Category Archives: Canada
High school athlete dies after 'freak accident' during rugby game
MONTAGUE, P.E.I. - A high school has withdrawn from P.E.I. schools’ rugby league for the season following the death of a student athlete who sustained brain injuries on the field. Montague Regio...
May 14, 2018

Man accused in military centre stabbing acquitted of terror charges, not criminally responsible for actions
TORONTO - A man with schizophrenia who attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto was acquitted of terror charges and found not criminally responsible for lesser offences on Monday ...
May 14, 2018
University condemned for handling of residential-schools course controversy
HALIFAX - A group of Canadian professors is speaking out against a Halifax university’s handling of a residential-schools course imbroglio, saying the race or ethnicity of a professor should not...
May 14, 2018

Aurora Cannabis to buy rival MedReleaf in $3.2B record-breaking deal
TORONTO - Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s $3.2 billion all-stock offer to take over rival licensed marijuana producer MedReleaf will create what the target company’s CEO described as the “und...
May 14, 2018
Canadian aid worker charged with child sexual abuse in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A prominent Canadian aid worker has been arrested at his mountain villa in Nepal and charged with sexually abusing children, an official said Monday. Central Investigation Bureau ch...
May 14, 2018

Many New Brunswickers face choice after record flooding: clean up, or move
MAUGERVILLE, N.B. - For exhausted residents of the riverside communities of southern New Brunswick, the stressful process of cleaning up damaged properties and considering their future is underway in ...
May 14, 2018
Toronto community searches for PhD student missing since Thursday
TORONTO - The brother of a woman missing in Toronto says a widespread community search for his sister is helping his family get through a difficult time. Zubair Afzal said more than 100 people have jo...
May 14, 2018

In the news today, May 14
Four stories in the news for Monday, May 14 --- FLOOD FEARS RISING AGAIN IN SOUTHERN B.C. Flood weary residents in southern B.C. are bracing for round-two as rising temperatures accelerate the melting...
May 14, 2018

Opponents of 60s Scoop settlement aren't giving up after judge OKs deal
A woman who has spent months informing ’60s Scoop survivors about Ottawa’s class-action settlement says she’ll continue advising people to object to the deal, even after a federal ju...
May 14, 2018

Residents across B.C. Interior brace for another deluge of flooding
VICTORIA - Unseasonable heat and the potential for rain over the next seven to 10 days could force thousands of people in British Columbia’s Interior to evacuate their homes as rivers and lakes ...
May 14, 2018