Category Archives: Canada
United Church court hearing on defrocking atheist minister delayed
TORONTO - An unprecedented ecclesiastical court hearing that could see the United Church defrock a self-professed atheist minister who does not believe in the Bible has been postponed indefinitely. Th...
Nov 14, 2017
'God help me, I'm going to die,' hunter recalls as bison grinds him into ground
WHITEHORSE - A hunter has a harrowing tale of survival after nearly becoming the quarry during his first-ever bison hunt in Yukon. “All I seen was horns,” Todd Pilgrim said, describing the...
Nov 14, 2017
Acadia University's faculty association sets Nov. 27 strike deadline
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Hundreds of professors and other staff at Acadia University could hit the picket line in two weeks. The Acadia University Faculty Association says it has set a Nov. 27 strike deadlin...
Nov 14, 2017
Scrap disastrous Phoenix pay system, union head urges Trudeau government
OTTAWA - Give us a year, and we’ll build a working replacement for the trouble-plagued Phoenix pay system, one of the country’s biggest civil service unions told the Trudeau Liberals on Tu...
Nov 14, 2017
Home sales in B.C. rise in October despite higher prices, less choice
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s housing market continues to power forward even though real estate experts say fewer properties are available for sale. The British Columbia Real Estate Association...
Nov 14, 2017
Website will track commitments in mandate letters for Liberal ministers
OTTAWA - People looking to know how the Liberals have fared on fulfilling their promises - as well as how far they have to go - can now visit a website the federal government has set up to track the t...
Nov 14, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador's deficit grows amid lower offshore oil royalties
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador will target big spending in health, education and by the Crown corporation overseeing the bloated Muskrat Falls project as its deficit mounts. The pr...
Nov 14, 2017
Quebec coroner says Jehovah's Witnesses had right to refuse blood transfusions
MONTREAL - Anyone has the right to refuse a blood transfusion, even if it means certain death, says a Quebec coroner who studied the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two Jehovah’s Witness...
Nov 14, 2017
Father of woman missing in B.C. fundraises for drones to help other families
VANCOUVER - John Simpson is determined to use the novel experience he gained in a troubling search for his daughter to help others who have lost loved ones. Ashley Simpson went missing in Salmon Arm, ...
Nov 14, 2017
Concordia University issues warning after sex assault, drugging reports
Montreal’s Concordia University is warning students in the wake of at least two alleged sexual assaults. The university says female students were assaulted in both cases after being contacted th...
Nov 14, 2017