Category Archives: Canada
Parole board denies release to man who kidnapped girl from Calgary mall
Calgary radio station CHQR says it has learned that sex offender John Francis Dionne will be staying behind bars for at least another couple of years. The Parole Board of Canada has ordered his contin...
Mar 27, 2017
Slide alert issued in same B.C. community where four were killed
JOHNSONS LANDING, B.C. - A tiny British Columbia community where four people were killed in a landslide almost five years ago has been warned of another possible slide. An evacuation alert has been is...
Mar 27, 2017

Finance minister to tout Canada-U.S. trade to U.S. governors and mayors
CALGARY - Canada’s finance minister says he intends to head south of the border next week to reinforce the importance of Canada-U.S. trade. “Our approach was to be deeply engaged with the ...
Mar 27, 2017
Suspect arrested, charged after string of shootings along B.C. roads
VANCOUVER - RCMP say a man has been charged in connection with a series of shootings that took place over several hundred kilometres along British Columbia roads. Police received numerous reports from...
Mar 27, 2017

Coroner says carbon monoxide suspected in deaths of four people in B.C.
ASHCROFT, B.C. - British Columbia’s coroners service suspects carbon monoxide killed a family of four in their home in the province’s Interior. Toxicology tests were underway and the coron...
Mar 27, 2017

The Monday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Monday, March 27 --- LIBERALS SAY NO DECISIONS YET ON POT TAX: Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the Liberal government has not decided how to tax marijuana, but is ...
Mar 27, 2017
Crown seeks 12 years in prison for man in fatal drunk driving case
VANCOUVER - A cyclist who fell several hundred metres behind two of his friends on the day they were hit and killed by a drunk driver says the accident scarred him for life. Stewart Blaser told a B.C....
Mar 27, 2017
Police took 60 hours to begin investigation into Regina woman's death
REGINA - The family of a Regina woman found fatally injured at the bottom of a hotel laundry chute is questioning how she fit through the chute door and why it took 60 hours for police to launch an in...
Mar 27, 2017
Do more with less foreign aid, Morneau urges development agencies
OTTAWA - Canada can do more with less foreign aid spending, says Finance Minister Bill Morneau, and that includes relying on a new profit-driven financial lending institution to help fight poverty in ...
Mar 27, 2017

Question of how best to tax legal pot still a long way off, Morneau suggests
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is still wrestling with how to tax recreational pot, even as it indicates it’s poised to introduce long-awaited legalization legislation next month in advance of ...
Mar 27, 2017