Category Archives: Canada
Unwanted baby is no grounds to sue mom for alleged lie about taking the pill
TORONTO - A budding physician who unwillingly became a father after a brief fling has no grounds to sue the woman for emotional harm - even if she allegedly lied about being on the pill, Ontario’...
Mar 02, 2017

Lawyers focus on mental state of man accused in Edmonton stabbing attack
EDMONTON - A jury is being urged to consider the mental state of a man accused of killing two co-workers and wounding four others in a bloody knife attack at a grocery warehouse. Jayme Pasieka has ple...
Mar 02, 2017

Alberta sisters last seen in mid-1980s found alive in the United States
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - It had been about three decades since relatives had last seen two sisters in Alberta, but recently the family received some unexpected news. Anna and Kym Hakze are alive and living...
Mar 02, 2017
Ontario paramedic service using proactive peer support to protect its own
EAST GWILLIMBURY, Ont. - As the mental health of first responders becomes an increasingly important issue, an Ontario paramedic service is looking to those within its own ranks to protect the well-bei...
Mar 02, 2017
Follow your gut: Computer program wins at no-limit Texas Hold 'Em
EDMONTON - A computer program has learned to win at one of the most complex poker games by copying a very human impulse - trusting its gut. “I think there’s a lot of similarities to real h...
Mar 02, 2017

Trudeau says legalized pot will keep youth safe, take money from gangs
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regulating the sale of marijuana will protect young people and take money away from criminal gangs, but the government is drawing the line at pot w...
Mar 02, 2017
Windsor, Ont., man and woman charged with trying to import fentanyl from China
WINDSOR, Ont. - A man and a woman from Windsor, Ont., are facing charges after allegedly trying to import the deadly opioid fentanyl from China. The RCMP says the Canada Border Services Agency interce...
Mar 02, 2017
Number of asylum claimants up, but too early to call it a trend, officials say
OTTAWA - Immigration and border officials say it’s far too early to speculate about whether a definite increase in the number of asylum claims being made in Canada is a trend that merits a chang...
Mar 02, 2017

Low supply and snow limit Vancouver-area home sales in February
VANCOUVER - Home sales across the Vancouver area were down dramatically in February compared with last year’s record-breaking pace, while prices across the region remained more stable. The Real ...
Mar 02, 2017
Newfoundland man who shot grandson thought he was firing at a rabbit
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland say a man who shot his 37-year-old grandson while out hunting thought he was firing at a rabbit. They arrived at a St. John’s hospital Wednesday a...
Mar 02, 2017