Category Archives: Canada
Media 'under threat:' Canada slips out of Top 20 in press freedom index
TORONTO - Canada has slipped for the second straight year in an index ranking freedom of the media, in part because of police spying on journalists and demanding reporters turn over background materia...
Apr 26, 2017

Horror stories from overcrowded hospitals creating new breed of patient activist
Jamie-Lee Ball doesn’t plan to quietly let her nightmarish five days in the hallways of the Brampton Civic Hospital fade from public attention. The 25-year-old is taking her place at the vanguar...
Apr 26, 2017
Principal after violent death: Drugs and gangs 'killing our youth'
SAGKEENG FIRST NATION, Man. - The killing of a 19-year-old high school student and a graphic video believed to be linked to the death has shocked a small Manitoba First Nation that has seen more than ...
Apr 26, 2017
Quebec byelection to be held in Montreal riding May 29
QUEBEC - A Quebec byelection will be held in the Montreal riding of Gouin on May 29. The byelection has been called to replace Francoise David, who resigned her Quebec solidaire seat in January. Forme...
Apr 26, 2017

High drama as firefighters rescue woman atop crane in downtown Toronto
TORONTO - A woman who spent hours suspended high above a construction site after scaling a crane in downtown Toronto was rescued Wednesday morning by being strapped to a rappelling firefighter and low...
Apr 26, 2017

Kevin O'Leary quits Conservative leadership race, supports Maxime Bernier
OTTAWA - Celebrity investor and reality-TV star Kevin O’Leary, who rattled Conservative cages three months ago when he joined the party’s leadership race, did it again Wednesday by quittin...
Apr 26, 2017
Reports say oil and gas methane emissions higher than previously thought
CALGARY - Two new reports from environmental groups say methane emissions in Canada’s oil and gas sector are higher than previously thought, as debate continues on how urgently they need to be r...
Apr 26, 2017

Sen. Patrick Brazeau acquitted of charges related to drunk driving
OTTAWA - Sen. Patrick Brazeau has been acquitted of drunk-driving charges that date back to 2014. The news was confirmed by the court clerk at the courthouse in Gatineau in western Quebec. Brazeau is ...
Apr 26, 2017

Trump assures PM: No NAFTA withdrawal for now
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump swore off plans to cancel the North American Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday, after a day rife with speculation that he could be on the verge of threatening ...
Apr 26, 2017

Finances played role in carbine rollout: witness at RCMP labour code trial
Senior Mounties should not have included the “influence of finances” when deciding which RCMP divisions would first get semi-automatic carbine rifles, an RCMP tactical expert testified Wed...
Apr 26, 2017