Category Archives: Canada
Remains of four people found in charred vehicle in northern Ontario, police say
TIMMINS, Ont. - Police were continuing to investigate after the charred remains of four people were found Friday in a burnt-out car in Timmins, Ont., officials said Sunday, noting that they were not y...
Apr 22, 2018
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $26 million Lotto 649 jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $26 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for ...
Apr 22, 2018
Mike Harris Jr., son of former premier, will run for Tories in Ont. election
TORONTO - Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has appointed candidates in nearly a dozen ridings ahead of the upcoming provincial election, and they include the son of a former premier. ...
Apr 21, 2018
Quebec minister calls for inquiry into two-year-old girl's stabbing death
Quebec’s minister for youth protection is asking for an inquiry into the death of a two-year-old girl who died in hospital after being found in a garbage can. Lucie Charlebois says she’s a...
Apr 21, 2018
Bashir Makhtal, Canadian man imprisoned in Ethiopia for 11 years, back in Canada
TORONTO - A Canadian man who languished in an Ethiopian prison for more than 11 years returned home to Toronto on Saturday after being freed earlier this week Bashir Makhtal was sentenced to life in p...
Apr 21, 2018
Tories still Harper's party, Trudeau tells Liberals at national convention
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau unleashed a blistering attack on Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives Saturday, in a partisan stemwinder aimed at firing up Liberal troops as they prepare for a federal electio...
Apr 21, 2018
Victoria teen's accidental overdose started with prescription drugs, parents say
VICTORIA - The parents of a Victoria teen who died Friday from an accidental overdose say they felt trapped by a medical system that didn’t give them a say in their son’s painkiller prescr...
Apr 21, 2018
Trade missions for women, Indigenous and LGBTQ interests in 2018: minister
HALIFAX - The Canadian government will lead trade missions for women, Indigenous and LGBTQ businesses and entrepreneurs later this year, International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said S...
Apr 21, 2018
BP Canada given the go-ahead to start drilling off Nova Scotia coast
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s offshore petroleum regulator has granted BP Canada Energy Group approval to begin drilling a well off the province’s coast. The Aspy D-11 exploration well is the fi...
Apr 21, 2018
Trudeau, Hehr attend party training session on sexual harassment
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau and Kent Hehr - a former minister who resigned from the prime minister’s cabinet over allegations of inappropriate conduct with women - were among the Liberals who atten...
Apr 21, 2018