Category Archives: Canada
Mounties arrest two suspects after supermarket reports $1,400 butter caper
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Two Vancouver men are facing charges of theft after RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C., say they arrested the pair for allegedly stealing a shopping cart loaded with $1,400 worth of butter. Pol...
Nov 15, 2018
Bloc Quebecois to chose new leader in February
OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois will choose a new leader in February. Party president Yves Perron says in a statement that a leadership race will begin Dec. 14, with a new leader to be elected on Feb. 24....
Nov 15, 2018
Independent oversight of senators' expenses not necessary, Tory senator says
OTTAWA - A Conservative senator is pushing back against criticism that a proposal for keeping tabs on senators’ expense claims amounts to asking them to mark their own homework. Sen. David Wells...
Nov 15, 2018
Children of migrants living in U.S. pushing up American asylum-seeker numbers
OTTAWA - As Canada grapples with an influx of irregular asylum seekers, statistics show a growing number of people seeking refugee protection in Canada are Americans. In 2017, people whose country of ...
Nov 15, 2018
Woman ticketed for not holding escalator handrail to be heard by Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada agreed Thursday to hear the case of a woman who was ticketed and arrested after she refused instructions to hold onto an escalator handrail. Bela Kosoian was in a ...
Nov 15, 2018
Manitoba MLAs accused of harassment should be subject to suspension: Liberals
WINNIPEG - Manitoba’s Liberal Leader says politicians accused of sexual harassment or other inappropriate comments should face possible suspension from the legislature. Dougald Lamont’s co...
Nov 15, 2018
Ontario government rejects federal tax changes on passive investment income
OTTAWA - The Ontario government is refusing to follow the federal Liberals’ lead with a controversial tax change related to passive investment income in personal corporations. Federal Finance Mi...
Nov 15, 2018
Canada resisting UN request to extend Mali mission: Sources
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is resisting a United Nations request to extend Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali so medical evacuations can continue while replacements for Canada’s pe...
Nov 15, 2018
B.C. man trapped in truck for several days recovers in Victoria hospital
CAMPBELL RIVER, Canada - A 23-year-old Vancouver Island man is recovering in a Victoria hospital after his truck went off a cliff and he was pinned in the vehicle with a broken femur for several days....
Nov 15, 2018
International intrigue: two defence and security conferences open in Halifax
HALIFAX - Hundreds of defence and security experts from around the world are expected to gather in Halifax this weekend to discuss everything from espionage and terrorism to Russian meddling and North...
Nov 15, 2018