Category Archives: Canada
Toxicologist testifies about girl whose body was dumped in Winnipeg river
WINNIPEG - A 15-year-old girl had drugs and alcohol in her system when she was killed and thrown into the Red River in Winnipeg, a toxicologist testified at a murder trial Tuesday. Christopher Keddy, ...
Jan 30, 2018
Hookworm-related skin infection a risk with travel to tropics: expert
TORONTO - The experience of a Windsor, Ont., couple who returned from a Caribbean vacation with their feet severely infected with parasitic worms is a cautionary tale of what travellers to some warm-w...
Jan 30, 2018
B.C. Supreme Court shuts down first unlicensed pot shop in Victoria
VICTORIA - A British Columbia court has granted Victoria an injunction to shut down a marijuana dispensary, marking the first court-ordered closure of a pot shop in the city. Victoria was the second c...
Jan 30, 2018
Zero-tolerance on sexual misconduct: Alberta Opposition leader Jason Kenney
EDMONTON - The leader of the United Conservatives in Alberta says the party will rigorously vet prospective candidates for conduct related to sexual harassment or aggression. Jason Kenney, a former fe...
Jan 30, 2018
Final phase of all-weather road for isolated First Nation about to begin
WINNIPEG - The final phase of construction is about to begin on an all-weather road for an isolated Indigenous community separated from the outside world more than a century ago. Freedom Road will pro...
Jan 30, 2018
Investigation process into former Nova Scotia Tory leader fair:Interim leader
HALIFAX - The investigation by Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative Party into an allegation of inappropriate behaviour by former leader Jamie Baillie was fair, the party’s interim leade...
Jan 30, 2018
Ontario activist still wants to proceed with Cleveland Indians complaint
An Indigenous activist says he’d like to go ahead with human rights complaints against the Cleveland Indians despite a recent announcement that the baseball team would be changing its controvers...
Jan 30, 2018
Golden eagle worth $15k stolen from Ontario aviary, provincial police say
ACTON, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police are looking for suspects following the theft of a golden eagle from an aviary about 75 kilometres west of Toronto. Investigators say the eagle was taken from th...
Jan 30, 2018
Trudeau stands by veiled insult against nationalist group in Quebec
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had no regrets Tuesday for his veiled insult against members of a nationalist, far-right group during a speech in Quebec City in honour of the victims of the 2...
Jan 30, 2018
NAFTA 'did not happen by accident,' Mulroney says during defence of trade deal
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney offered a spirited defence of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Washington on Tuesday, while warning about the potential impacts of a U.S. withdr...
Jan 30, 2018