Category Archives: Canada
Witness insists he saw bloody man in medical student's Halifax apartment
HALIFAX - William Sandeson’s lawyer is challenging the memory of a neighbour and friend who says he saw a bloody man in the medical student’s apartment. Pookiel McCabe said Tuesday he had ...
May 09, 2017
Cross-border investigation leads to arrests in alleged identity theft ring: police
TORONTO - Four Toronto men lived a lavish lifestyle, spending money as fast as it came in on items such as expensive cologne and shoes, as part of an alleged identity theft ring that bilked banks out ...
May 09, 2017
NAFTA: Why Trump's trade pick is moving slowly to confirmation
WASHINGTON - The start of the NAFTA renegotiation process is working through a final hurdle in the U.S. Senate - one imposed by a famous member of President Donald Trump’s own party, in a symbol...
May 09, 2017
NDP promises new high-income tax bracket for wealthiest Nova Scotians
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s New Democrats are touting a tax-the-rich plan they say will address growing income inequality in the province. NDP Leader Gary Burrill said Tuesday he would raise taxes o...
May 09, 2017
Conservatives question government purchase of Trudeau replicas, musical tickets
OTTAWA - Anyone who has wondered how much money it would take to buy Justin Trudeau now has an answer. The cheapest life-size-but-lifeless version of the prime minister cost $63.24, according to docum...
May 09, 2017
Ontario Teachers' join list of Bombardier investors voting against chairman
MONTREAL - The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has joined several large institutional investors in voting against the re-election of Bombardier’s executive chairman and the company’s ...
May 09, 2017
Shot man fighting for life after home invasion on quiet Hamilton street
HAMILTON - A home invasion in an otherwise quiet Hamilton neighbourhood left one man shot and fighting for his life, his wife injured and nearby residents aghast at the violence, police and neighbours...
May 09, 2017
Frightened children flee before fire's 'intense' heat burns Calgary school bus
CALGARY - Witnesses say frightened children aboard a school bus in Calgary were screaming as rescuers pulled them to safety just before the front of the vehicle burst into flames. The bus was carrying...
May 09, 2017
Anti-Semitic incidents on the rise in Canada: B'nai Brith
TORONTO - Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the country, a Jewish advocacy group said Tuesday, calling it a “made in Canada” phenomenon. B’nai Brith Canada, which has been tracking ant...
May 09, 2017
Wounded Mountie recalls how she fled gunman:'I said to myself, it's me he wants'
MONCTON, N.B. - An RCMP officer recalled feeling blood stream down her body as she fled a gunman who shot her twice and killed three other Mounties during a 2014 shooting spree. Const. Darlene Goguen,...
May 09, 2017