Category Archives: Canada

Nurse who killed 8 patients faced discipline at care home, inquiry hears
An Ontario nurse who killed elderly patients in her care was disciplined several times for her poor job performance, but no one at the long-term care home where Elizabeth Wettlaufer worked suspected s...
Jun 11, 2018

Robert De Niro apologizes to Canadians for Trump's recent comments
TORONTO - Actor Robert De Niro ramped up his recent attacks on U.S. President Donald Trump by apologizing to Canadians on Monday for the American leader’s conduct and commentary following the G7...
Jun 11, 2018

Americans turn to social media to show support for Canadian culture exports
TORONTO - With diplomatic tensions between U.S. and Canada rocked by recent comments about trade by President Donald Trump and his advisers, some Americans are finding ways to acknowledge Canada’...
Jun 11, 2018

'Where are the survivors?' Feds commemorate apology, but some disappointed
OTTAWA - Residential school survivors complained of not being given a chance to speak Monday at an event marking the 10-year anniversary of Canada’s apology in the House of Commons. Crown-Indige...
Jun 11, 2018

Polar bear hitches ride on iceberg, visits coastal Newfoundland town
ST. ANTHONY, N.L. - Mother Nature came through in a big way to help cap off an annual Newfoundland iceberg festival. The icebergs and pack ice moved in, bringing with them a special visitor - a polar ...
Jun 11, 2018
Dellen Millard bought gun that was found next to his father's body, trial hears
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of killing his father, whose death was initially ruled a suicide, had bought the handgun found next to his dad’s body from a weapons dealer a few months earlier, ...
Jun 11, 2018

Trump tariff tirade has MPs united across party lines, urging calm
OTTAWA - Canada’s House of Commons stood Monday in defiance of Donald Trump, denouncing his name-calling tirade against Justin Trudeau and endorsing the prime minister’s firm response to p...
Jun 11, 2018

GOP senator offers soothing words about 'special relationship' with Canada
As U.S. officials heap scorn on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a Republican senator is trying to ease international trade tensions by calling attention to an unusual paper mill in Maine that is “...
Jun 11, 2018
Aldo footwear chain erroneously caught up in Canadian-U.S. trade dispute
MONTREAL - Quebec footwear retailer Aldo found itself temporaily at the heart of the current Canadian-U.S. trade dispute after being linked to President Donald Trump. The company was included in a Mac...
Jun 11, 2018
Montreal police open probe after driver pepper-sprayed over honking spat
Montreal police opened an internal investigation Monday after a widely shared video showed an officer pepper-spraying a black driver liberally in the face over alleged excessive honking. Several bysta...
Jun 11, 2018