Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa man facing child pornography charges following mission trip to Nepal
OTTAWA - Police say a 62-year-old Ottawa man is facing charges after he allegedly brought child pornography back to Canada following a mission trip to an orphanage in Nepal. Police say the suspect was...
Jan 05, 2019
Russia: Too early to consider exchange of Canadian US spy suspect
MOSCOW - Russia’s deputy foreign minister is brushing back suggestions that an American with Canadian citizenship being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian. Pa...
Jan 05, 2019
No winning ticket for Friday night's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Jan. 11 will be approximately $18 million. The Canad...
Jan 05, 2019
B.C. 'adventure' traveller detained in Syria, missing for more than one month
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man who went to Syria seeking adventure has been detained in the war-ravaged country, and Canada’s foreign ministry says there is little it can do to help him. The...
Jan 04, 2019
22-year-old man dies following ski hill accident in Quebec's Lac-Saint-Jean region
MONTREAL - A 22-year-old man is dead following a fall at a ski hill in Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region. Quebec provincial police say the accident occurred Friday afternoon when the victim tried t...
Jan 04, 2019
BEAVER, MMMBEER: Some licence plates rejected by Manitoba Public Insurance
WINNIPEG - A “Star Trek” fan is in the middle of a legal challenge after Manitoba Public Insurance revoked his personalized ASIMIL8 licence plate in 2017 following complaints it was offens...
Jan 04, 2019
Lotto multimillionaire from Surrey, B.C., says jackpot win an 'amazing blessing'
VANCOUVER - After realizing she’d won a $39.5-million Lotto Max jackpot, Michelle De Roma did something most winners don’t - she put the ticket in an envelope in a safe place and waited a ...
Jan 04, 2019
Quebec police watchdog investigating death of two civilians near Labrador border
FERMONT, Que. - Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after two people died during a provincial police intervention in Fermont, near the Quebec-Labrador border. The independent investigation...
Jan 04, 2019
Cheesed off: Food Guide makeover worries farmers as government prepares release
OTTAWA - An overhaul of the Canada Food Guide is set to be released soon, a highly anticipated makeover that will do away with the rainbow visual many Canadians associate with the dietary guide common...
Jan 04, 2019
Police set up man who falsely confessed to killing B.C. girl in 1978: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Undercover police manipulated a man into falsely confessing he killed a 12-year-old girl in British Columbia over 40 years ago and the Crown has failed to prove its case beyond a reasonabl...
Jan 04, 2019