Category Archives: Canada
Ex-Gitmo detainee Omar Khadr recovering from 19-hour shoulder surgery
TORONTO - Former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr is recovering from a 19-hour operation on a shoulder that was badly injured in Afghanistan 15 years ago, his lawyer said Monday. The Toronto-born Khad...
Mar 13, 2017
Ontario's top court won't hear appeal from former Nortel employees
TORONTO - Ontario’s top court will not hear an appeal from two former Nortel Networks Corp. employees on long-term disability who argued that a deal to divvy up a remaining US$7.3 billion in the...
Mar 13, 2017
Ed Whitlock, first septuagenarian to run marathon in under 3 hours, dies at 86
TORONTO - Ed Whitlock had a love/hate relationship with running. The promise of fast finishes and smashed records always pulled him - grudgingly - back to the trails. The decorated marathon runner, wh...
Mar 13, 2017
'The stage was set:' Arrival of first North American bison changed ecosystem
EDMONTON - Scientists finally have been able to pin down when bison first arrived in North America and helped set the stage for the Great Plains that eventually supported the continent’s first h...
Mar 13, 2017
Quebec weekly removes cartoon depicting premier stoning former colleague
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area weekly newspaper has removed an editorial cartoon from its website depicting Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard stoning a former Muslim colleague. The work shows Couillard dr...
Mar 13, 2017
Jewish aboriginal prisoner alleges new attack by guards was parting 'gift'
TORONTO - A federal prisoner says he was asleep in bed when guards burst into his cell and beat him in what he called an orchestrated retaliation for various complaints he has made - allegations autho...
Mar 13, 2017
Saskatchewan premier to tout Canada-U.S. trade relationship in Iowa
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is heading to Iowa at the request of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to promote Canada’s trade relationship with the United States. Wall says he offered Sas...
Mar 13, 2017
Video shown at Charest sex assault trial shows female students looking uneasy
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - Homemade video footage of a 1990s European ski trip shown at Bertrand Charest’s sex assault trial Monday included scenes of two young female ski students who seemed uneasy a...
Mar 13, 2017
Clark wants all-party input on party donations panel; rules out taxpayer funding
VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark wants an independent panel to review political financing in British Columbia, but her political opponents are accusing the Liberal government of delaying reforms by no...
Mar 13, 2017
B.C. premier promises action for women forced to wear high heels on the job
VANCOUVER - A campaign to ban employers from requiring female workers to wear high heels on the job has gained the backing of British Columbia Premier Christy Clark. The intent of a private memberR...
Mar 13, 2017