Category Archives: Canada
Mother of slain boy wants new offence for violence against children
HALIFAX - A Halifax mother whose three-year-old son was beaten to death is calling for Criminal Code amendments that would add an offence for violence against children. Allisan Tucker’s son Matt...
Jun 30, 2017
Police force hopes kids can convince people not to drink and drive
A Toronto-area police force is hoping friends of three children killed by an impaired driver can persuade people not to drink and drive. Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Ha...
Jun 30, 2017
Inquest jury makes anti-racism suggestions in police killing of black man
TORONTO - The police killing of a black father of five who was holding a hammer in an apartment building two years ago was a homicide, an inquest jury ruled Friday in a case infused with allegations o...
Jun 30, 2017
The loonie turns 30 today; special edition sets being released
TORONTO - Canada isn’t the only one celebrating a big birthday - one of its most commonly used symbols is, too. The Royal Canadian Mint says the loonie is officially now 30 years old. The 11-sid...
Jun 30, 2017
Trudeau visits with indigenous group at Parliament Hill protest teepee
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with indigenous activists who set up a demonstration teepee on Parliament Hill ahead of Canada Day celebrations. The prime minister and his wife arriv...
Jun 30, 2017
Federal health care deal 'dangerous, reckless and risky:' Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister says Manitoba will continue to be the lone holdout on a federal health care deal he called “dangerous, reckless and risky,” even if it means forgoing fun...
Jun 30, 2017
Longhouse not a protest of Canada 150 but celebration of time immemorial: elder
FREDERICTON - A traditional longhouse has been erected near the New Brunswick legislature, with a First Nations elder saying it’s not to protest Canada 150 but to educate that indigenous people ...
Jun 30, 2017
Who wins and who loses in the event of a rate hike from the central bank?
TORONTO - Another month of solid growth for the Canadian economy in April and upbeat survey results from the Bank of Canada have strengthened expectations that the central bank will soon begin increas...
Jun 30, 2017
B.C.'s premier-designate talks with Trudeau, plans Ottawa summer visit
VICTORIA - British Columbia premier-designate John Horgan said he spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday about the softwood trade dispute with the United States and he is planning meetings...
Jun 30, 2017
Ninety-nine additions for 50th anniversary of Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Peter McAuslan was 21 in 1967 when he took three weeks to hitchhike from Vancouver to Montreal, stopping in local pubs to watch the Stanley Cup final along the way. The trip across the countr...
Jun 30, 2017