Category Archives: Canada
Young girls pressured to send nudes, unaware boys were sharing them, court told
Girls as young as 13 felt pressured to send intimate photos and were unaware they were being shared among a group of boys, a Nova Scotia court has been told. Six Bridgewater, N.S., boys have admitted ...
May 09, 2017
Sajjan furor masks big questions, concerns about Afghanistan's future
OTTAWA - Lost in the furor over Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s claims to have been the “architect” of a decade-old battle in Afghanistan are fears that country is again on the edge...
May 09, 2017
Boy fooled clerk with fake $50 bill made of paper with Chinese characters:police
LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. - Police say a 15-year-old boy managed to fool a convenience store clerk with a fake $50 bill that was made of paper and covered in Chinese characters. They say the boy asked the...
May 09, 2017
Alberta Health Services confirms 1 surgery patient infected from machine
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says one patient contracted a bacterial infection associated with a machine that is used during open-heart surgery. Last December, the health agency notified about 1...
May 09, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (McNeil-Harris-Resigns) Premier Stephen McNeil says his campaign communications director resigned because he felt “under attack.” Last week the Tories raised questions about the ...
May 09, 2017
Documents show many cities are wary of mapping flood risks, making data public
OTTAWA - When municipal officials were told last year about new tools to help them map the risk of flooding in their communities, they immediately raised red flags, suggesting they wanted no part of i...
May 09, 2017
Disgraced Don Meredith quits Senate rather than face expulsion vote
OTTAWA - Sen. Don Meredith, his name now inexorably linked with his sexual relationship with a teenage girl, declared Tuesday he would resign his Senate seat, short-circuiting what could have been a h...
May 09, 2017
Manitoba talks east-west power grid; says it has clean energy to help neighbours
REGINA - Manitoba’s energy minister is recharging the idea of building an east-west power transmission grid and says the federal government needs to help. Cliff Cullen told the Energy Council of...
May 09, 2017
'Baby dragon:' Research into giant dino eggs took decades to hatch
EDMONTON - Research into the largest dinosaur eggs ever discovered took decades to hatch. A farmer in China unearthed the eggs, roughly half a metre long, some 30 years ago. A scientific paper on the ...
May 09, 2017
Ontario teacher guilty of pushing anti-vaccine views suspended for talking to media
An Ontario high school science teacher who was found guilty of professional misconduct after pushing anti-vaccination views says he was suspended without pay for three days for speaking to the media a...
May 09, 2017