Category Archives: Canada
Transport Canada issues safety recall of 7,143 Pontiac and Saturn vehicles
OTTAWA - Transport Canada has issued a safety recall notice for 7,143 sport cars under the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky brands. The government agency says that airbags in the front passenger area o...
Feb 01, 2017

Minister hints at sending more help for Ukraine amid new of violence
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the federal government is concerned about a new outbreak of fighting in Ukraine and is looking at ways to “improve” Canada’s military sup...
Feb 01, 2017
Ontario police force declares 'bagpipe amnesty' to help young pipers' band
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A southern Ontario police force has declared a “bagpipe amnesty.” Niagara regional police are calling on anyone with “an old set of bagpipes lying under a bed o...
Feb 01, 2017
How to kill and dismember: Jury hears of disturbing downloads at murder trial
CALGARY - Alberta’s chief medical examiner testified Wednesday that human bone fragments were found in the ash from a burning barrel at the home of a suspect in a triple-murder trial. Douglas Ga...
Feb 01, 2017
Quebec provincial police arrest seven in major drug-trafficking bust
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they’ve detained seven men who allegedly imported and trafficked cocaine. They are aged between 24 and 52 and were arrested today in Montreal and suburbs ...
Feb 01, 2017
Quebec court certifies class action lawsuit against Air Canada on ticket glitch
CALGARY - A British Columbia law firm says the Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a national class action lawsuit to begin against Air Canada over a glitch in ticket prices that occurred in Augus...
Feb 01, 2017

Federal government seeking to settle suits from '60s Scoop 'dark chapter'
In a major shift in tactics, the federal government said Wednesday that it wants to negotiate claims resulting from the so-called ’60s Scoop in which thousands of aboriginal children were taken ...
Feb 01, 2017
Banner hung on Kellie Leitch's constituency office calls on the MP to resign
OTTAWA - Police are investigating a banner draped over Ontario MP Kellie Leitch’s constituency office that invokes the Quebec City mosque shooting and urges the controversial Conservative leader...
Feb 01, 2017

Trudeau abandons promise to change voting system in time for 2019 election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then, after winning one, he abandoned it. That was the narrative his political...
Feb 01, 2017

Stinky kelp clogging up harbour, causing foul odour in N.L. fishing community
ST. BRIDES, N.L. - A Newfoundland harbour is being overrun by thick piles of kelp that are snarling fishing boats, fouling the air and driving away tourists amid concerns that the rotting stench will ...
Feb 01, 2017