Category Archives: Canada
Fighting famine in Africa and Middle East starves terrorism: Bibeau
OTTAWA - Famine-ravaged countries in Africa and the Middle East will breed and spread terrorism if the world can’t help feed their people and give them hope, says Canada’s international de...
May 31, 2017
Family urges MMIW commissioners not to sweep results of inquiry under rug
WHITEHORSE - Frances Neumann searched tirelessly for her missing sister-in-law in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, only to learn from a newspaper article she had been dead for years. Neumann, the ...
May 31, 2017
Closing arguments expected this week in Ontario nurse's manslaughter trial
BARRIE, Ont. - Closing arguments are expected to begin Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of an Ontario nurse who took a woman off life support without a doctor’s order, with jurors set to begi...
May 31, 2017
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 31
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, May 31 --- NS LIBERALS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT MAJORITY Nova Scotians have elected Stephen McNeil’s Liberals to a second straight majority government, but onl...
May 31, 2017
Paramedics, officer hurt by combative patient at scene of four-vehicle collision
CALGARY - Two paramedics and a police officer have been injured by a combative patient at the scene of a collision on a Calgary freeway. One paramedic’s injuries are being described as serious b...
May 30, 2017
Six stories in the news today, May 30
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, May 30 --- TRUDEAU CONTINUES OFFICIAL VISIT TO ITALY TODAY Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue his official visit to Italy today, where he will meet Prime ...
May 30, 2017
The ball is in B.C. Premier Christy Clark's court, political scientists say
VANCOUVER - All eyes are on Premier Christy Clark after Monday’s announcement that British Columbia’s New Democrats have reached an agreement with the Green party to form a minority govern...
May 29, 2017
Justin Cox, former Saskatchewan Roughrider, found not guilty of assault
REGINA - A player who was cut from the Saskatchewan Roughriders football team over an alleged incident of domestic violence has been found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. And Justin Cox, 24...
May 29, 2017
Five things to know about new Conservative leader Andrew Scheer's policies
OTTAWA - Well known on Parliament Hill after four years as Speaker of the House of Commons during Stephen Harper’s majority government, those outside the national capital may know little about n...
May 29, 2017
Trans Mountain IPO to proceed despite B.C. Green-NDP deal, Kinder Morgan says
CALGARY - Kinder Morgan says it expects to proceed Tuesday with its initial public offering for the Trans Mountain expansion, just as the anti-pipeline Greens and NDP in B.C. announced they have come ...
May 29, 2017