Category Archives: Canada
B.C. prosecutors file appeal saying longer jail time needed for animal cruelty
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s Prosecution Service has filed an appeal of sentences handed to three dairy farm employees who abused milk cows. The service says the sentences imposed last month sh...
Jun 16, 2017
A soldier first: transgender veteran of Afghanistan war fights for identity
At 5-foot-5 and 140 pounds, the soldier was “petit gars” - little boy - to 41 male Canadian Forces comrades. To their Afghan army allies, the armed woman in full combat gear was an object ...
Jun 16, 2017
The struggle of 'Lionel Demon': Lingering questions about N.S. murder-suicide
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia’s health system continues to grapple with the disturbing case of Lionel Desmond, two of his sisters have come forward to shed new light on what happened to the former Ca...
Jun 16, 2017
B.C. woman says drug users hold solution to growing overdose crisis
VANCOUVER - Drug users are the solution to addressing overdose deaths and providing services to people before they die alone, says a woman who attended a meeting of health professionals in Vancouver t...
Jun 16, 2017
N.B. Mi'kmaq seek apology for note advising natives not to request pain drugs
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - A New Brunswick First Nation is seeking an apology after a doctor’s office posted a note asking aboriginals not to request tranquilizers or pain medications. Social worker Maxi...
Jun 16, 2017
Jury deliberations continue in Halifax murder trial of medical student
HALIFAX - The 12-member jury in the trial of Halifax medical student William Sandeson - accused of killing a physics student during a drug deal as part of a plan to alleviate his debt - is expected to...
Jun 16, 2017
Nunavut teen charged after Cambridge Bay Mountie stabbed numerous times: RCMP
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - Police have charged a Nunavut teen after a Mountie was stabbed numerous times while responding to a firearms complaint. The constable is recovering in an Edmonton hospital aft...
Jun 16, 2017
Amazon deal to buy Whole Foods could shake up Canadian grocery industry
TORONTO - Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods gives the e-commerce giant a foothold in Canada’s grocery industry and could pressure supermarket chains to step up their game in an already comp...
Jun 16, 2017
'I did a little prayer:' Court sees video of suspect re-enacting child's death
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A man accused of murdering a child and her father told police during a re-enactment of the girl’s killing that he had said a “little prayer” for her. Jurors at De...
Jun 16, 2017
'A fresh start:' Deal reached for 4,000 Manitoba First Nations flood evacuees
WINNIPEG - About 4,000 members of Manitoba First Nations displaced by flooding six years ago are to share most of a $90-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit they filed against the provincial a...
Jun 16, 2017