Category Archives: Canada
Mom of toddler found dead near Edmonton church attacked on social media: friends
EDMONTON - Members of an indigenous community in central Alberta are angry that strangers are using social media to attack the mother of a toddler who was found dead near a church last month. The body...
May 09, 2017
RCMP created metadata-crunching tool to glean criminal intelligence
OTTAWA - The RCMP created, then suddenly abandoned, a tool to crunch electronic message trails gathered during criminal investigations - a previously unknown foray into the controversial realm of big-...
May 09, 2017
B.C. has first minority government in 65 years; Greens hold power balance
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has its first minority government in 65 years as the Liberals squeaked out a razor-thin victory over the NDP on Tuesday, with the Green party holding the balance of power ...
May 09, 2017
Unregulated ice rescue courses the only option for firefighters, inquest hears
TORONTO - Firefighters seeking training in ice rescue operations may have no other choice but to take unregulated private courses such as the ones in which two Ontario men died, an inquest into the me...
May 09, 2017
Bones of Manitoba First World War soldier killed in France identified
WINNIPEG - A lost First World War soldier whose remains were discovered nearly six years ago outside a French village has been identified as a young private from Manitoba. Pte. Reginald Joseph Winfiel...
May 08, 2017
Former Montreal Canadiens owner John David Molson dies at age 88
MONTREAL - John David Molson, the former president and owner of the Montreal Canadiens and prominent member of the Molson family of brewers, died at the age of 88, the team announced on Monday. Molson...
May 08, 2017
How a call from President Trump's son-in-law started a scramble on NAFTA
WASHINGTON - A phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law set off a frantic scramble ending in sighs of relief across three national capitals that the North American Free Trade Agr...
May 08, 2017
Former ICBC employee pleads guilty in B.C. Justice Institute attacks
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police say a former employee of the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia has pleaded guilty in a case where people connected with the Justice Institute of B.C. were targeted wit...
May 08, 2017
B.C. election: Key developments from Day 28
VANCOUVER - A look at some key developments from Day 28 of the B.C. election campaign for each of the parties: Greens: - Green party Leader Andrew Weaver refused to say which party he would work with ...
May 08, 2017
Witness tells intelligence hearing: We warned White House about Michael Flynn
WASHINGOTN, United States - A fired U.S. federal employee says she tried sounding the alarm with the White House that Donald Trump’s top national security official was vulnerable to being blackm...
May 08, 2017