Category Archives: Canada
Status of Women Canada gets ready to grow, and change, with the times
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has given Status of Women Canada a major role to play in its feminist agenda and, now that the federal agency is set to grow into a full-size department, it could also ...
Mar 01, 2018
Three people slain in Ryerson Township were shot, police say
Ontario provincial police say post mortems confirm that three people who were found dead in a Ryerson Township home last Friday, and the man suspected of killing them, all died from gunshot wounds. Th...
Feb 28, 2018
Amid sexual misconduct allegations, Hedley to take 'indefinite hiatus' after tour
TORONTO - Canadian band Hedley, which is facing mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after its cross-country tour at the end of March. In a stat...
Feb 28, 2018
Amid sexual misconduct allegations, Hedley to take 'indefinite hiatus' after tour
TORONTO - Canadian band Hedley, which is facing mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” after its cross-country tour at the end of March. In a stat...
Feb 28, 2018
Judge denies bail for B.C. man charged with alleged assaults of sex workers
VERNON, B.C. - A judge in British Columbia has denied bail for a man charged with a number of offences, including the alleged assaults of sex workers. Curtis Sagmoen appeared in provincial court in Ve...
Feb 28, 2018
Canadian air force helicopter drops raft on Florida home, smashing roof
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces is scrambling for answers after one of its military helicopters dropped an inflatable life raft that smashed a hole in the roof of a home in Miami. The Griffon search-and-...
Feb 28, 2018
Quebec couple accused of stealing about $2 million from big retails stores
MONTREAL - Police say a Quebec couple has been charged after allegedly stealing roughly $2 million worth of merchandise from large retail stores in six cities across the province. Police from Laval, Q...
Feb 28, 2018
Amanda Todd's mother back B.C. schools plan to help parents fight cyberbullying
VICTORIA - The mother of a British Columbia girl whose story of cyberbullying went around the world after she took her own life says offering social media education to parents is a good investment. Ed...
Feb 28, 2018
White House turmoil: As Russia probe advances, Trump blasts AG, loses Hicks
WASHINGTON - The day began with President Donald Trump publicly belittling his attorney general, and ended with him losing his communications director amid growing indications of the turmoil from a cr...
Feb 28, 2018
Jury finds Quebec man guilty of second-degree murder in death of Inuk woman
MONTREAL - The conviction of a Quebec man found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2015 death of his Inuk girlfriend sends a message to the Indigenous community that the justice system hasn’t...
Feb 28, 2018