Category Archives: Canada
PM names Margaret Thom as new commissioner of the NWT
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a veteran northern educator and counsellor to be commissioner of the Northwest Territories. Margaret Thom is a former deputy commissioner of the territ...
Jun 14, 2017
Trudeau names judge Arthur LeBlancto be Nova Scotia lieutenant governor
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named a Nova Scotia judge as the province’s new lieutenant-governor. Arthur LeBlanc, who has been a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia since 199...
Jun 14, 2017
Police search for suspect: Piece of concrete thrown at Winnipeg transit driver
WINNIPEG - Police are searching for a suspect who threw a large piece of concrete at a Winnipeg transit driver and hit him in the head. The driver was not badly hurt. Police say a man got on the bus a...
Jun 14, 2017
Calgary police arrest man after women were filmed and posted on Twitter
CALGARY - Police have charged a 42-year-old Calgary man for allegedly filming women for at least five years without their knowledge and posting their images to a Twitter account called “Canada C...
Jun 14, 2017
Would-be bride can keep the diamond ring after breakup, N.S. court rules
HALIFAX - A woman who broke up with her fiance after a fight over wedding expenses can keep the engagement ring, a Halifax adjudicator has ruled. Devin Sherrington had sued his would-be bride, Lauren ...
Jun 14, 2017
CN to spend $500 million in technology with eye on driverless truck threat
MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway says it will spend $500 million over the next five years on technology to improve its safety, efficiency and competitive edge, partly in response to the potential ...
Jun 14, 2017
Notley tries to reassure oil industry leaders on Trans Mountain expansion
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley tried to reassure bigwigs in the energy industry Wednesday that her government will strive to ensure the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets built despite po...
Jun 14, 2017
Mounties should investigate deaths of indigenous teenagers in Thunder Bay: MP
OTTAWA - Ontario MP Charlie Angus is urging the public safety minister to launch an RCMP investigation into the deaths of two indigenous teenagers in Thunder Bay, Ont. In a letter to Ralph Goodale rel...
Jun 14, 2017
Highlights of TSB report on whale-watching capsizing off British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Key findings of the Transportation Safety Board on causes and contributing factors in the capsizing of the Leviathan II, along with some recommendations made by the board: - Conditions wer...
Jun 14, 2017
Alberta Christian school worried school division could ban Bible verses
CAMROSE, Alta. - A Christian school southeast of Edmonton says it fears the school division is moving to censor what parts of the Bible can be taught. Several Bible verses were to be included in a han...
Jun 14, 2017