Category Archives: Canada
Suspected opioid use in Sarnia, Ont., leaves 1 dead, 2 in hospital
SARNIA, Ont. - Police in Sarnia, Ont., have issued a public safety notice after one person died and two others were taken to hospital on Wednesday evening due to suspected drug overdoses. Police say t...
Aug 09, 2017
Saskatchewan appeal court rules on legal fees dispute over residential schools
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal is allowing an appeal of a lower-court ruling in a dispute between the Canadian government and the Merchant Law Group. The government has argued that the firm...
Aug 09, 2017
B.C. government to make announcement about Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
VANCOUVER - Two key British Columbia cabinet ministers are expected to outline the government’s next steps Thursday on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion after campaigning against the project...
Aug 09, 2017
Federal archeology lab in Nova Scotia to remain open: cabinet minister
HALIFAX - Parks Canada says it has decided to continue leasing a facility in a Halifax-area business park for an archeology lab that houses artifacts from the Atlantic region. Treasury Board President...
Aug 09, 2017
Group opposed to abortion loses bid to advertise on Vancouver-area buses
VANCOUVER - A group opposed to abortion has lost a Charter of Rights challenge to have its ads displayed on the outside of Metro Vancouver buses after a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled they could cause...
Aug 09, 2017
'Sleep well': Trump team seeks to de-escalate the boss's nuclear talk
WASHINGTON - He promised unpredictability and he’s delivering. On an issue with the highest stakes imaginable, the life-and-death matter of a nuclear showdown, Donald Trump’s team delivere...
Aug 09, 2017
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Aug. 9 --- CANADIAN PASTOR FREED IN NORTH KOREA: An Ontario church congregation is celebrating news of the release of their pastor from a North Korean pris...
Aug 09, 2017
Manitoba premier bristles at questions about using wife's email in Costa Rica
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is bristling at questions about his use of his wife’s personal email account and cellphone to conduct government business while at their vacation home...
Aug 09, 2017
Canadian man sentenced to 6 months for human smuggling ring
FARGO, N.D. - A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Canadian man to six months in prison for his part in a human smuggling operation. Victory Omoruyi pleaded guilty in May to transport of illegal alien...
Aug 09, 2017
Canada to deploy up to 20 police officers to Iraq over two years
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says it will send up to 20 police officers to Iraq as part of its commitment to fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. At the end of June, Canada extended i...
Aug 09, 2017