Category Archives: Canada
Small on spending, Libs sell Budget 2017 as big on ideas for a changing world
OTTAWA - The federal government’s second budget Wednesday is expected to emphasize skills and job training, but will also illustrate lessons learned as Justin Trudeau’s Liberals move away ...
Mar 21, 2017
Taxpayers group says tax hikes a hazardous way to fix deficit problems
REGINA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says higher taxes are the last thing Saskatchewan needs in the provincial budget to be tabled Wednesday. But Premier Brad Wall has said they will be there as...
Mar 21, 2017
Unique B.C. bridge, part of Old Alaska Highway, closed indefinitely by crash
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. - A historic curved wooden bridge near Dawson Creek, B.C., has been closed following a single-vehicle crash on Monday. Dawson Creek RCMP say an Alberta man was not hurt, but his tru...
Mar 21, 2017
Some Montreal flight passengers caught in U.S. ban as Ottawa reviews own rules
MONTREAL - Canadian passengers flying Royal Jordanian Airlines will be affected by a U.S. ban preventing large electronic devices from being stowed in carry-on baggage, the carrier said Tuesday, even ...
Mar 21, 2017
YouTube says it will fix ongoing issue filtering out some LGBTQ videos
TORONTO - YouTube is apologizing to its LGBTQ users for an ongoing technical issue that filters out some gay and trans-themed videos for some users. At issue is YouTube’s “restricted”...
Mar 21, 2017
'How ashamed I am:' Pilot pleads guilty to being impaired on Calgary flight
CALGARY - A pilot who drank a bottle of vodka in his hotel room before his flight and was so impaired he appeared to pass out in the cockpit says he is filled with remorse and shame. Miroslav Gronych,...
Mar 21, 2017
Pornography? Child sex doll trial raises issue of what constitutes child porn
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The sex doll at the heart of a trial in Newfoundland that has made global headlines meets the definition of child pornography, says a forensic psychiatrist. Dr. Peter Collins ...
Mar 21, 2017
Illegal border crossers nabbed so far in 2017 nearly half of all caught in 2016
OTTAWA - Data released Tuesday shows that the RCMP have arrested nearly half as many illegal border crossers in three Canadian provinces this year as they did in all of 2016. Figures provided by the f...
Mar 21, 2017
Ski director who hired Charest continued business relationship after coach fired
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A main defence witness at Bertrand Charest’s sex assault trial admitted during cross-examination Tuesday that his links to the accused were deeper than he had let on during ...
Mar 21, 2017
Federal Crown stays charges against 36 in Quebec anti-Mafia bust
MONTREAL - The Crown has stayed charges against 36 people who were arrested in a massive anti-Mafia bust in Quebec on suspicion of arson, kidnapping and drug- and weapons-related offences. A federal p...
Mar 21, 2017