Author Archives:
Pet store owners lose bid to suspend rules forcing them to sell pets from shelters
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has rejected an application by Montreal pet store owners for the suspension of a new city bylaw that bans the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits that don't come from sh...
Aug 08, 2019
Mayor of B.C. town of murder suspects urges patience and understanding
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The mayor of a Vancouver Island town that was home for two murder suspects is urging patience as police complete their investigation into the deaths of five people. Medical examin...
Aug 08, 2019
Couples, parents, friends among the dead in shootings
Couples died together. A man was killed during an outing with his beloved son. Another protected his wife and granddaughter before he was fatally shot. A shooter on Saturday opened fire at a Walmart s...
Aug 08, 2019
FBI reviewing Ohio shooter's interest in violent ideology
DAYTON, Ohio - The gunman who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, had expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting and showed an interest in violent ideology, investigators said Tuesday as the FBI ann...
Aug 08, 2019
El Paso opens healing centre as it prepares for Trump visit
EL PASO, Texas - El Paso opened a grief centre on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend's mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were killed and man...
Aug 08, 2019
Munk Debates calls on federal leaders to sign up for foreign policy debate
OTTAWA - A charitable organization that held a federal election debate on foreign policy four years ago is launching a campaign to pressure party leaders to attend a proposed event during th...
Aug 08, 2019
Andreescu downs Bouchard in all-Canadian first-round tilt at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu and Eugenie Bouchard started exchanging messages over Instagram when they found out they'd be playing each other in the first round of the Rogers Cup. Any ner...
Aug 08, 2019
Goodale urges internet giants to do more to combat child abuse online
Internet giants need to be better, faster and more open when it comes to fighting child abuse online, or else governments could make them pay for its harmful aftermath, Public Safety Minister Ral...
Aug 08, 2019
Loblaws off the hook for Rana Plaza disaster; Bangladeshi lawsuit fails
TORONTO - One of the country's largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago. In a decision on Thursday, the Supreme Court of ...
Aug 08, 2019
Valour FC strips Jordan Murrell of captaincy after he sees red in CPL game
WINNIPEG - Valour FC has stripped Jordan Murrell of his captaincy in the wake of a stormy red-card exit in the Winnipeg CPL's club 1-0 loss to HFX Wanderers in Halifax earlier this week. Murrell was i...
Aug 08, 2019