Category Archives: Canada
Amber Alert cancelled after four-year-old girl found safe in abandoned car
TORONTO - A frantic search for a four-year-old girl who disappeared when her family car was stolen from the driveway of her Toronto home ended Friday morning when she was reunited with her parents aft...
Mar 10, 2017
Five stories in the news today, March 10
Five stories in the news for Friday, March 10: --- PM TRUDEAU TO SPEND SECOND DAY IN TEXAS Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his visit to Texas today to promote Canada’s energy industry. H...
Mar 10, 2017
Police claim Cannabis Culture dispensaries possibly tied to organized crime
TORONTO - Police in Toronto are accusing Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensaries of being part of a “large franchise operation of alleged high-level drug traffickers.” Prominent marijuana ...
Mar 10, 2017
Don Meredith relationship with teenager broke Senate ethics code, watchdog says
OTTAWA - The Senate ethics officer says a Toronto-area senator broke the chamber’s code of conduct when he used the “weight, prestige and notability of his office” to have a sexual r...
Mar 09, 2017
Press freedom groups condemn charges against NL journalist
A Newfoundland and Labrador online publication says one of its reporters has been charged in connection with last fall’s occupation of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. The Independent po...
Mar 09, 2017
U.S. Secretary of State recuses himself from Keystone XL decision.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says he won’t be involved in the decision-making process for the Keystone XL pipeline after a lengthy career in the oil industry that included ...
Mar 09, 2017
Manitoba government pays most of man's U.S. emergency medical bill
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has paid a large chunk of a $118,00 US medical bill for a man’s emergency treatment in the United States. Robin Milne, who is 60, cried tears of joy after comi...
Mar 09, 2017
NDP stalwart, social activist Margaret Mitchell dies in Vancouver at 92
VANCOUVER - Margaret Mitchell, a former New Democrat MP who became a leading voice in raising awareness about domestic abuse, died Wednesday. She was 92. Mitchell represented the riding of Vancouver E...
Mar 09, 2017
Canada asked to take in families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Lawyers for three families who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong say they have formally asked the Canadian government to grant them asylum. They issued a statement Thursday saying that...
Mar 09, 2017
Officials reviewing how Canada, other NATO members calculate defence spending
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he has ordered officials to look at how Canada calculates military spending compared to other NATO members, to ensure all allies are comparing “apple...
Mar 09, 2017