's all I needed to hear:' Truck driver in Broncos crash pleads guilty
MELFORT, Sask. - Scott Thomas was sitting nearby in the courtroom Tuesday when a truck driver pleaded guilty to every charge against him in a highway crash that killed 16 people on a junior hockey bus...
Jan 08, 2019
Protests and marches sparked by RCMP arrest at B.C. pipeline protest camp
The arrest of 14 people at an Indigenous blockade in a remote area of northern British Columbia became a flash point Tuesday that sparked protests across the country. Protesters delayed Prime Minister...
Jan 08, 2019