Category Archives: Canada
Following review, military police reopen 23 'unfounded' sexual assault cases
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has reopened 23 cases of alleged sexual assault after revisiting dozens of files previously dismissed by military police as “unfounded.” The move follows...
Sep 20, 2018
Highly competitive Toronto campaign emerges in light of province's victory
TORONTO - As Toronto prepared for a leaner local government following Ontario’s legal victory over the size of the city’s council, longtime politicians were being pitted against one anothe...
Sep 20, 2018
'I still stand behind my decision to publish,' former editor says of Ghomeshi essay
A former editor at the New York Review of Books says he stands by his decision to publish a controversial essay written by disgraced former radio host Jian Ghomeshi. Ian Buruma told Vrij Nederland, a ...
Sep 20, 2018
Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan named finalist for Man Booker Prize
Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan’s “Washington Black” has been named as a finalist for the Man Booker Prize for fiction. The Victoria-based author joins three U.K. writers and two Ameri...
Sep 20, 2018
One charged, two wanted in alleged Mob hits in southern Ontario
Police have arrested one man and launched an international manhunt for two others in a pair of alleged Mob hits in southern Ontario, investigators announced Thursday, saying the deaths appear to be th...
Sep 20, 2018
Despite progress, threat of 232 tariffs dominates NAFTA negotiations
WASHINGTON - Despite the eye-popping figures thrown around in the NAFTA conversation - $2 billion in daily trade, 18 million autos built each year, hundreds of thousands of jobs in the U.S. - one numb...
Sep 20, 2018
In the news today, Sept. 20
Five stories in the news for Thursday, Sept. 20 --- FREELAND NOT CLOCK-WATCHING ON NAFTA Chrystia Freeland and her U.S. trade counterpart are back at the NAFTA negotiating table today as time marches ...
Sep 20, 2018
The hunt for online herb: feds seek dope on hazy world of pot's 'cryptomarket'
OTTAWA - The federal government insists pot legalization will help the country snuff out crime - but internally it’s wondering what will become of the fuzzy world of illegal online weed transact...
Sep 20, 2018
Belleisle Farms brand cole slaw recalled over possible Listeria contamination
OTTAWA - Belleisle Foods Ltd. is recalling its Belleisle Farms brand of Cole Slaw from stores due to possible Listeria contamination. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the product,...
Sep 20, 2018
Beavers may have caused fatal train derailment in Manitoba: safety board
THOMPSON, Man. - A Transportation Safety Board investigator says beavers may have contributed to the train derailment in northern Manitoba that left one railway worker dead and another injured. The tr...
Sep 19, 2018