Category Archives: Canada
Edmonton police charge mom after 11-day-old baby girl dies from methamphetamine
EDMONTON - A 31-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with second-degree murder after her 11-day-old daughter died from an methamphetamine overdose. Michelle Rice was arrested Thursday and charged ...
May 11, 2017
RCMP investigating serious injury of dog thrown into fire in Manitoba community
WINNIPEG - Mounties in northern Manitoba have opened an investigation into the case of a dog badly burned after being thrown into a firepit. Katie Powell, president and founder of Save a Dog Network C...
May 11, 2017
Five holes in the story: All the doubts cast on Trump FBI explanation in one day
WASHINGTON - A few holes have already been blown into the story of why Donald Trump fired the director of the FBI - with some self-inflicted blasts coming from the president himself. Doubt was cast Th...
May 11, 2017
A look at the federal dollar figures behind natural disasters over the years
OTTAWA - The federal government has been spending steadily more on natural disaster assistance since 1970, according to a recent review of payments under the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements...
May 11, 2017
Manitoba RCMP make arrest in 10-year-old homicide, release woman the next day
MACGREGOR, Man. - RCMP in Manitoba have released the person they arrested in the homicide of a grandmother nearly 10 years ago. Spokeswoman Tara Seel said a 30-year-old woman taken into custody in Mac...
May 11, 2017
Funeral held for Ontario woman killed in Belize along with American boyfriend
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - A funeral was held Thursday in Richmond Hill, Ont., for a Canadian woman who was killed in Belize. Fifty-two-year-old Francesca Matus - a mother of twin sons - and her American b...
May 11, 2017
Fire truck catches fire en route to call: 'There's a degree of irony, yes'
Halifax firefighters got a surprise Thursday morning when flames started shooting from their own truck as they responded to a call. “Unbelievable - a fire truck actually caught on fire,” m...
May 11, 2017
Cape Breton crews working 'around the clock' to repair storm-damaged Cabot Trail
SYDNEY, N.S. - One of Atlantic Canada’s most stunning scenic roadways has been badly damaged by weather and is in need of major repairs weeks before a busy tourism season gets underway. Days of ...
May 11, 2017
Residents of Quebec town unfazed by prospect of heavy rains
YAMACHICHE, Que. - Christian Montigny’s two-storey home in the central Quebec town of Yamachiche is normally a lakefront cottage - but now it’s become an island. When the floods began in e...
May 11, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, May 11 --- QUEBEC GOVERNMENT EXPECTS TO BOOST FLOOD COMPENSATION: Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says his province will likely boost compensation for vic...
May 11, 2017