Category Archives: Canada

Kenney confident of winning Alberta PC leadership, uniting right
CALGARY - Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney says he’s confident of winning, but willing to move to Plan B if the party won’t follow his plan to merge with the Wild...
Mar 17, 2017
Foreign aid groups brace for disappointment in upcoming federal budget
OTTAWA - Irish rock star Bono may be a self-declared fan of Justin Trudeau’s feminist foreign aid approach, but now his international organization says it is disappointed by the absence of new m...
Mar 17, 2017

'Unconscionably stupid:' Judge blasts man for balloon flight over Stampede
CALGARY - A man who strapped more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and soared above the Calgary Stampede grounds apologized Friday for the danger he caused, but said he doesn’t regret hi...
Mar 17, 2017

Bail hearing scheduled for Canadian man accused in Yahoo email hack
HAMILTON - A Canadian man of Kazakh origins arrested in a massive hack of Yahoo emails appeared briefly via video in a Hamilton court Friday, where a date was set for his bail hearing. Twenty-two-year...
Mar 17, 2017

Conservative party uncovers fraudulent members after O'Leary warns of vote-rigging
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party removed more than 1,300 people from its membership rolls Friday following a review triggered by leadership hopeful Kevin O’Leary’s accusation that o...
Mar 16, 2017
B.C. sidesteps high heel ban, temporarily, as private member's bill dies
VICTORIA - A private member’s bill that would make it illegal for employers to require female workers to wear high heels on the job died when the British Columbia legislature adjourned on Thursd...
Mar 16, 2017
Class action seeks damages from city and province after epic snow storm
MONTREAL - Lawyers on behalf of motorists left stranded in their cars on a highway after Tuesday’s snowstorm applied on Thursday for a class action lawsuit against the Quebec government and City...
Mar 16, 2017
Alberta Children's Services not to blame in father's murder of two sons: judge
EDMONTON - An inquiry judge makes no recommendations in a report that says Alberta Children’s Services cannot be blamed in the deaths of two young boys. Judge Raymond Bodnarek says Jason Cardina...
Mar 16, 2017
Sen. Don Meredith, in conversation with The Canadian Press
Disgraced Sen. Don Meredith has told The Canadian Press he is deeply sorry about his relationship with a teenager, which has been the subject of a scathing ethics report, but says he is not ready to r...
Mar 16, 2017
No decision yet about whether Charest will testify at his sex assault trial
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - Lawyers for former ski coach Bertrand Charest said Thursday they still didn’t know whether he will testify at his sex assault trial. Defence lawyer Jacky-Eric Salvant said t...
Mar 16, 2017