Category Archives: Canada
Saskatchewan school shooter gets life in prison, no parole for 10 years
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A judge on Tuesday sentenced a young man who shot up a school and a home in northern Saskatchewan to life in prison and bemoaned a lack of support for survivors. The shooter, who ...
May 08, 2018
Jason Kenney declares war on "green left" in speech to conservative party
RED DEER, Alta. - United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney, in a fiery speech to party members, is promising an all-out attack on the “green left” and those who secretly fund and support th...
May 07, 2018
Hawaiian volcanic eruption leaves former Vancouver resident shaken
MAUNA LOA, Hawaii - A former Vancouver resident who owns a tea farm near the Kilauea volcano says her small Hawaiian community has been traumatized since molten lava began spewing several days ago. El...
May 07, 2018
B.C. sets new greenhouse reduction targets to 60 per cent by 2040
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s government is counting on businesses, communities and residents to help fight climate change over the coming decades, the province’s environment minister said...
May 07, 2018
B.C. police make arrest 7 years after newlywed shot following minor crash
SURREY, B.C. - A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death seven years ago of a newlywed husband in what police say was an apparent case of road rage. Samandeep Singh Gill of Surrey,...
May 07, 2018
Adult film star Stormy Daniels to visit Windsor, Ont., in June for two events
WINDSOR, Ont. - The porn star at the centre of legal wrangling involving U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Windsor, Ont., next month. Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie C...
May 07, 2018
Quebec man is dead after falling into manure pit on agricultural land
MONTREAL - A 39-year-old man died Monday after falling into a manure pit on agricultural land in Sainte-Helene-de-Bagot, about 80 kilometres east of Montreal. Firefighters and first responders extract...
May 07, 2018
Kenney returns to Ottawa as wing man in Tories' fight against carbon tax
OTTAWA - Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, returned to Parliament Hill on Monday where he sparred with federal lawmakers over the Trudeau government’s carbon pri...
May 07, 2018
'Grassroots guarantee' website down as UCP leader overrides party's resolution
EDMONTON - The leader of Alberta’s United Conservatives says a technical issue is to blame for the disappearance of his website that guarantees he will listen to the party’s grassroots aft...
May 07, 2018
Thieves flee in canoe from underwear-clad homeowner in N.B. flood zone
MAUGERVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada - Three men who allegedly tried to loot a flooded New Brunswick home were forced to flee in a canoe from an angry, underwear-clad homeowner. Markus Harvey woke up ea...
May 07, 2018