Category Archives: Canada
Groundbreaking ceremony held for new bridge between Windsor and Detroit
DETROIT - U.S. and Canadian officials touted the friendship between the two countries while acknowledging the economic benefits a new international bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., will bring...
Jul 17, 2018
Canada should help Holocaust denier on trial in Germany: civil liberties group
OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is urging the Canadian government to end the “unjust and immoral” imprisonment of Monika Schaefer, a German-Canadian woman on trial in Germany for publishi...
Jul 17, 2018
Quebec liquor board workers stage one-day walkout as pressure tactic
MONTREAL - Employees at more than 400 Quebec Liquor Corp. outlets across the province held a one-day strike Tuesday in a bid to jump-start contract negotiations. It was the first of six strike days th...
Jul 17, 2018
Police wrap examination of property linked to McArthur, find more remains
TORONTO - A second exploration of a site where alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur is accused of burying the bodies of numerous men yielded human remains on nearly every day of a nine-day search, Tor...
Jul 17, 2018
Humboldt Broncos player signs with Ontario university hockey team
OSHAWA, Ont. - A Humboldt Broncos player injured in a deadly crash in Saskatchewan has signed with a hockey team at an Ontario post-secondary institution. Matthieu Gomercic, a 20-year-old forward from...
Jul 17, 2018
Trudeau walks fine line with condemnation of Putin, silence on Trump
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levelled fresh condemnation at Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, but refused to weigh in on the Russian president’s meeting with Donald Trump - underscoring what ...
Jul 17, 2018
Trudeau asks transport minister to tackle Greyhound's western pullout
OTTAWA - Facing pressure from rural communities and opposition MPs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he’s asked Transport Minister Marc Garneau to find solutions to Greyhound Canada’s de...
Jul 17, 2018
Man charged in Toronto subway homicide case appears in court
TORONTO - A man accused of killing a senior citizen by shoving him in front of a Toronto subway train had his case put over for a month during a brief video court appearance on Tuesday. John Reszetnik...
Jul 17, 2018
Bullying, harassment, gender bias tolerated at MUN medical school: report
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A new report has found that a culture of bullying, harassment and sexism has been tolerated at Memorial University’s faculty of medicine in St. John’s, N.L., with ...
Jul 17, 2018
Prince Edward Island woman faces multiple charges in death of two infants
CHARLOTTETOWN - A P.E.I. woman has been charged in connection with the deaths of two infants following a yearlong investigation. The major crime unit of the Charlottetown Police Services says the 39-y...
Jul 17, 2018