Category Archives: Canada
B.C. family says care home switched their mom's cat with robotic version
DUNCAN, B.C. - The family of a British Columbia woman who has dementia say staff at a care home removed her cat and replaced it with a robotic stuffed animal. Dawn Douglas has been living at the Sunri...
Feb 22, 2018
City of Montreal criticized after low-income tenants forced from 'unsafe' homes
MONTREAL - Between the leaky ceiling, rats, and occasional squatters in the staircase, the two-storey apartment building in Montreal’s Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood had its share of problem...
Feb 22, 2018
'Finally upon us:' Mayor says apprehension on eve of school shooter sentencing
LA LOCHE, Sask. - An imminent sentencing decision for a young man who pleaded guilty to fatal shootings at a school and a home is stirring anxiety in the remote northern Saskatchewan community where t...
Feb 22, 2018
Liberals to outline long-term Indigenous housing plan in budget, sources say
OTTAWA - Indigenous communities will find themselves with a long-term funding commitment in next week’s federal budget worth hundreds of millions of dollars to address the most acute housing sit...
Feb 22, 2018
Review can't pinpoint why flight school plane crashed near Calgary killing two
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board says it doesn’t know what caused a plane operated by an Alberta university’s flight school to lose control and crash, killing two instructors with...
Feb 22, 2018
Trudeau: Invitation should not have gone to Sikh extremist
NEW DELHI - Canadian and Indian authorities were both scrambling Thursday to explain how a man convicted three decades ago of trying to kill an Indian politician in Canada slipped through security scr...
Feb 22, 2018
Nova Scotia moves to ease entry for internationally trained doctors
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia wants to make the immigration process easier for internationally trained physicians who already have a job offer, as the province continues to deal with a persistent shortage of ...
Feb 22, 2018
Manitoba premier announces 'no wrong door' harassment policy for all staff
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is implementing a new harassment policy following allegations that a former NDP cabinet minister tickled and groped female staffers. Progressive Conservative Premier...
Feb 22, 2018
Judge strikes mandatory minimum sentence in drug case involving Indigenous woman
An Ontario judge has struck down a mandatory minimum sentence for a drug smuggling offence, ruling that two years in prison would be a “grossly disproportionate” punishment for an Indigeno...
Feb 22, 2018
Canadian humorist Arthur Black of CBC Radio's 'Basic Black' dies at age 74
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - Beloved Canadian broadcaster and humorist Arthur Black has died at age 74. A statement on his website says the former CBC Radio host died Wednesday at Lady Minto Hospital on...
Feb 22, 2018