Category Archives: Canada
Mother tells daughter's killer to burn in hell, asks judge to show no mercy
REGINA - The mother of a 16-year-old girl who was brutally stabbed to death by a spurned ex stared the young man down in court on Friday, telling him to “burn in hell.” “Show him no ...
May 19, 2017
Head of MMIW inquiry says she understands frustrations over hearing delays
VANCOUVER - The head of the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women says the commission accepts full responsibility for delays and poor communication but more time and money are ne...
May 19, 2017
Another accused killer in Quebec to be released due to Crown delays
MONTREAL - Another person charged with murder in Quebec is set to be released due to unreasonable legal delays. A judge stayed the second-degree murder proceedings against Van Son Nguyen on Friday aft...
May 19, 2017
Trudeau says he'll work with provinces on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
SURREY, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll work with British Columbia and Alberta to move ahead with his government’s agenda of creating jobs while transitioning toward a lowe...
May 19, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, May 19 --- SASK TEEN GUNMAN WANTED TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF LA LOCHE SHOOTING: The teen who has admitted to killing four people in La Loche, Sask., last year wa...
May 19, 2017
Trump White House rocked by multiple bombshells as he leaves on long trip
WASHINGTON - The president’s plane had barely taken off for his first foreign trip when multiple political storms slammed into it Friday: One report in the New York Times, one in the Washington ...
May 19, 2017
Travel, drug prices and the RCMP: how federal politics touched us this week
OTTAWA - Last week it was the rush of the bulging Ottawa River that swamped the national capital; this week, it was the unpredictability of the Donald Trump administration. From news that the U.S. pre...
May 19, 2017
Alberta social workers to help families of missing, murdered indigenous females
EDMONTON - Alberta has established a team of four social workers to help families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. The three women and one man are to assist relatives in getting inf...
May 19, 2017
Daycare operator who left child to die in broiling SUV sentenced to 22 months in jail
NEWMARKET, Ont. - The owner of an illegal daycare north of Toronto has been sentenced to 22 months in jail for allowing a two-year-old to die in a broiling SUV near four years ago. Olena Panfilova, wh...
May 19, 2017
Trudeau swats away Super Hornet questions amid Boeing-Bombardier dispute
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out swinging Friday against the U.S. government over its investigation into a trade dispute between U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Canadian rival Bombardie...
May 19, 2017