Category Archives: Canada
Man found not criminally responsible for killing cop gets conditional discharge
TORONTO - A man found not criminally responsible for killing a Toronto police officer while driving a snowplow has received a conditional discharge. The Ontario Review Board, which decides if and how ...
Jul 25, 2018
Perry Bellegarde re-elected as chief of Assembly of First Nations
VANCOUVER - Perry Bellegarde has reclaimed his seat as national chief for the Assembly of First Nations, in an election that also saw his challengers accuse the federal government of interference. Bel...
Jul 25, 2018
Feds insist emission standards need to strengthen, as U.S. moves to ease rules
OTTAWA - As Donald Trump’s administration moves towards easing U.S. fuel emission standards for vehicles, the Liberal government says Canada’s standards need to become “stronger,R...
Jul 25, 2018
Hedley fans consider impact of Hoggard charges on their devotion to the band
TORONTO - Their songs were the soundtrack to many fans’ formative years, but as frontman Jacob Hoggard heads to court on sexual-assault charges, some Hedley followers are considering how the new...
Jul 25, 2018
Feds promise action to ensure healthy democracy in era of 'false information'
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will try to bolster Canadian democratic institutions in the digital age that are confronting growing public mistrust and concern about campaigns of false inform...
Jul 25, 2018
Call for Toronto handgun ban reignites passionate gun control debate
TORONTO - A call on the federal government to consider turning Canada’s largest city into a handgun-free zone will do little to prevent the kind of senseless violence that saw a young woman and ...
Jul 25, 2018
Davies already a win for Canada soccer as Bayern Munich scoops up Whitecaps teen
In many ways, Alphonso Davies was a win for Canada soccer before news of an MLS-record transfer to one of the world’s top clubs. Born to Liberian parents in a Ghana refugee camp, the 17-year-old...
Jul 25, 2018
Ontario government introduces legislation to scrap cap-and-trade program
TORONTO - Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government expects to spend up to $5 million to compensate companies that bought into the province’s cap-and-trade system, the provincial e...
Jul 25, 2018
Bayern Munich completes transfer for Canadian star Alphonso Davies
VANCOUVER - Bob Lenarduzzi says soccer phenom Alphonso Davies catches your eye the first time you watch him play. Lenarduzzi, the Vancouver Whitecaps team president, says Davies has the talent to just...
Jul 25, 2018
Ammonia leak at Fernie, B.C., ice rink linked to aging equipment: report
VANCOUVER - Old equipment that continued to be used seven years after a maintenance contractor recommended replacing it caused an ammonia leak that killed three workers at an ice rink in British Colum...
Jul 25, 2018