Category Archives: Canada
Butcher appeals conviction, sentence in murder of Montreal-born yoga instructor
HALIFAX - A Halifax man convicted in the violent death of a Montreal-born yoga instructor and businesswoman is appealing his second-degree murder conviction and sentence. Nicholas Butcher was convicte...
Oct 09, 2018
Ancient polar bears survived low ice periods on dead whales: study
New research suggests an answer to the mystery of how polar bears survived previous eras of low sea ice. But the same paper, published Tuesday in Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment, says the bea...
Oct 09, 2018
Blast at Irving Oil's Saint John refinery unlikely to hit gas prices
The explosion that rocked Irving Oil’s Saint John refinery on Monday is unlikely to affect the price of gasoline in Canada, according to experts. The quick return to the facility by contractors ...
Oct 09, 2018
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer talks energy with Indian PM Modi
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he wants to find ways to ship Canadian oil and gas to India to meet its voracious energy needs. Scheer said ...
Oct 09, 2018
British sailor's sexual assault trial hears from police investigators
HALIFAX - The trial of a British sailor accused in a gang rape at a Halifax-area military base heard Tuesday from the police officers who investigated the case. Under cross-examination by defence lawy...
Oct 09, 2018
Ontario's Human Rights Commission joining sex-ed legal challenge
TORONTO - An interim sexual-education curriculum introduced by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government discriminates against some students and puts them at greater risk of sexual violence,...
Oct 09, 2018
Ontario teen charged in U.S. swatting incident
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, Ont. - Police say an Ontario teen is facing charges after an alleged swatting incident in the United States. Provincial police in Prince Edward County say they were asked to inve...
Oct 09, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 9
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Oct. 9 ___ FLARE-UPS POSSIBLE AT IRVING REFINERY Residents of a Saint John, N.B., neighbourhood that was the scene of a massive oil refinery explosion have been w...
Oct 09, 2018
Homeless B.C. Indigenous Nation buys land on Vancouver Island to build community
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - Thomas Smith says his most vivid memory of living on British Columbia’s Turnour Island was watching families leave their homes. Five decades later, images of the exodus fr...
Oct 09, 2018
'Thought I was dead for sure': Worker recalls escape from Irving Oil explosion
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - First, Jonathan Wright heard a loud hissing. Then he was thrown to the ground and turned to see a wall of orange, as flames surrounded him and several other workers after a massive ...
Oct 09, 2018