Category Archives: Canada
38.5 kg of cocaine seized and 12 people facing charges in drug smuggling probe
KITCHENER, Ont. - Police say a dozen people are facing charges in Ontario after a year-long international investigation into cocaine smuggling. RCMP say the investigation began in the spring of 2016 a...
Apr 07, 2017
Alberta woman who had murder charges stayed facing new charges in stabbing
MAPLE CREEK, Sask. - A southern Alberta woman who had murder charges stayed after years in prison is facing new charges. RCMP say officers went to hospital in Maple Creek, Sask., to deal with a stabbi...
Apr 07, 2017
B.C. regulation means employers can't force women to wear high heels at work
VICTORIA - A move by the British Columbia government to ban mandatory high heels in the workplace is being lauded as a step towards ending discriminatory dress codes. Requiring women to wear high heel...
Apr 07, 2017
Guatemalan court acquits former Hudbay Minerals security guard of murder
TORONTO - A court in Guatemala has acquitted a former security guard for a Canadian-owned mining company of murdering an indigenous activist and leaving another paralyzed in a ruling that comes amidst...
Apr 07, 2017
Poking a tinderbox: What Donald Trump's change of heart on Syria could mean
NEW YORK - A famous man once said attacking Syria could start the Third World War, that it was a terrible idea, that it couldn’t happen without a congressional vote, and that a president who did...
Apr 07, 2017
Motorists urged to use road sense around dopey, hungry bears on B.C. roadsides
NANAIMO, B.C. - Bears across British Columbia are emerging from hibernation and the BC Conservation Officer Service says they are hungry and will stop anywhere for a snack. Deputy chief Chris Doyle sa...
Apr 07, 2017
Canadian-Syrian group expresses surprise, relief at U.S. airstrikes on Syria
TORONTO - A major Canadian-Syrian community group expressed surprise and relief Friday over airstrikes carried out by the U.S. in Syria, saying the move sparked hope that a turning point may have been...
Apr 07, 2017
A timeline of key developments since 2011 in the conflict in Syria
OTTAWA - The conflict in Syria has killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions more, helped to destabilize the region and spurred a refugee crisis in Europe. Here is a chronology of how...
Apr 07, 2017
Feds criticize vague report on burying nuclear-waste near Lake Huron
TORONTO - A report affirming the shoreline of Lake Huron as the best place to bury radioactive waste failed to provide information the government had requested, federal environmental authorities say. ...
Apr 07, 2017
Air force grounds Cyclone military helicopter fleet after problem during descent
HALIFAX - The Royal Canadian Air Force has grounded its fleet of CH-148 Cyclone helicopters after one of the naval choppers encountered a “severe bump” during a training flight - the lates...
Apr 07, 2017