Category Archives: Canada
Ontario man loses bid to avoid extradition in child porn distribution case
TORONTO - A man who voluntarily told an Ontario court he had distributed child porn in an effort to avoid facing a related charge in the U.S. has lost another bid to stave off extradition. Brandon Wil...
May 26, 2017
$12M award upheld against Ontario municipality for horrific car crash
TORONTO - A judge made no errors in ruling that a young woman’s devastating car crash occurred only because a municipality negligently failed to ensure the road was snow-free, Ontario’s to...
May 26, 2017
European addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada
VANCOUVER - Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin programs have provided overwhelming evidence to suggest Canada should expand its one clinic in ...
May 26, 2017
That's Saint John not St. John's: Sea Dogs shake off branding blunder at MemCup
WINDSOR, Ont. - The Saint John Sea Dogs shook off an embarrassing branding blunder at the Memorial Cup this week, taking it in stride in true Maritime spirit. The Sea Dogs arrived in Windsor for the C...
May 26, 2017
Winnipeg Transit proposes pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers
Winnipeg Transit is proposing a pilot project to test safety barriers for bus drivers following the killing of one of its employees. Driver Irvine Jubal Fraser was stabbed multiple times in February w...
May 26, 2017
Trinket hunters blamed for targeting ghost town cemetery in southern B.C.
COALMONT, B.C. - Someone is digging holes in the cemetery of a ghost town in southern British Columbia and a member of the local historical society believes it’s the work of misguided treasure h...
May 26, 2017
Multibillion-dollar naval warship project hits another delay
OTTAWA - Hopes that the multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy’s warship fleet would move along quickly have taken a hit amid word the massive shipbuilding project has suffered another d...
May 26, 2017
Ontario community's work to prevent turtles, snakes being killed on roads a model for others
A rural Ontario community’s work to prevent endangered reptiles from being killed on a 3.6-kilometre stretch of road - once considered among the world’s deadliest for turtles - is being he...
May 26, 2017
Alleged Yahoo hacker to appeal ruling that denied him bail in June
A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails will be back in court next month to contest a judge’s decision to deny him bail. Ontario Superior Court Justice Alan Whitten said last month ...
May 26, 2017
Newfoundland woman heartbroken after local SPCA puts down three-day-old moose
GANDER, N.L. - A Newfoundland woman who bottle-fed a baby moose after it got lost in the woods without its mother says she’s heartbroken after the local SPCA put the animal down. Brandi Calder s...
May 26, 2017