Category Archives: Canada
Appeal Court blasts judge for failures to give reasons; quashes verdict
TORONTO - Ontario’s top court sharply rebuked a prominent judge on Thursday for repeatedly failing to explain why she had acquitted a man accused of beating and sexually assaulting a woman. In s...
May 25, 2017
Ontario threatens its own protectionism in fight against Texas Buy American bill
TORONTO - Ontario has hired lobbyists in Texas and is threatening protectionist measures of its own as it tries to convince state officials not to pass a Buy American bill. Premier Kathleen Wynne clai...
May 25, 2017
Poll indicates steep drop in Sask. Party support after unpopular budget
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he knew budget decisions were likely to hurt his party’s popularity with voters and a new poll suggests just that. Numbers from Mainstreet Research i...
May 25, 2017
Trail-blazing B.C. politician Grace McCarthy dies at age 89
VANCOUVER - Grace McCarthy, a former Social Credit cabinet minister in British Columbia who blazed a trail for women in politics and business, has died. She was 89. A statement issued by her family sa...
May 25, 2017
Mayors across Canada urge federal government to lead on overdose deaths crisis
VANCOUVER - Mayors across Canada are calling for federal leadership on the “national emergency” of overdoses by ensuring provinces provide timely access to addiction treatment and by launc...
May 25, 2017
Oh no! Here comes the sun: Hot Calgary playground slide too hard on the tush
CALGARY - A popular Calgary playground has been forced to close for improvements because the sun is making metal slides too hot for kids to handle. Slides on the south-facing side of the playground ar...
May 25, 2017
Five things to know about how the Conservatives will choose a new leader
OTTAWA - Conservative party members have begun voting to select their new leader, with mail-in ballots now returning to a depot in Toronto ahead of the official vote count on Saturday. Here are five t...
May 25, 2017
A look at the federal Conservative leadership race, by the numbers
OTTAWA - A look at the federal Conservative leadership race, by the numbers. 445: Length, in days, of the leadership contest. 16: Number of people who officially entered. 3: Number of candidates who d...
May 25, 2017
Man pleads guilty in crash that killed Mountie in British Columbia
COLWOOD, B.C. - A man whose truck crashed into an RCMP officer’s cruiser killing a 32-year-old constable pleaded guilty Thursday to two charges in a Victoria-area court. Kenneth Fenton, 28, plea...
May 25, 2017
Hungry Newfoundland moose destroys Maple Leaf tulip display: 'A giant salad bar'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - In a collision of Canadian icons, a hungry moose destroyed a Maple Leaf tulip display planted to mark Canada 150 celebrations in St. John’s. The intruder left tell-tale ...
May 25, 2017