Category Archives: Canada
No clear motive behind shooting that killed four in La Loche: sentencing hearing
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A child psychiatrist and a psychologist say it’s not clear why a teen killed four people and injured seven in a shooting that devastated the northern Saskatchewan community ...
Jun 13, 2017
Police probe deaths of three people at Quebec campsite
SAINTE-BRIGITTE-DES-SAULTS, Que. - Quebec provincial police are investigating the discovery of three bodies at a campsite north of Drummondville. The bodies were discovered on Monday afternoon at the ...
Jun 12, 2017
B.C. SPCA investigating 'absolutely sickening' alleged abuse of chickens
VANCOUVER - Animal advocates say they have opened an investigation into “absolutely sickening” alleged animal abuse by a chicken-catching service in Chilliwack, B.C. B.C. SPCA spokeswoman ...
Jun 12, 2017
Food costs, fuel availability both concerns for cut-off community of Churchill
CHURCHILL, Man. - The company that runs the major store in Churchill, Man., says the cost of some food could end up doubling if the suspension of rail service to the community continues much longer. O...
Jun 12, 2017
Murder trial in Kelowna, B.C. hears about gun found in bushes
KELOWNA, B.C. - A landscaper has told a court in Kelowna, B.C., about finding a gun in some bushes weeks after a gang leader was fatally shot nearby. Bobcat operator Joel Whitsel testified in B.C. Sup...
Jun 12, 2017
The Latest: Cosby jury wants to review lawsuit testimony
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby (all times local): 10:10 p.m. The jury in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial will resume deliberations Tuesday with a review...
Jun 12, 2017
Boy loses mother in 2015 gas-and-dash, father in B.C. car crash two years later
Loved ones do not yet know who will care for a boy whose mother was killed trying to stop a gas-and-dash in 2015 and whose father died in a crash on his way to mark the anniversary last week. Maryam R...
Jun 12, 2017
How Americans see Trudeau: Poll says it's mostly positive, with caveats
WASHINGTON - A new poll offers some insight into how American respondents see foreign leaders, including Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Americans have a more favourable than unfavourabl...
Jun 12, 2017
RCMP firearms call: Boy, 11 is stable after injured in Nunavut shooting
ARVIAT, Nunavut - An 11-year-old boy from Nunavut is recovering in a Winnipeg hospital after police found him with a bullet wound in his abdomen. RCMP in Arviat say officers responded to a firearms ca...
Jun 12, 2017
Knives coming out: Trump fans float idea of firing investigator Mueller
WASHINGTON - High-profile supporters of Donald Trump have begun attacking the independent investigator looking into the Russia affair, raising the question of whether the president could indeed attemp...
Jun 12, 2017