Category Archives: Canada
Police in Lethbridge, Alta., aim to be more transgender sensitive
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A police force in southern Alberta says it has made changes to how officers should interact with transgender individuals. The Lethbridge Police Service heard concerns and received ...
Feb 16, 2017
Vancouver rental building part of federal plans to 'innovate' in housing sector
OTTAWA - The federal government’s bid to find new ways to finance the construction of affordable housing is yielding its first results. A new $3.5 million, three-storey, 40-unit building that ca...
Feb 16, 2017
County on hook for mountain biker's quadriplegia; top court won't weigh in
TORONTO - An Ontario municipality that operated an adventure park has lost its bid to have the country’s highest court review its liability for a mountain biker’s devastating injury. In a ...
Feb 16, 2017
Former Liberal minister urges government to drop 'Islamophobia' from motion
OTTAWA - A Liberal-backed motion aimed at combating racism would have broader support if it didn’t contain the word “Islamophobia,” former justice minister Irwin Cotler argued Thursd...
Feb 16, 2017
Last-ditch bid to turf Jason Kenney from Alberta PC leadership race fails
EDMONTON - A last-ditch attempt to get Jason Kenney kicked out of the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race has failed. Party president Katherine O’Neill ruled Thursday that a bid by ...
Feb 16, 2017
Reward tripled for information about Quebec woman missing since 2008
MONTREAL - The parents of a Quebec City woman who mysteriously vanished nine years ago appealed to the public once more on Thursday to help them know what happened to their daughter. Marilyn Bergeron ...
Feb 16, 2017
Clark calls in Canada's ambassador, special envoy to map softwood strategy
VICTORIA - When it comes to negotiating a softwood lumber agreement, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark says she prefers an unpredictable American administration, rather than the previous disinter...
Feb 16, 2017
Winnipeg bus driver killed on the job was facing trial on sex charges
WINNIPEG - A bus driver who was stabbed to death on the job was facing charges of sexual assault dating back three decades and did not show up for jury selection on his original trial date last fall, ...
Feb 16, 2017
Police say 12-year-old boy arrested in New Brunswick armed robbery
MONCTON, N.B. - Police have arrested an unlikely suspect after an armed robbery of a corner store: A 12-year-old boy. RCMP say they were called to the store in Moncton, N.B., at about 1 p.m. Wednesday...
Feb 16, 2017
Canada to spend more on defence, Sajjan says, but non-committal on NATO
OTTAWA - Canada expects to make significant new investments in defence following the forthcoming release of its defence policy review, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Thursday as he met with NATO ...
Feb 16, 2017