Category Archives: Canada
In wake of Barcelona attack, CNE reassures visitors event is safe
TORONTO - The organizers of the Canadian National Exhibition, which opened its gates on Friday - one day after two deadly terrorist attacks in Spain - are reassuring the public that the Toronto event ...
Aug 18, 2017
Montreal mayor and police chief apologize for past anti-LGBTQ raids and arrests
MONTREAL - Puelo Deir, one of the grand marshals in this year’s Pride Parade in Montreal, was at city hall Friday and said he had no idea the mayor and police chief were going to apologize to th...
Aug 18, 2017
Montreal amusement park yanks carousel horse showing Indigenous man's severed head
Montreal’s La Ronde amusement park says it has removed a carousel horse depicting an Indigenous man’s severed head in a bag. The move comes after several complaints, including one by a res...
Aug 18, 2017
Found cash in borrowed library book creates its own mystery story for RCMP
VANCOUVER - A library user who returned cash found in a book has drawn the RCMP into a detective whodunit. Cpl. Richard De Jong says the mystery began July 24 when the unnamed book borrower returned a...
Aug 18, 2017
Police tell Cape Dorset residents to stop providing supplies to help wanted man
CAPE DORSET, Nunavut - Mounties are urging residents of a community in Nunavut to stop helping a wanted man avoid arrest. Police say David Mikkigak of Cape Dorset is a suspect in several crimes, inclu...
Aug 18, 2017
Investigation finds policeman wasn't handling gun when shot in leg
WINNIPEG - An investigation has found that a Winnipeg police officer who suffered a life-threatening leg injury when his gun accidentally discharged did not have his hand near the weapon when it went ...
Aug 18, 2017
Shipping firm blames fee hike on federal measures to protect right whales
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland shipping firm is raising its fees, blaming higher costs because of federal measures taken to protect North Atlantic right whales after a series of deaths. Ocean...
Aug 18, 2017
NAFTA's environmental arm demands Canada explain oilsands tailings leaks
OTTAWA - The environmental arm of NAFTA is demanding Canada explain what it is doing to stop oilsands tailings ponds from leaking into Alberta waterways. The request comes in a decision by the commiss...
Aug 18, 2017
80 people facing 412 charges as Hamilton police seize drugs and guns
HAMILTON - Police in Hamilton say 80 people are facing charges in a drug trafficking and firearms investigation. They say the operation - dubbed Project Phoenix - began in July and saw 44 search warra...
Aug 18, 2017
State of emergency extended over B.C. wildfires as windy weather expected
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia has extended a provincewide state of emergency because of wildfires that have scorched a record amount of land this season. Chris Duffy of Emergency Management BC sai...
Aug 18, 2017