Category Archives: Canada
Koi rescued at Chinese garden in Vancouver; otter not seen since Saturday
VANCOUVER - The last two remaining koi and hundreds of juvenile carp have been removed from a classical Chinese garden in downtown Vancouver in an effort to thwart a stealthy river otter that has devo...
Nov 28, 2018
Costs have swollen: Saskatchewan sues Ottawa over uranium mine cleanup deal
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is suing Ottawa over what it says is a failure to live up to a deal to split the swelling costs of cleaning up an old uranium mine. “I just don’t see h...
Nov 28, 2018
Liberal MP's name came up in wider police probe into money laundering: source
OTTAWA - Word of Liberal MP Raj Grewal’s gambling debts surfaced on police wiretaps in a much broader probe into other people suspected of money laundering and terrorist financing, says a source...
Nov 28, 2018
Recommendations approved on how to hand out Broncos GoFundMe cash
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan judge has approved a committee’s recommendation on how to distribute $15.2 million raised in a GoFundMe campaign after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Justice Neil Gab...
Nov 28, 2018
Ottawa committed to advancing Mi’kmaw Nation and self-governance, summit told
HALIFAX - Ottawa is committed to advancing the Mi'kmaw Nation and recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ inherent right to self-determination, a key federal official told a First Nations self-governanc...
Nov 28, 2018
Montreal police probe death of robbery suspect following altercation with citizens
Montreal police say three men are being questioned as important witnesses to a homicide after a robbery suspect died following an altercation with citizens. Police say they were called to a fight in t...
Nov 28, 2018
Grieving loss of their 'champion,' family of drowned boy to sue school board, city
MONTREAL - The family of a Montreal teen who drowned during a high school gym class say they intend to sue the school board and the city, alleging negligence robbed them of a boy who was the centre of...
Nov 28, 2018
Tribunal orders feds to postpone contract in $60B warship project
OTTAWA - The $60-billion effort to build new warships for Canada’s navy is facing another delay after a trade tribunal ordered the federal government to postpone a final contract for the vessels...
Nov 28, 2018
Partisanship clouds PM, opposition leaders' meeting on 'Francophonie' issues
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his counterparts from the four other main federal parties left a supposedly non-partisan meeting on how to help Canadian francophones divided and without a p...
Nov 28, 2018
This is a test - Alert Ready system tested across the county for second time
UNDATED, Canada - It wasn’t perfect but officials say the second test of Canada’s new national public-alert system for mobile devices went better than the initial test six months ago. Mobi...
Nov 28, 2018