Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau government rejects Liberal MPs' call for decriminalization of all drugs
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is rejecting a call from its own backbenchers to decriminalize all illicit drug use in Canada - just days before Liberals are set to debate the idea at a national conve...
Apr 18, 2018
Alberta government makes Legal Aid lawyers available at bail hearings
CALGARY - The Alberta government is making Legal Aid lawyers available at first appearance bail hearings. It says the measure will reduce court backlogs and help Albertans understand their rights. Cur...
Apr 18, 2018
Review to assess treatment of Inuit children in N.L. child protection services
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An independent review into the treatment of Inuit children and youth in Newfoundland and Labrador’s child welfare system will be led by the province’s child and yo...
Apr 18, 2018
Flooded Alberta First Nation working on making roads passable
SIKSIKA, Alta. - A First Nation east of Calgary is working on making roads passable as many rural areas of southern Alberta contend with overland flooding. “Road conditions are showing signs of ...
Apr 18, 2018
From shelter to castle: The 'fairy tale' of Meghan Markle's Ontario-adopted pup
A dog adopted from an Ontario rescue home has proved to be of royal pedigree after having been whisked off to the United Kingdom to live with owner Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. When Guy the beagle ...
Apr 18, 2018
'She was fantastic:' Funeral held for Broncos team trainer killed in bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. - Brenden Prokopchuk wrote Dayna Brons a love letter for their five-year anniversary, not knowing she would die a few weeks later. He told her that he was lucky to have her as his best...
Apr 18, 2018
Daughter of Quebec mosque victim expresses incomprehension at shooter's actions
QUEBEC - Alexandre Bissonnette told police he’d feared for his family’s safety, but the daughter of one of his shooting victims at the Quebec City mosque says it was her family that paid t...
Apr 18, 2018
No need for new law on border searches of smartphones, computers: feds
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has rejected a call from MPs to spell out explicitly in law when and how border agents can search travellers’ smartphones and other electronic devic...
Apr 18, 2018
Broncos hockey player Conner Lukan loved most animals, watched 'The Bachelor'
SLAVE LAKE, Alta. - He tore around on quads, roughhoused with his friends and, of course, played hockey. But Conner Lukan, who died in a crash involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus, was remembered a...
Apr 18, 2018
Health committee cheers idea of national pharmacare program, but cost an issue
OTTAWA - Publicly funded prescription drugs under a universal pharmacare program would provide better health care to Canadians at a lower cost than the status quo, the House of Commons health committe...
Apr 18, 2018