Category Archives: Canada
First-degree murder charge laid in death of 26-year-old eastern Ontario woman
SOUTH GLENGARRY, Ont. - Police say a Nova Scotia man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a woman from eastern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say 26-year-old Emilie Maheu was ...
Oct 18, 2018
Jury deliberating in Calgary trial for parents charged in baby's death
CALGARY - A jury is deliberating whether a couple should have done more for their sick 14-month-old son before he died in hospital. Jennifer and Jeromie Clark have pleaded not guilty to criminal negli...
Oct 18, 2018
First visit to Saskatchewan: Gov. Gen. Payette calls her job a great privilege
REGINA - Julie Payette is making her first official visit to Saskatchewan more than a year after taking office and says being Canada’s Governor General is a great privilege. There have been ques...
Oct 18, 2018
Two charged over allegations they fed bears along B.C.'s Alaska Highway
VICTORIA - Two people have been charged after British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says they posted photos of themselves on social media hand feeding Timbits and hot dogs to bears. Co...
Oct 17, 2018
Economy and environment go hand-in-hand, says natural resources minister
KITIMAT, B.C. - Canada’s natural resources minister says the environment and the economy go hand-in-hand after he toured the site of a new liquefied natural gas venture in British Columbia, days...
Oct 17, 2018
As Canada legalizes pot, other countries likely to follow
SEATTLE - More than two dozen countries have relaxed their marijuana or other drug laws, and a number could consider legalizing in the not-too-distant future. The South American nation of Uruguay was ...
Oct 17, 2018
Manitoba NDP calls for inquest into Indigenous man's death on a bus
WINNIPEG - The leader of Manitoba’s Opposition has called for an inquest into the death of an Indigenous man who died during a 10-hour bus trip for a medical appointment. Abraham Donkey of Nisic...
Oct 17, 2018
Sovereigntist Quebec solidaire members refuse to swear oath to Queen in public
QUEBEC - The 10 members elected Oct. 1 for the sovereigntist left-wing party Quebec solidaire refused to swear allegiance to the Queen publicly Wednesday as they made their entry into the provincial l...
Oct 17, 2018
Day 1 blooper: Ontario Cannabis Store mislabels genital spray as oral product
TORONTO - A perusal of the Ontario Cannabis Store’s online portal on the first day of legalization turned up an array of expected products - various strains of dried weed, oils and tinctures, an...
Oct 17, 2018
Hundreds queue in Quebec to be among first buyers of legal cannabis
MONTREAL - Marijuana smoke wafted through the heart of Montreal’s downtown shopping district Wednesday as hundreds of people lined up to purchase legal cannabis for the first time at Quebec̵...
Oct 17, 2018