Category Archives: Canada
March puts spotlight on death of Indigenous woman with infant twins
PORT HASTINGS, N.S. - Hundreds of marchers waving flags and placards blocked a causeway connecting Cape Breton Island to mainland Nova Scotia Wednesday, part of an effort to raise awareness about the ...
Nov 21, 2018
In the news today, Nov. 21
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 21 --- OLAND TO ENTER NOT GUILTY PLEA, FACE TRIAL AGAIN Dennis Oland is expected to enter a plea of not guilty this morning, as the murder trial for his fa...
Nov 21, 2018
Ottawa's fall update features $16B competitiveness response to U.S. tax reforms
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have come up with a $16-billion answer to Canada’s competitiveness concerns. Ottawa’s long-awaited plan to help Canada compete with the United States for inve...
Nov 21, 2018
'I came here knowing I had it all to learn:' MacAulay reflects on 30 years as MP
OTTAWA - The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Canada’s solicitor general Lawrence MacAulay was yanked out of a gathering of justice ministers in Nova Scotia. A plane had crashed into the World Trade C...
Nov 21, 2018
Richard Oland was killed 'in a rage,' prosecutor tells murder trial
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Dennis Oland was deeply in debt and on the edge financially when he killed his very rich father “in a rage” over money, prosecutors said on the opening day of Oland̵...
Nov 21, 2018
Court hears how former Saskatchewan Roughrider beat up ex-girlfriend
REGINA - A woman who was beaten by former Saskatchewan Roughrider Justin Cox says she feared for her life the day he broke her nose and left her bloody and bruised. The former defensive back pleaded g...
Nov 20, 2018
Wandering otter shows up at Vancouver garden, helps itself to pricey pond fish
VANCOUVER - An otter that wandered into a tranquil garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown has been feasting on expensive fish in a pond but a park official hopes it will sniff out some raw chicken in a...
Nov 20, 2018
Quebec pact to reduce carbon footprint greeted with populist backlash
MONTREAL - When Quebec stage director Dominic Champagne this month enlisted other famous Quebec artists to sign a pact committing to a reduction of their ecological footprint, he hoped it would persua...
Nov 20, 2018
'It's heartbreaking:' Manitoba premier says increase in child deaths is shocking
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s premier says it is shocking to see a spike in the number of children who have died in the province. Children’s advocate Daphne Penrose released her annual report Mond...
Nov 20, 2018
Freeland says Khashoggi case not closed; but Trump says facts may never be known
OTTAWA - Canada will use the upcoming G20 summit to push for answers in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland ...
Nov 20, 2018