Category Archives: Canada
Charge withdrawn against man accused of threatening Alberta over carbon tax
EDMONTON - The Crown has withdrawn a charge against a man who was accused of phoning the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and making a death threat over the province...
Oct 30, 2017
The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, Oct. 30 --- THREE CABINET MINISTERS HAVE ETHICS SETUP SIMILAR TO MORNEAU: At least three other members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet have p...
Oct 30, 2017
Royal Canadian Mint says phoney gold bar was a counterfeit attempt
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank may have looked like the real thing, but was actually a counterfeit. The small gold wafer wasn’t made...
Oct 30, 2017
Experienced skydiver injured after parachute fails in Salmon Arm, B.C.
SALMON ARM , B.C. - An experienced skydiver has landed in hospital after he crashed during a jump in Salmon Arm, B.C. Rick Scott with Skydive Salmon Arm says the man was injured Sunday when his main p...
Oct 30, 2017
Numbers of newcomers in 2018 not only question for immigration plan
OTTAWA - A possible clue to how the federal Liberal government will arrive at its annual immigration targets for 2018, to be unveiled Wednesday, can be found in a similar provincial plan unveiled just...
Oct 30, 2017
Abandoning a boat in Canadian waters will no longer be legal: Garneau
OTTAWA - Canada is no longer going to give a free pass to boat owners who dump their dirty old vessels in Canadian harbours and waterways. Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s new Wrecked, Abandone...
Oct 30, 2017
Toronto police officer with cocaine in his wallet pleads guilty to misconduct
TORONTO - A disciplinary tribunal will weigh whether a Toronto police officer who had cocaine in his wallet should be demoted for a year and submitted to random drug tests. Det.-Const. Kirk Blake plea...
Oct 30, 2017
Conflict-of-interest screens working well, Trudeau cabinet ministers say
OTTAWA - Several members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet are singing the praises of conflict-of-interest screens they have been using to avoid controversy - and that members of the pr...
Oct 30, 2017
Oilpatch wants 'flexibility' on coming methane cuts; says jobs at risk otherwise
EDMONTON - Thousands of jobs in the oil patch are at risk if governments try to impose the wrong approach to cutting back a highly potent greenhouse gas, says an industry lobby group. “Let’...
Oct 30, 2017
Nova Scotia RCMP first in Canada to offer eagle feathers for swearing oaths
HALIFAX - In what is being described as a first for the RCMP, the Mounties in Nova Scotia are now offering victims, witnesses and police officers the option to swear legal oaths on an eagle feather, i...
Oct 30, 2017