Category Archives: Canada
Westray tragedy to be marked, 25 years later: 'Pure greed that took lives'
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - When the Westray coal mine opened in northern Nova Scotia in 1991, Glenn Martin was lucky enough to land a well-paying job underground that was supposed to last 15 years. However, ...
May 08, 2017
Medical student's murder trial: Witness describes loud bang, bloody man
HALIFAX - An eyewitness said he heard a loud bang, and saw a bloody man sitting on a chair in the Halifax apartment of a medical student on trial for murder. Pookiel McCabe told a Nova Scotia Supreme ...
May 08, 2017
NDP bus spins its wheels as all parties leaders push before Tuesday's election
SURREY, B.C. - With just one day left before the British Columbia election, the New Democrats’ campaign was left spinning its wheels - literally. At an election stop in Surrey on Monday, the NDP...
May 08, 2017
Feds launch wireless research lab aimed at maximizing Canada's wireless spectrum
OTTAWA - The federal government says a new research lab that aims to get the most of out the country’s finite wireless spectrum will eventually help Canadians avoid more dropped calls, spotty re...
May 08, 2017
Gatineau residents in good spirits as rising flood waters persist
GATINEAU, Que. - Lise Veillette and her husband Jean-Pierre Subercaze lost one car and a few of their belongings before finally deciding Monday to leave their home near the Gatineau River. Flood water...
May 08, 2017
Teen girl was too drunk to consent to sex at beach party, Toronto judge rules
TORONTO - A teenage girl who was in and out of consciousness and had vomited on herself was too drunk to consent to unprotected sex with another intoxicated teen at a beach party last year, a Toronto ...
May 08, 2017
Labrador boys burned in known gas-sniffing house, Innu deputy grand chief says
NATUASHISH, N.L. - The deputy grand chief of the Innu Nation is pleading for help after two boys were burned in a known hangout for gas sniffing in Labrador. Simeon Tshakapesh says the two suffered bu...
May 08, 2017
Halifax police deleted video of man's arrest, man tells independent watchdog
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog is probing allegations that Halifax police deleted a cellphone video of an arrest outside a downtown bar last month. The Serious Incident Resp...
May 08, 2017
Nova Scotia election roundup
HALIFAX - (NS-Elxn) The Progressive Conservatives focused on mental health as the Nova Scotia election campaign entered its second week. Leader Jamie Baillie promised Monday to spend $39.7 million on ...
May 08, 2017
More troops, sandbags on way to flood zones in Quebec, Ontario: Goodale
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is defending the federal response to flood relief efforts in Ontario and Quebec, saying the Liberals sent troops and resources immediately after hearing p...
May 08, 2017