Category Archives: Canada
Constitutional debate over Canada's polygamy law heads back to court
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A decades-long constitutional debate over Canada’s polygamy law is set to flare up again Tuesday, six years after a British Columbia Supreme Court ruled plural marriage is a cr...
Nov 06, 2017
An agony of waiting: Still no answers in N.L. woman's mysterious disappearance
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland family’s agonizing wait for answers was prolonged without explanation Monday as police abruptly cancelled a public update on their investigation into the ...
Nov 06, 2017
Saskatchewan rejects Burnaby request over Trans Mountain pipeline
BURNABY, B.C. - A city in British Columbia wants Saskatchewan’s justice minister to withdraw comments suggesting it “is deliberately slowing down” the Trans Mountain pipeline expansi...
Nov 06, 2017
British Columbia to increase penalties next year for distracted drivers
VICTORIA - Distracted drivers in British Columbia will soon face higher penalties in a government effort to stop a habit that kills an average of 78 people in motor vehicle accidents every year. Attor...
Nov 06, 2017
De-icing fluid gets into plane's A/C, woman taken to hospital, flight grounded
CALGARY - A WestJet flight going to Houston from Calgary was grounded and a woman aboard a plane was taken to hospital after being exposed to de-icing fluid. The company says crews were de-icing the a...
Nov 06, 2017
Regina school reconsiders Davin name in light of residential school history
REGINA - A Saskatchewan school named after a man who wrote a report recommending residential schools for Indigenous youth wants to know if it should change its name. Regina Public Schools is questioni...
Nov 06, 2017
Little progress in Alberta model's suspected kidnapping in South Carolina
A South Carolina man charged with kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct after an Alberta woman was lured to the United States with the promise of a modelling job remains behind bars. A spokeswoman fo...
Nov 06, 2017
'Fight of my life:' Calgary officer testifies at arrest assault trial
CALGARY - One of three police officers accused of assaulting a man during an arrest says he thought he was in the fight of his life. Const. James Othen testified in court Monday that his adrenaline wa...
Nov 06, 2017
Scholarship to cover cost for refugee studying law at University of Saskatchewan
SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan is offering a new scholarship to cover the costs of a law student who has claimed or is claiming refugee status. The scholarship from the College of Law in S...
Nov 06, 2017
Keep politics out of in-country refugee determination process: UNHCR chief
OTTAWA - With the future of the Immigration and Refugee Board under review, one thing is certain, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said Monday: it needs to remain independent. “You ...
Nov 06, 2017