Category Archives: Canada
Canadian universities pull ads from alt-right news outlet in United States
VANCOUVER - Two Canadian universities are among the organizations that have removed advertisements from an ultra-conservative news website formerly headed by a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Tru...
Jan 27, 2017
Lawyers file appeal for Travis Vader in deaths of missing Alberta couple
EDMONTON - Lawyers for a man convicted of killing two missing Alberta seniors have filed an appeal. Travis Vader was sentenced earlier this week to life in prison for manslaughter in the deaths of Lyl...
Jan 27, 2017
Former military medic takes stand, denies conducting breast exams on recruits
GATINEAU, Que. - A former medical technician accused of performing unnecessary and inappropriate breast exams at military recruiting centres in Ontario took the stand in his own defence Friday, and de...
Jan 27, 2017
Ottawa man's 12-year sentence for terror offences 'fit,' Appeal Court rules
TORONTO - A 12-year prison sentence handed to an Ottawa man for his role in a terrorist conspiracy was appropriate, Ontario’s top court ruled Friday. In dismissing appeals by both prosecution an...
Jan 27, 2017
Montreal-area police search home of mom, baby boy missing since 2014
BROSSARD, Que. - Montreal-area police are searching the home of a woman who disappeared with her six-month-old son in 2014. Jian Ping Li and her baby Xiao Feng Lu vanished from the Brossard house wher...
Jan 27, 2017
N.S. teachers return to work-to-rule amid tussle over purpose of new days off
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is resuming work-to-rule on Monday, saying it has lost confidence in Premier Stephen McNeil amid a tussle over the purpose of two new “self-directed days...
Jan 27, 2017
Manitoba premier should apologize, educate himself after hunting comments: NDP
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is being criticized for saying young indigenous men with criminal records are responsible for night hunting which he previously said was fuelling a “r...
Jan 27, 2017
Attempted murder charge laid against 94-year-old in Ontario
HAMILTON - A 94-year-old Ontario man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking people with a machete. Hamilton police say they were called to a home in Carlisle, Ont. on Wednesd...
Jan 27, 2017
Canadian in U.S. jailed for 4 years over 'pump and dump' penny stock fraud
TORONTO - A Canadian man has been sentenced to four years in prison in the United States for running an international money-laundering scheme out of Costa Rica. The conviction against Michael Randles ...
Jan 27, 2017
Military aircraft crashes in southern Saskatchewan; two pilots safely eject
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Two pilots ejected safely Friday from a military training plane before it crashed near a base in southern Saskatchewan, says a National Defence spokeswoman. Jessica Lamirande said a...
Jan 27, 2017