Category Archives: Canada

Boy loses mother in 2015 gas-and-dash, father in B.C. car crash two years later
Loved ones do not yet know who will care for a boy whose mother was killed trying to stop a gas-and-dash in 2015 and whose father died in a crash on his way to mark the anniversary last week. Maryam R...
Jun 12, 2017
How Americans see Trudeau: Poll says it's mostly positive, with caveats
WASHINGTON - A new poll offers some insight into how American respondents see foreign leaders, including Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Americans have a more favourable than unfavourabl...
Jun 12, 2017
RCMP firearms call: Boy, 11 is stable after injured in Nunavut shooting
ARVIAT, Nunavut - An 11-year-old boy from Nunavut is recovering in a Winnipeg hospital after police found him with a bullet wound in his abdomen. RCMP in Arviat say officers responded to a firearms ca...
Jun 12, 2017

Knives coming out: Trump fans float idea of firing investigator Mueller
WASHINGTON - High-profile supporters of Donald Trump have begun attacking the independent investigator looking into the Russia affair, raising the question of whether the president could indeed attemp...
Jun 12, 2017
Alberta man still in custody after alleged threats against safety minister
CALGARY - An Alberta man made a brief appearance in court Monday after being charged with making threats against Canada’s public safety minister. RCMP allege the threats against Ralph Goodale we...
Jun 12, 2017

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, June 12 --- CANADA AND U.S. ‘QUITE FAR APART’ ON SOFTWOOD, FEDS SAY: Canada and the United States remain “quite far apart” on negotiat...
Jun 12, 2017

Big banks defend their records to MPs amid allegations of questionable practices
OTTAWA - Canada’s big banks defended their business practices Monday before a parliamentary committee that’s been exploring allegations of questionable sales methods at major financial ins...
Jun 12, 2017

Sidney Crosby fans celebrate Cup win with pilgrimage to famous dryer
HALIFAX - Mere hours after Sidney Crosby won his third Stanley Cup, the hometown museum that touts itself as “Home of the Sidney Crosby Exhibit” was already coveting new keepsakes. “...
Jun 12, 2017
Father describes finding son's body at Alberta triple-murder trial
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The father of an Alberta man who was killed almost two years ago described in court Monday finding his son’s lifeless body and his two-year-old granddaughter missing. Derek S...
Jun 12, 2017
Toronto-area police warn crane climbing has become a dangerous trend
Toronto-area police are warning the public about the dangers of climbing construction cranes, noting that the practice has become a dangerous trend. Police in York Region say they’ve charged fou...
Jun 12, 2017