Category Archives: Canada

Amanda Todd's mom relieved after Dutch man sentenced; hopes for Canadian trial
WINNIPEG - The mother of a 15-year-old Canadian girl whose suicide drew global attention to online abuse says she’s relieved and joyful after the man accused of tormenting her was sentenced to 1...
Mar 16, 2017

Cyberspies look to the skies for security help at new headquarters
OTTAWA - Canada’s secretive cyberspies have turned to the people who pat travellers down at the airport to bolster security at their new Ottawa headquarters amid heightened concern about sensiti...
Mar 16, 2017
Five stories in the news today, March 16
Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 16: --- PM TRUDEAU, DIGNITARIES WATCH ‘COME FROM AWAY’ It was a night to remember on Broadway for hundreds of theatregoers, including Prime Min...
Mar 16, 2017

Advocates concerned about unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Canada
Immigration lawyer Alastair Clarke calls it a “travesty of justice.” In Buffalo, N.Y., a client is currently living in a shelter, desperately awaiting news about how she might be reunited ...
Mar 16, 2017

Alberta tables fingers-crossed budget awash in red ink, but promising spending
EDMONTON - Cash-strapped Alberta is banking on bad times getting better in a fingers-crossed budget that drips red ink but promises a hospital, new schools and more money for seniors and social servic...
Mar 16, 2017
Rural crime resolution pits property rights against human life: lawyer
REGINA - The lawyer for a family of an aboriginal man fatally shot on a farm says he’s disgusted by a resolution on rural crime passed at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities con...
Mar 15, 2017
Various King's Family brand dumplings recalled due to undeclared egg
OTTAWA - Various King’s Family Inc. brand dumplings are being recalled because they contain egg, which is not declared on the label. People with an allergy to egg should not consume the recalled...
Mar 15, 2017
Manitoba eyes new tools to fight marijuana-impaired driving: minister
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is set to introduce legislation to help police crack down on drivers who are high on marijuana. Justice Minister Heather Stefanson says the bill, expected Thursday, ...
Mar 15, 2017
Childhood trauma affects Saskatchewan man guilty of attempted murder: hearing
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A forensic psychiatrist has told a dangerous offender hearing that a Saskatchewan man who brutally beat a woman before setting her clothes on fire is capable of extreme violence...
Mar 15, 2017
Excluding Mexico from NAFTA would hurt the Canadian economy: consul
AUSTIN, United States - Canadians shouldn’t be naive enough to believe any deal to exclude Mexico from NAFTA wouldn’t hurt the Canadian economy as well, says the Mexican consul general for...
Mar 15, 2017