Category Archives: Canada

Young dancing goalie in viral video unfazed by sudden fame, mother says
An eight-year-old Toronto-area hockey goalie whose hip-hop moves on the ice have made him an online sensation is relishing the prospect of being called up to the big leagues - for a dance-off. Noah Yo...
Mar 01, 2017
B.C. law firm reaches $6.2M settlement in class action against GlaxoSmithKline
VANCOUVER - A proposed settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges her daughter suffered a birth defect after she was prescribed the anti-depressant Paxil during pregnancy. R...
Mar 01, 2017

Possible suspect to be questioned following bomb threats at Montreal university
Montreal police have arrested a possible suspect in connection with bombing threats at Concordia University. Three university buildings in the downtown are were evacuated Wednesday after the instituti...
Mar 01, 2017

Edmonton man accused of killing 2 co-workers says he attacked to get help
EDMONTON - A mentally ill man who is accused of killing two co-workers and wounding four others at a grocery warehouse says he attacked the men to get help. Jayme Pasieka has pleaded not guilty to 10 ...
Mar 01, 2017
Crucifix to be back on view at Quebec City hospital following removal
QUEBEC - A crucifix is set to return to a Quebec City hospital after being removed following a complaint. The Hopital du Saint-Sacrement said Wednesday it would restore the religious sign at the behes...
Mar 01, 2017
Ottawa police to get braille ID covers; CNIB says initiative is unique in Canada
Ottawa police say that officers who deal with the public will be better able to identify themselves to people who are blind or partially sighted, in what’s being called a first in Canada. The fo...
Mar 01, 2017
Ontario Crime Stoppers organizations offering reward aimed at fentanyl
In an effort to get the deadly opioid fentanyl off the streets, certain Crime Stoppers organizations in Ontario are offering a $1,000 bounty for information that leads to seizure of illicit forms of t...
Mar 01, 2017
Weather too cold to fight fire: Only school in Nunavut hamlet destroyed
KUGAARUK, Nunavut - Officials are scrambling to find classroom space for hundreds of children after a suspicious fire in bitter cold destroyed the only school in a remote Arctic hamlet. “We̵...
Mar 01, 2017

Garneau calls for tough national standard for distracted drivers using cellphones
MONTREAL - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is calling for the creation of a tough national standard to penalize distracted drivers using their cellphones on the road. Garneau said Wednesday that havin...
Mar 01, 2017
RCMP ordered to pay egregiously harassed force member $141K
TORONTO - Senior RCMP officers harassed a sergeant mercilessly and damaged his career after deciding he had lied to them about his unsuccessful bid to run for the federal Conservatives in 2005, an Ont...
Mar 01, 2017