Category Archives: Canada
A by-the-numbers look at the Liberal government's Canada Child Benefit
OTTAWA - Government ministers and Liberal MPs held dozens of events Thursday to highlight two years since the Liberals introduced the Canada Child Benefit. Starting Friday, the value of the means-test...
Jul 19, 2018
Shooting of B.C. hockey dad in driveway was case of mistaken identity: police
SURREY, B.C. - The wife of a man gunned down in what police say was a case of mistaken identity is pleading for any information that would solve the murder the family is struggling to understand. Paul...
Jul 19, 2018
Man charged with attempted murder of five-year-old boy in Brampton, Ont.
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A 28-year-old man is charged with attempted murder and a young boy is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after disappearing from his home northwest of Toronto overnight, polic...
Jul 19, 2018
World's translators push back on forcing Trump interpreter to testify
OTTAWA - Canadian translators and their international counterparts say their work should be treated as strictly confidential and they shouldn’t be compelled to testify about the private conversa...
Jul 19, 2018
Nova Scotia sees spike in newly diagnosed HIV cases: health authority
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has posted a significant increase in the number of new HIV infections so far this year, prompting the province’s Health Department to issue an urgent advisory warning docto...
Jul 19, 2018
NDP wants transport minister to spell out plan to replace Greyhound service
OTTAWA - The opposition New Democrats are calling on the Trudeau government to lay out its plan to help communities that will be affected by the shutdown of Greyhound bus services in western Canada. T...
Jul 19, 2018
No easy ride for ride-hailing in B.C. as province delays implementation again
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it will ease into allowing ride-hailing services, laying the groundwork for new rides to enter the market as early as the fall of 2019. In the meantime...
Jul 19, 2018
Convicted killer Nicholas Butcher to face parole eligibility hearing
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge is set to hear how the violent death of Kristin Johnston affected her family and friends during a parole eligibility hearing for the man convicted of stabbi...
Jul 19, 2018
Independent review clears Manitoba officer in intimate-images probe
WINNIPEG - An investigation has found that a police officer in Brandon, Man. did not break the law by receiving and viewing intimate images of a woman who was applying for a job with the force. The In...
Jul 19, 2018
B.C.'s Site C dam project behind schedule, plagued by problems: expert
British Columbia’s mammoth Site C hydro-electric project is seriously behind schedule, plagued by quality problems and marked by secrecy, says an assessment by an international dam expert. E. Ha...
Jul 19, 2018