Category Archives: Canada

Police issue warrant for Manitoba mom believed to be travelling with baby girl
SELKIRK, Man. - Police in Manitoba are trying to find a baby and her mother who wasn’t supposed to leave her local area and may have travelled west to Alberta. RCMP in Selkirk say they received ...
Feb 16, 2017

TSB calls for re-evaluation of speed limits for trains carrying oil
Current speed limits for Canada’s oil-carrying freight trains may be too high to prevent serious accidents and should be re-evaluated, the Transportation Safety Board said Thursday as it release...
Feb 16, 2017

Canada's biggest market for peas, lentils in doubt as India cracks down on pests
CALGARY - Canada’s producers of peas and lentils are preparing for the possibility that their largest market may soon shut down imports because of a purported problem with pests. For more than a...
Feb 16, 2017
Ontario man reunited with $100K stashed inside old recycled TV
About 30 years ago an Ontario man stuffed a wad of cash and banking documents inside a box, opened up the back of his television and hid the package inside. He then didn’t give it much thought u...
Feb 16, 2017

'They're numb:' Guilty verdict for killing Calgary couple and young grandson
CALGARY - A prosecutor says first-degree murder verdicts against a man who killed a couple and their young grandson before disposing of their bodies will do little to ease the family’s grief. Do...
Feb 16, 2017

Trudeau tries to calm Trump fears in Europe, which sees Canada as bridge to U.S.
STRASBOURG, France - Fresh from his meeting in Washington, Justin Trudeau sought to bring Europe a message of reassurance Thursday about the anxiety it faces over Donald Trump’s antipathy toward...
Feb 16, 2017
B.C. investigating 'unusual' activity in PharmaNet system
VANCOUVER - Premier Christy Clark is promising a thorough investigation into four incidents that the B.C. government describes as “unusual” activity in its PharmaNet system where unknown p...
Feb 15, 2017
Watchdog chastises RCMP for poor reporting in missing-persons cases
OTTAWA - An independent watchdog has uncovered shoddy reporting by RCMP officers in northern British Columbia that makes it impossible to tell whether many missing-persons cases were properly investig...
Feb 15, 2017

Trump sons to attend grand opening of Vancouver tower and hotel
VANCOUVER - Two of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sons have been confirmed as attending the grand opening later this month of a new hotel in Vancouver that bears their father’s name. Public...
Feb 15, 2017

Province appeals acquittal of B.C. man found not guilty in child-bride case
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A special prosecutor will ask British Columbia’s Court of Appeal to overturn the acquittal of a former leader of a polygamous community who was found not guilty of taking a gir...
Feb 15, 2017