Category Archives: Canada
Husky Energy hired Natural Resource Minister Jim Carr's former chief of staff
OTTAWA - A Calgary-based energy company has hired the former chief of staff to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr. Janet Annesley, who left Parliament Hill early last month, is now the senior vice-pr...
Jun 15, 2017
What jury didn't hear at the trial of Halifax medical student William Sandeson
HALIFAX - The jury in medical student William Sandeson’s first-degree murder trial retired to deliberate Thursday without hearing that the defence had sought a mistrial after a bombshell surpris...
Jun 15, 2017
Murder suspect told Mounties he didn't know where God put two-year-old's body
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A man charged with killing a two-year-old girl along with her father and a senior told police the little one was in heaven, but he didn’t know where God had put her body. An ...
Jun 15, 2017
B.C. father who killed his 3 children doesn't meet high-risk test: lawyer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man found not responsible for killing his three children is being properly managed, his psychosis is under control and he doesn’t fit the definition of a high-risk accu...
Jun 15, 2017
Alberta premier says opponents should stand down if won't fight for human rights
EDMONTON - Premier Rachel Notley is taking aim at Alberta’s two conservative parties over online abuse of an openly gay staffer by saying leaders should either step up to fight for human rights ...
Jun 15, 2017
Tickets go on sale for Invictus Games as event marks 100-day countdown
TORONTO - The strength of Canada’s team at the upcoming Invictus Games in Toronto lies in the bond between the veterans and armed forces members who form the group, the team’s co-captain s...
Jun 15, 2017
Two Canadians among those sought by U.S. authorities over attack on protesters
WASHINGTON - Two Canadians are among more than a dozen people sought in connection with a violent attack on protesters during an official visit by Turkey’s president to the U.S. capital last mon...
Jun 15, 2017
Desmond's sisters call for inquiry, six months after high-profile murder suicide
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Twin sisters Cassandra and Chantel Desmond lost their mother, only brother and his entire family in a murder-suicide almost six months ago, and in that time their debilitating sense...
Jun 15, 2017
Bombardier expects to be on the hot seat about trade complaints at Paris air show
MONTREAL - Bombardier is steeling itself for scrutiny at the International Paris Air Show next week about its disputes with Brazil and rival aircraft manufacturer Boeing over its signature CSeries pas...
Jun 15, 2017
DFO manager kept report warning of noise hazard on ships secret for seven months
OTTAWA - A new report says a senior federal Fisheries Department manager waited seven months to warn fishery officers in the Maritimes of a serious noise hazard aboard department vessels that could ca...
Jun 15, 2017