Category Archives: Canada

Wall tells Saskatchewan residents to brace for tax increases in deficit budget
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says there will be tax increases in the provincial budget as part of the government’s three-year plan to balance the books. It’s the first time Wall...
Mar 20, 2017

Call for cheaters to be booted from Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA - Arguments and allegations of improper membership sales are roiling the crowded Conservative leadership race as tensions escalate between rivals before next week’s rapidly approaching de...
Mar 20, 2017

Sister of former ski coach Bertrand Charest takes stand at his sex assault trial
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - Bertrand Charest was a passionate and visionary ski coach, his sister told his sex assault trial Monday. His ski students were happy, relaxed and the atmosphere was “super f...
Mar 20, 2017

Drugs for enlarged prostate can up depression, self-harm risk in rare case: study
TORONTO - A common class of medications used to treat urinary symptoms in men with an enlarged prostate does not boost the risk of suicide, but in rare cases can cause depression and thoughts of self-...
Mar 20, 2017
Suspect in fatal shooting dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound: police
BURLINGTON, Ont. - Police say a suspect in the fatal shooting of a southern Ontario chiropractor has died in hospital. Halton regional police say 44-year-old David Williamson of Burlington, Ont., died...
Mar 20, 2017

Gender-based violence report urges mandatory training for judges, RCMP
OTTAWA - All judges and RCMP officers should have to go through mandatory training on gender-based violence and sexual assault, says a new report from the House of Commons committee on the status of w...
Mar 20, 2017

St. Catharines, Ont., man wanted for 2nd-degree murder in death of stepson, 7
A search for an Ontario man accused of fatally injuring his stepson moments before attempting to kill a local bank employee stretched into its third day on Monday as police conceded the fugitive could...
Mar 20, 2017
Slushy mess on East Coast closes schools, causes travel delays
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Some schools are closed and there are travel delays in parts of Atlantic Canada as snow, freezing rain and rain moves through the region on the first official day of spring. E...
Mar 20, 2017
DND curbs travel, non-mission training to save money for missions
OTTAWA - Senior defence officials have ordered a curb on non-essential activities across the department, The Canadian Press has learned, as they look to free up millions of dollars for military operat...
Mar 20, 2017

Who's happy, who's not: Norway tops list, Canada 7th
WASHINGTON - If you want to go to your happy place, you need more than cash. A winter coat helps - and a sense of community. A new report shows Norway is the happiest country on Earth, Americans are g...
Mar 20, 2017