Category Archives: Canada

Seven stories in the news for Friday, Aug. 10 --- OTTAWA INSISTS RUSSIAN SPIES’ KIDS AREN’T CANADIAN Though Russian spies do their work in secret, Ottawa insists they’re still employ...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Parole Board of Canada has continued day parole in British Columbia for the man known as the balaclava rapist for another six months while ruling out overnight leave privileges ...

VICTORIA - A special prosecutor in British Columbia has approved 29 sex-related charges against Luke Strimbold, the former mayor of Burns Lake. Dan McLaughlin with the B.C. Prosecution Service says th...

TORONTO - Former inmates and their supporters planned to use Prisoners Justice Day on Friday to renew a push for a memorial at the now defunct Kingston Prison for Women. The infamous penitentiary in K...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said government culture has to change after a study showed hundreds of civil servants experienced sexual harassment while working but most did not report it...

HALIFAX - A Halifax judge has rebuked the Nova Scotia government, waiving its solicitor-client privilege with a former Crown lawyer who is planning to sue the province and its premier for constructive...

SASKATOON - The family of an Indigenous man shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm has filed lawsuits against the RCMP and the farmer who was acquitted in the killing. Colten Boushie was killed after be...

EDMONTON - The brother of one of the six people who died in a fiery crash in Jasper National Park is expressing gratitude to everyone who helped the victims of the tragedy. Tim Dye of Louisiana says t...

VANCOUVER - An endangered orca is not letting go of her newborn calf, whose body she has been pushing through the water for more than two weeks. The whale known as J35 was spotted in coastal waters ne...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide whether a Radio-Canada journalist must reveal her sources for stories about a high-profile corruption investigation. The court agreed Thursday to ...