Category Archives: Canada

Missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to move forward: chairwoman
RICHMOND, B.C. - Some of those who have told their harrowing stories at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls have since redoubled that courage by taking their comp...
Apr 06, 2018
Nova Scotia's NDP wants immediate moratorium on police street checks
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s opposition New Democrats have proposed legislation that would impose an immediate moratorium on random police street checks. The bill, introduced Friday by Halifax-Needha...
Apr 06, 2018
U.K. man donates amputated, frost-bitten toes to famed 'Sourtoe cocktail'
A U.K. man who lost three toes to frostbite in a Yukon race says he can’t think of a better place for the digits to go than into people’s drinks. Nick Griffiths plans to donate his amputat...
Apr 06, 2018
Irving-owned railway pleads not guilty to safety violations in oil transport
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A railway owned by New Brunswick’s Irving family has pleaded not guilty to 24 charges alleging the company violated safety standards in the way it transported oil. The allegat...
Apr 06, 2018

Canada claims leadership but lacks details on plan to cut shipping emissions
OTTAWA - The United Nations group which regulates the international shipping industry is being asked to cut emissions from the cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels that crisscross the world̵...
Apr 06, 2018

Former CTV reporter sues broadcaster, woman who accused him of sexual misconduct
TORONTO - A former CTV News reporter facing sexual misconduct allegations is suing the broadcaster, its parent company and the woman who levelled the accusations against him. Paul Bliss, whose departu...
Apr 06, 2018

Officials in Canada braced for another spike in illegal border crossings
OTTAWA - Border officials are preparing for another spike in asylum seekers coming illegally into Canada from the U.S. as the weather gets warmer. The RCMP intercepted more than 3,000 irregular border...
Apr 06, 2018

N.S. fine-tuning cyberbullying law prompted by Parsons death, minister says
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia anti-cyberbullying law prompted by the death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons five years ago Saturday is still being fine-tuned. The legislature passed the new Intimate Images an...
Apr 06, 2018

NAFTA end game: Countries now scrambling to conclude a preliminary deal
WASHINGTON - The NAFTA countries are pushing intensely over the coming days to reach an agreement, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland suggested Friday as she met her U.S. and Mexican counterpa...
Apr 06, 2018

Oilpatch CEO says Trudeau needs to give real pipeline support, 'not just words'
CALGARY - Athabasca Oil Corp.’s chief executive blasted the Liberal government for not providing regulatory certainty or doing its job to get pipelines built just as Prime Minister Justin Trudea...
Apr 06, 2018