Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia Acadians win key court battle over French-speaking ridings
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it is eager to speak to the province’s Acadians about appointing an independent commission to redraw the province’s electoral boundaries, a move t...
Jan 24, 2017
N.B. police raid marijuana dispensaries, saying law hasn't changed yet
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Police cannot “hypothesize” what the Trudeau Liberals will do with their marijuana legislation, or when they will do it, a New Brunswick police chief said Tuesday as his...
Jan 24, 2017
ThyssenKrupp fined 'really low' $375,000 after man's elevator injury
TORONTO - An unapologetic ThyssenKrupp Canada was fined $375,000 on Tuesday, as the prosecution had urged, for a potentially fatal breach of elevator safety laws in which a man was injured. In passing...
Jan 24, 2017
Quebec motorist charged in death of pregnant woman
QUEBEC - A Quebec man is facing three charges in the death of a pregnant woman who was struck by a vehicle at a pedestrian crossing last summer. Jonathan Falardeau-Laroche was charged in Quebec City t...
Jan 24, 2017
New Brunswick government asked to remove 'Negro' from place names in province
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Name changes are being proposed for two places near New Brunswick’s largest city as part of a province-wide plan to update the use of the anachronistic word Negro. Ralph Thoma...
Jan 24, 2017

Two bodies exhumed in probe into former Ontario nurse charged with murder
The bodies of two seniors were exhumed on Tuesday as part of a police investigation into a former Ontario nurse accused of killing eight patients in her care. Elizabeth Wettlaufer is also facing four ...
Jan 24, 2017
A chronological history of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project
OTTAWA - A timeline of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project: July 2008: TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to th...
Jan 24, 2017
Mulcair urges Trudeau to stand up to Trump on Keystone XL pipeline
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau should be standing up to Donald Trump, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Tuesday as he urged the prime minister to push back against the U.S. president’s newly enshrined suppor...
Jan 24, 2017
U.S. city defends plan to draw water from Great Lakes in face of opposition
TORONTO - An American city is defending its plan to draw water from the Great Lakes, saying Canadian and U.S. mayors trying to block the move should be ignored. The Wisconsin city of Waukesha argues a...
Jan 24, 2017

Handcuffs, hacksaws and human flesh collected in Calgary triple-murder case
Calgary police amassed 1,400 pieces of evidence - including human flesh, handcuffs, leashes, knives and adult diapers - during their investigation into the disappearance of a Calgary couple and their ...
Jan 24, 2017