Category Archives: Canada

Sailboat cocaine case delayed again as smuggler captain switches lawyers
HALIFAX - The sentencing hearing for a sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has been delayed yet again - this time for a change of la...
Feb 26, 2018

Witness to crash involving 165 people says accidents happen 'way too many times'
HOPE, B.C. - Graham Zillwood has witnessed numerous crashes outside his front window on a notorious stretch of British Columbia’s Coquihalla Highway, but nothing like the chain-reaction crash Su...
Feb 26, 2018
In the news today, Feb. 26
Four stories in the news for Monday, Feb. 26 --- ATWAL CLAIMS HE BOWED OUT OF TRUDEAU EVENT IN INDIA A man with an attempted murder conviction who was invited to a reception with Justin Trudeau in Ind...
Feb 26, 2018

Crown urges 6 months jail for ex-aide David Livingston; defence wants discharge
TORONTO - The sentencing hearing for a former top Ontario political aide caught up in the province’s gas plants scandal heard glowing accounts of his character on Monday as the prosecution calle...
Feb 26, 2018
Doctors often called on to provide medical emergency aid on flights
TORONTO - It’s a call for help that most physicians worry about when taking a flight: “Is there a doctor on board?” What it heralds is an urgent medical issue, usually involving a pa...
Feb 25, 2018

Longtime Tory MP Gallant fends off challenge in her riding
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Cheryl Gallant has survived a nomination challenge in her Ottawa-area riding. Gallant was one of several incumbent Tories who are facing a fight for the right to carry the par...
Feb 25, 2018
Montreal university says training Chinese judges helps advance human rights
QUEBEC - A program that allows Chinese judges to come to Montreal to study Quebec law is helping to advance human rights in China, according to the Montreal university that administers it. L’Uni...
Feb 25, 2018
Alberta RCMP say shooting happened when rural homeowner confronted suspects
OKOTOKS, Alta. - RCMP in Alberta have taken a rural homeowner into custody after a shooting that police allege happened when he confronted two people rummaging through his vehicles. Police say members...
Feb 25, 2018
Atwal says he bowed out of event in India to save Trudeau embarrassment
SURREY, B.C. - A man convicted of attempted murder who was invited to a dinner reception with Justin Trudeau in India says he had a friendly relationship with the prime minister, and stayed away to sa...
Feb 25, 2018
Historic $60-million lottery win could turn N.L. group into millionaires
Social media is abuzz about a history-making $60-million lottery win that will apparently make a group of people in Newfoundland and Labrador instant millionaires. An Atlantic Lottery Corportation spo...
Feb 25, 2018