Category Archives: Canada
Charges in fatal Radiohead stage collapse stayed over lengthy trial delays
TORONTO - Charges stemming from a fatal Radiohead concert stage collapse in 2012 were stayed Tuesday when a judge ruled the justice system had failed in allowing the case to take far too long to come ...
Sep 05, 2017
N.B. shuffle focuses on elusive population growth: 'We just can't find people'
FREDERICTON - It’s not a sale on corn or blueberries advertised on the grocery store road sign in St. Stephen, N.B. Instead, spelled out in bright, bold letters, is the notice “hiring in a...
Sep 05, 2017
New Brunswick judge delays Oland murder hearing because of unresolved issues
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - There are many issues that need to be resolved in the retrial of accused murderer Dennis Oland before a date can even be set for it, the judge says. Crown prosecutors and lawyers fo...
Sep 05, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, Sept. 5
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, Sept. 5 --- NAFTA NEGOTIATORS ENCOUNTER EARLY SNAGS Negotiators have run into a series of sticking points on nearly every key element considered key to achieving...
Sep 05, 2017
Canada's largest school board extends ban on Snapchat, Instagram, Netflix
TORONTO - As students return to classrooms this week, Canada’s largest school board says it will continue to block those using its Wi-Fi from accessing certain apps and websites. The Toronto Dis...
Sep 05, 2017
Space rock that caused flash over West could have weighed 10 tonnes: expert
At least one expert believes a bright flash that lit up the sky over parts of Western Canada on Monday night was likely caused by a space rock that weighed up to 10 tonnes when it barrelled into the E...
Sep 05, 2017
Small business tax backlash tops agenda for Liberal caucus retreat
OTTAWA - As they prepare to return to the parliamentary hot seat in two weeks, it seems somehow appropriate that Justin Trudeau and his federal Liberal colleagues are holing up in Kelowna, B.C. - amid...
Sep 04, 2017
Boeing refusing to blink in dispute with Bombardier despite Liberal threats
OTTAWA - Boeing Co. has no plans to back down in its trade dispute with Canadian rival Bombardier - a high-stakes, cross-border conflict that the U.S. transportation giant says could have long-term ra...
Sep 04, 2017
Mother recalls the night her Nova Scotia 'dream home' fell into the ground
FALMOUTH, N.S. - The ground fell out from under Heather Strickey’s feet this weekend when her family’s “dream home” in a well-kept Nova Scotia neighbourhood started being swall...
Sep 04, 2017
McKenna says she is 'done' with 'ridiculous' Tory language on environment
OTTAWA - Canada’s push to get climate change action included in a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement is turning into a heated domestic dispute just as it makes its debut at the officia...
Sep 04, 2017