Category Archives: Canada
Woman charged with attempted murder after mother stabbed in family dispute
MONTREAL - Police say a 33-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting her mother during a family dispute in Montreal. Emmanelle Tremblay appeared in court via videoconference...
Apr 29, 2017
Quebec police watchdog investigating after man dies in police custody
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Quebec’s police watchdog agency is looking into the death of a 24-year-old man who died in police custody in northern Quebec on Friday night. The man was arrested and detained ...
Apr 29, 2017
Quebec police investigating after 19 dogs found dead near roadside
Quebec provincial police are investigating after 19 dead dogs were found by the side of a road near Quebec City. A citizen called police after finding the decomposing carcasses last week in Cap-Sante,...
Apr 29, 2017
First comes fire, then comes marriage: Busy year for Fort McMurray couple
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - It’s been a busy year for Elise Phillippo and her husband Brandon. They got hitched, bought a house and had a baby - all against the backdrop of the costliest natural disa...
Apr 29, 2017
Federal government's position on Manitoba border-crossers questioned
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba and federal governments have been unable to resolve a dispute over refugee funding because they cannot agree on how many claimants walking across the border stay in the provinc...
Apr 29, 2017
A snapshot of Trump's first 100 days: summarized in numbers
WASHINGTON - In his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has produced hundreds of tweets, fired scores of rockets at Syria, signed dozens of executive orders, made one big move on the Supr...
Apr 29, 2017
Trade, procurement and Kevin O'Leary: three ways politics mattered this week
OTTAWA - Politics groupies suddenly found themselves this week discussing the pros and cons of cupping, of all things, after the prime minister popped up on a podcast with telltale purple circles on h...
Apr 29, 2017
Woman, 2 children killed in multi-vehicle crash on Coquitlam, B.C., highway
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A young woman and two children have been killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Coquitlam, B.C. RCMP say the accident happened Friday evening on the Lougheed Highway just east of Vancouv...
Apr 29, 2017
B.C. responds to lawsuit over fees to welfare recipients for methadone treatment
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says it has done nothing wrong by redirecting money from the income-assistance cheques of recovering heroin addicts to pay private methadone-dispensing clin...
Apr 29, 2017
No winning ticket for Friday night's $13 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $13 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on May 5 will grow to approximately $19 million. The C...
Apr 28, 2017