Category Archives: Canada
Not One More: Community vigil to be held in wake of teen suicides in Cape Breton
SYDNEY, N.S. - As a Cape Breton community struggles with a string of recent teen suicides, a vigil is being organized to give youth in the region hope and resources, organizers say. The Salvation Army...
Jun 26, 2017
Picking up the harassment probe into Don Meredith a mistake, says his lawyer
OTTAWA - The Senate ethics watchdog should have abandoned her investigation into allegations of workplace harassment and bullying when Don Meredith resigned his seat last month, his lawyer argued Mond...
Jun 26, 2017
Police in Taber, Alta., treat burning of Pride flag as an arson case
TABER, Alta. - Police in a small southern Alberta town are treating the burning of a rainbow Pride flag as an arson case. Taber Police Chief Graham Abela says someone used fuel to light a flag pole on...
Jun 26, 2017
Trailer Park Boys add landmark Halifax eatery, bars to growing business empire
HALIFAX - The Trailer Park Boys, Nova Scotia’s supposedly dopey mockumentary stars, are amassing a business empire spanning an online comedy network, production studio, beverage deals, marijuana...
Jun 26, 2017
Canada-China sign no-hacking agreement designed to protect trade secrets
OTTAWA - Canada and China have agreed not to engage in state-sponsored hacking of each other’s trade secrets and business information. The two countries reached the agreement during a meeting la...
Jun 26, 2017
Nunavut's suicide strategy includes Facebook, giving communities more control
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Social media plays a central role in a five-year plan aimed at reducing the number of suicides in Nunavut. “Just about everyone up here has a Facebook account,” said Dav...
Jun 26, 2017
Liberals launch counter-radicalization centre, adviser to be appointed later
OTTAWA - The federal government’s long-promised counter-radicalization centre is now open, but the appointment of a special adviser to shape a national strategy could be months away. The governm...
Jun 26, 2017
Chronology of events in former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer's case
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A sentencing hearing is being held for former Ontario nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of eight seniors in her care, as well as fou...
Jun 26, 2017
Closing arguments underway at inquest into death of Toronto man shot by police
TORONTO - A hammer-wielding man who was shot dead by Toronto police two years ago did not need to die, the lawyer representing his family said in pushing for a transformation of police culture and tra...
Jun 26, 2017
Ontario to ban 'scalper bots' in proposed ticket sale reforms
TORONTO - Ontario is promising to clamp down on online ticket scalping, a source of frustration and anger for fans who have often been unable to secure tickets to their favourite sport or music events...
Jun 26, 2017