Category Archives: Canada

Advocates concerned about unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Canada
Immigration lawyer Alastair Clarke calls it a “travesty of justice.” In Buffalo, N.Y., a client is currently living in a shelter, desperately awaiting news about how she might be reunited ...
Mar 16, 2017

Alberta tables fingers-crossed budget awash in red ink, but promising spending
EDMONTON - Cash-strapped Alberta is banking on bad times getting better in a fingers-crossed budget that drips red ink but promises a hospital, new schools and more money for seniors and social servic...
Mar 16, 2017
Rural crime resolution pits property rights against human life: lawyer
REGINA - The lawyer for a family of an aboriginal man fatally shot on a farm says he’s disgusted by a resolution on rural crime passed at the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities con...
Mar 15, 2017
Various King's Family brand dumplings recalled due to undeclared egg
OTTAWA - Various King’s Family Inc. brand dumplings are being recalled because they contain egg, which is not declared on the label. People with an allergy to egg should not consume the recalled...
Mar 15, 2017
Manitoba eyes new tools to fight marijuana-impaired driving: minister
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is set to introduce legislation to help police crack down on drivers who are high on marijuana. Justice Minister Heather Stefanson says the bill, expected Thursday, ...
Mar 15, 2017
Childhood trauma affects Saskatchewan man guilty of attempted murder: hearing
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A forensic psychiatrist has told a dangerous offender hearing that a Saskatchewan man who brutally beat a woman before setting her clothes on fire is capable of extreme violence...
Mar 15, 2017
Excluding Mexico from NAFTA would hurt the Canadian economy: consul
AUSTIN, United States - Canadians shouldn’t be naive enough to believe any deal to exclude Mexico from NAFTA wouldn’t hurt the Canadian economy as well, says the Mexican consul general for...
Mar 15, 2017

The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, March 15 --- CANADIAN MAN ARRESTED IN MASSIVE YAHOO HACK: A Canadian man of Kazakh origins has been arrested in Ontario as one of four suspects in a massiv...
Mar 15, 2017
RCMP say two American snowshoers presumed dead in Banff National Park avalanche
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - RCMP say two American snowshoers are presumed to have died in an avalanche near Lake Louise in the rugged mountains of Banff National Park. Cpl. Curtis Peters says two people from...
Mar 15, 2017
Reality TV: politicians spar over government spending ahead of Alberta budget
EDMONTON - The Wildrose party says with the government signalling more spending coming in Thursday’s budget, Alberta needs a panel of steely-eyed critics to cut costs, similar to the TV show ...
Mar 15, 2017