Category Archives: Canada
Prairie provinces, B.C. to meet next week on standardized trucking regulations
REGINA - Government officials from Canada’s four western provinces plan to hold a teleconference next week to discuss standardized trucking regulations. Trucking safety has been in the spotlight...
Jul 12, 2018
Online video of B.C. bears being fed by children sparks investigation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service is investigating allegations a Vancouver-area family feed a mother black bear and her cub. Conservation Officer Lonnie Schoenthal says...
Jul 12, 2018
Canadians know little about the dangers of concussions, federal survey suggests
OTTAWA - Roughly half of Canadians know little to nothing about the perils of sports-related concussive injuries, nor where to turn to find information on how to avoid falling victim to them, suggests...
Jul 12, 2018
'It's humbling:' Alberta scientists help track high-energy neutrino
EDMONTON - Canadian scientists are part of an international team that has for the first time tracked a tiny, high-energy twist of matter to its source in deep space. University of Alberta astronomer G...
Jul 12, 2018
Indigenous women overrepresented in Vancouver police checks: rights advocates
VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil rights activists seeking an investigation of the Vancouver Police Department’s use of random street checks want to amend their complaint based on new data showin...
Jul 12, 2018
Nova Scotia judge to preside over fatality inquiry involving Afghan veteran
HALIFAX - A provincial court judge in Nova Scotia has been appointed to preside over the fatality inquiry into the deaths of Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond and his family. The Nova Scotia judi...
Jul 12, 2018
'Potential risk' to GTA prompts increased police presence in Toronto
TORONTO - Information about a “potential risk” in the Greater Toronto Area led to an increase in police presence in Toronto’s downtown core on Thursday, but officers insisted the pub...
Jul 12, 2018
PM, justice minister asked to consider new trial or pardon in Latimer case
WILKIE, Sask. - A Saskatchewan farmer who was convicted of killing his severely disabled daughter nearly 25 years ago is applying for either a new trial or a pardon. Robert Latimer’s Vancouver l...
Jul 12, 2018
Tony Accurso granted bail while he appeals fraud conviction and sentence
MONTREAL - After spending one week behind bars, Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso was released on bail Thursday while he appeals his conviction and four-year prison sentence in connection with ...
Jul 12, 2018
Involve business in ocean plastics pollution issue, talks: McKenna
HALIFAX - The federal environment minister says she wants business leaders involved when she and her counterparts from other G7 nations gather in Halifax this fall to discuss how to reduce the flow of...
Jul 12, 2018