Category Archives: Canada
Criminal charges laid against men behind controversial newspaper banned by Canada Post
TORONTO - Two Toronto residents said they brought a criminal complaint against a controversial publication the federal government deemed too offensive to distribute in the mail. Warren and Lisa Kinsel...
Jun 21, 2017
Amnesty says no evidence for France to jail Ottawa professor, urges PM to act
OTTAWA - Hassan Diab, an Ottawa professor behind bars in France despite numerous court rulings questioning the evidence against him, is being held solely for political purposes, his lawyer said Wednes...
Jun 21, 2017
Judges not the only ones who need training in sexual assault law: committee
OTTAWA - Aspiring judges aren’t the only ones who need to know more about sexual assault law, the members of the House of Commons status of women committee said Wednesday as they urged the feder...
Jun 21, 2017
Senate, Trudeau government locked in test of wills over budget amendments
OTTAWA - A bid by senators to amend the Trudeau government’s budget escalated Wednesday into a test of wills over which parliamentary chamber - the elected House of Commons or the appointed Sena...
Jun 21, 2017
Former friend: Mother of dead Alberta girl faces accused killer in court
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The mother of a dead two-year-old girl sat trembling in the witness box Wednesday as she faced her daughter’s accused killer in court. Cheyenne Dunbar testified at the trial ...
Jun 21, 2017
Cape Breton school board suffers its third student death this year
HALIFAX - The parents of a 13-year-old Cape Breton girl who took her own life on Father’s Day are speaking out about their ordeal, as the local school board also looks for more support in the wa...
Jun 21, 2017
Newfoundland woman plans own funeral, gets celebrated band to re-do song for it
PETLEY, N.L. - An 80-year-old woman who planned her own funeral has managed to convince a celebrated Newfoundland and Labrador band to re-record a song so it would be more appropriate for her eventual...
Jun 21, 2017
No cutoff to finish NAFTA talks as U.S. hunts for best deal: Trump's trade czar
OTTAWA - President Donald Trump’s point person on trade says the administration’s top priority is locking down the best deal possible for the U.S. in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation- and ...
Jun 21, 2017
Red Deer cleaning up from wind storm after declaring state of emergency
RED DEER, Alta. - People in Red Deer were cleaning up Wednesday after a violent windstorm that knocked out power and prompted the central Alberta city to declare a local state of emergency. Homes wher...
Jun 21, 2017
New Brunswick to freeze property assessments for 2018 while review is completed
FREDERICTON - Seeking to contain a festering scandal involving “thousands and thousands of errors,” New Brunswick is freezing property tax assessments and assigning the task to a new indep...
Jun 21, 2017