Category Archives: Canada

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The Newfoundland police officer who shot and killed Don Dunphy at his home on Easter Sunday 2015 says he would have taken backup if he had known about an old RCMP file caution...

MILLTOWN, N.L. - A small-town Newfoundland deputy mayor surveyed the smouldering remnants of his childhood school Tuesday, dismayed at having to rebuild his community after a series of alleged arsons ...

OTTAWA - Giving clean drug-injection needles to prisoners to stem the spread of infectious disease would make federal penitentiaries more dangerous places, senior correctional officials say. Syringe n...

Six stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 17 --- TORONTO BOUNCER AMONG DEAD IN MEXICO SHOOTING Kirk Wilson, a Toronto bouncer described as a “gentle giant,” has been identified as one of f...

HALIFAX - Shell is moving to seal off the second of its two deepwater exploration wells off Nova Scotia. The company began work on the Monterey Jack well on the Scotian Shelf on Sept. 25, shortly afte...

TORONTO - A new poll suggests that employment conditions remain dismal for Canadians with disabilities. The survey commissioned by CIBC and conducted by Angus Reid found that only half of respondents ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government inherited a “high degree of mistrust” from the previous Conservative government that has left Canadians skeptical about consultations on p...

CALGARY - The family of a man charged in the deaths of a couple and their young grandchild say the accused was angry over unpaid money. “He had some business dealings with Alvin that had fallen ...

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico - While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in...

SASKATOON - A Saskatoon man who traded in snacks for lottery tickets has picked up a $5 million cheque for being the sole winner of a Lotto 649 draw last summer. Curtis Mooney jokingly told reporters ...