Category Archives: Canada
'An incredible place:' Ottawa, Inuit to protect vast new Arctic marine area
Ottawa and Inuit groups say they’ve reached a deal on a vast new marine protected area in Canada’s Arctic that will directly benefit the people living there. The agreement makes the waters...
Dec 04, 2018
Accused Fredericton shooter found fit to stand trial, asks to be set free
FREDERICTON - A Fredericton man accused of murdering two police officers and two civilians in an August shooting spree has been found fit to stand trial. Matthew Raymond is charged with the first-degr...
Dec 04, 2018
B.C. chief says one major oil spill could ruin her nation's economy forever
OTTAWA - Leaders from several north-coast B.C. First Nations say if the Senate doesn’t approve a bill barring super-sized oil tankers from the region, their thriving but fragile marine-based eco...
Dec 04, 2018
McKenna concerned global politics may keep Paris agreement rules at bay
OTTAWA - Canada will be ready to set tougher emissions-cutting plans when the Paris climate-change agreement kicks in by the end of 2020, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says. McKenna is headin...
Dec 04, 2018
B.C. boy finds syringe, glue stored in board game purchased at thrift shop
PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - A father in Pitt Meadows, B.C., says the last thing his family expected to find inside a second-hand board game was a syringe and toxic glue. Mitch Selman says his six-year-old so...
Dec 04, 2018
Singh tries to rally his troops as the NDP struggles to gain traction
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says many Canadians have told him they are struggling with uncertain employment, a lack of housing and expensive medication - problems he told the party’s most ...
Dec 04, 2018
Richard Oland died quickly after flurry of blows to the head, pathologist says
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Multi-millionaire businessman Richard Oland did not have time to put up much of a defence when he was attacked in his office and killed by multiple blows that caved in his skull, hi...
Dec 04, 2018
Letter bomber who cost lawyer her hand says he was framed, wants appeal
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man sentenced to life in prison for sending letter bombs wants to appeal and is making more accusations of a conspiracy in the justice system. Guido Amsel, acting as his own lawy...
Dec 04, 2018
Trudeau wants new relationship with Indigenous people to be his legacy as PM
OTTAWA - Rebuilding Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people is part of the legacy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to leave, he told chiefs gathered at a major Assembly of First Nations ...
Dec 04, 2018
Liberal MP Brison, ambassador MacNaughton to join Mulroney at Bush funeral
WASHINGTON - Liberal cabinet minister Scott Brison and ambassador David MacNaughton will join former prime minister Brian Mulroney in representing Canada at Wednesday’s state funeral for former ...
Dec 04, 2018