Category Archives: Canada
Ontario man pleads guilty in Air Canada flight disruption case
An Ontario man who pleaded guilty in a case involving a dramatic disturbance on an Air Canada flight is now facing the prospect of up to two decades behind bars. Brandon Courneyea’s admission of...
Jul 25, 2017
Friends remember American doctor who died on Montreal's Mount Royal over weekend
MONTREAL - An American pediatric surgeon who died over the weekend on Montreal’s Mount Royal was a man who loved Canada, international medicine and working with children, according to friends an...
Jul 25, 2017
Deadline for warship designs missing in action
OTTAWA - The plan to replace the navy’s warship fleet is officially sailing uncharted waters, with an important deadline for the $60-billion project having all but vanished. The government says ...
Jul 25, 2017
B.C. ranchers say costs of wildfires likely top hundreds of millions
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association says wildfires have inflicted a terrible financial and emotional toll on its members. Association manager Kevin Boon says wildfires ...
Jul 25, 2017
MP says not enough being done to deal with abandoned vessels on Canada's coasts
HALIFAX - A British Columbia MP is pressing Ottawa to do more to deal with the hundreds of abandoned vessels that blight Canada’s coasts and harbours, despite a new federal program announced las...
Jul 25, 2017
Seven stories in the news for today, July 25
Seven stories in the news for Tuesday, July 25 --- HORGAN, TRUDEAU TO MEET FOR FIRST TIME The debate around the planned TransMountain pipeline expansion in British Columbia could intensify today when ...
Jul 25, 2017
Serial killer guilty of professional misconduct by nursing college
TORONTO - The actions of a nurse who killed vulnerable patients in her care were the “most egregious” Ontario’s nursing regulator has ever seen, the body said Tuesday as it revoked E...
Jul 25, 2017
Deal reached to save 18 alleged Ontario fighting dogs from death row
Eighteen alleged fighting dogs that were facing a potential death sentence in Ontario will be sent to the U.S. for rehabilitation after a months-long negotiation to save their lives. A Chatham, Ont., ...
Jul 25, 2017
B.C. ranchers anticipate devastating wildfire losses as evacuation orders lifted
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Ranchers in the centre of British Columbia’s cattle country are facing “heartbreak” as they return to scorched fields, dead livestock and damaged infrastructure foll...
Jul 25, 2017
Suspected compassion killing in Montreal: case to resume Wednesday
MONTREAL - A preliminary hearing will resume Wednesday in Montreal for a man charged with murdering his wife in a suspected compassion killing. Michel Cadotte, 56, was charged in February with second-...
Jul 25, 2017