Category Archives: Canada
Workers fired over alleged abuse caught on video at chicken farms in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A company responsible for catching chickens at farms in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley says it has fired five employees after an animal rights group released video of alleged abuse...
Jun 13, 2017
Uncle acquitted, aunt convicted on some charges in alleged abuse of orphans
CALGARY - A judge has rejected most of the evidence against a couple accused of subjecting three orphaned siblings in their care to horrific abuse, but has convicted the woman on some charges. The chi...
Jun 13, 2017
Two children injured after being set on fire in northern Saskatchewan
LA RONGE, Sask. - An emergency official says two children were injured in northern Saskatchewan when they were doused with gasoline and set on fire, but Mounties say a third child involved is too youn...
Jun 13, 2017
New Brunswick doctors ask government to set legal marijuana age at 21
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick Medical Society says the legal age to buy marijuana should be 21 - and the age for tobacco should be raised to 21, too. The society has issued 14 recommendations to the...
Jun 13, 2017
Ex-journalist pleads guilty in case of threats to Jewish centres in U.S., Canada
NEW YORK - A former journalist from St. Louis accused of threatening Jewish organizations in the United States and Canada as a way to harass his ex-girlfriend pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberstalking. ...
Jun 13, 2017
Students can opt out of religious classes at Catholic school after complaint settled
TORONTO - Students at an Ontario Catholic school board will soon have more flexibility to opt out of religious courses and programs thanks to a human rights settlement that could have implications acr...
Jun 13, 2017
The rise and decline of retailer Sears Canada
TORONTO - The rise and decline of retailer Sears Canada 1952 - Simpsons-Sears is founded as a national mail-order business, as part of a partnership between the Robert Simpson Company of Toronto and S...
Jun 13, 2017
Rescued British sailor returns to shore, plans to race across the Atlantic again
HALIFAX - Mervyn Wheatley arrived on dry ground Tuesday, looking forward to a Halifax lobster lunch, a flight home to his wife, and buying a new sailboat so he can race across the Atlantic again next ...
Jun 13, 2017
'60s Scoop survivors accuse government of back-tracking after legal battle
TORONTO - Survivors of the ’60s Scoop accuse the Liberal government of opting for further hard-ball litigation, despite losing a bitterly fought legal battle, as a way to avoid paying compensati...
Jun 13, 2017
Housing at a premium in most B.C. regions: real estate association
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says a lack of homes on the market means buyers are paying more for housing across the province. The association has released figures for May s...
Jun 13, 2017