Category Archives: Canada
Woman accusing Toronto cops of sexually assaulting her denies she lied about it
TORONTO - A defence lawyer for one of three Toronto police officers accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague suggested on Friday that the woman made up the sexual assault allegations because ...
Jun 09, 2017
Liberals look at ways to change youth employment programs, labour minister says
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says she is taking a sweeping look at the country’s youth employment strategy to better target help to those who need it most. The review comes in the wake o...
Jun 09, 2017
Conservation officers remove arrow from deer's head on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - A female deer on southern Vancouver Island is expected to be fine after conservation officers removed an arrow from its head. Officers spotted the doe Thursday and tracked it to Maple Bay, ...
Jun 09, 2017
Eaton Centre shooter seeks new trial over jury-selection process
TORONTO - A man who gunned down two people in Toronto’s landmark Eaton Centre mall is asking for a new trial, arguing the jury that convicted him more than two years ago was improperly selected....
Jun 09, 2017
Nova Scotia woman faces manslaughter, drug charges after death of woman, 22
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A young Nova Scotia woman has been charged with manslaughter and drug trafficking after a 22-year-old woman died from an overdose linked to methadone. Meghan Elizabeth Nowe, 26, ap...
Jun 09, 2017
Prosecutors rest their case at Bill Cosby's trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Prosecutors wrapped up their case against Bill Cosby on Friday, saving until practically the very end the comedian’s damaging, decade-old testimony about giving quaaludes to wo...
Jun 09, 2017
Bibeau to fight for more money in new 'feminist' foreign aid policy
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she will continue to fight hard around the cabinet table for increased foreign aid funding and that her new feminist focused strate...
Jun 09, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for May, by province
OTTAWA - Canada’s national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador 14.8 per cent (1...
Jun 09, 2017
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for May, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, howev...
Jun 09, 2017
National employment numbers for May from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at May employment (previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 61.5 per cent (61.4) Labour force participation rate: 65.8 per cent (65.6) ...
Jun 09, 2017