Category Archives: Canada
Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot claimed by ticket sold in Quebec
TORONTO - The whopping $60 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw was claimed by a single ticket sold in Quebec. There were also 42 Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs a...
Jan 07, 2017
Some hearings by the Canadian Judicial Council into the conduct of judges
CALGARY - A Canadian Judicial Council inquiry committee has recommended federal Justice Robin Camp be removed from the bench after making inappropriate remarks when he was a provincial court judge pre...
Jan 06, 2017
Veterans Affairs standing by level of support it provides former soldiers
OTTAWA - Canada’s Veterans Affairs Department is standing by the support and assistance it provides to former soldiers in distress - a subject of controversy in the wake of a murder-suicide invo...
Jan 06, 2017
'Ignorance, not animus:' Judge asks to keep job after 'knees together' comment
CALGARY - Lawyers for a Calgary judge who asked a sex assault complainant why she couldn’t keep her “knees together” say his behaviour was based on “ignorance” and removi...
Jan 06, 2017
The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Jan. 6 --- NO KNOWN CANADIAN CASUALTIES IN FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT SHOOTING: Canadian government officials were trying to determine whether any Canadians were...
Jan 06, 2017
B.C. property data show sharp decline in foreign investment after tax
VICTORIA - Government data released Friday show a steep drop in real estate transactions in the Vancouver area after British Columbia introduced a tax for foreign buyers last summer. Tax revenues from...
Jan 06, 2017
B.C. judge questions Crown's urgency in applying for peace bond in terror case
VANCOUVER - A provincial court judge in British Columbia is questioning the Crown’s urgency to impose additional restrictions on a couple freed five months ago after a higher court overturned ve...
Jan 06, 2017
Tilikum, orca from B.C. who killed three people, dies at SeaWorld
Tilikum, an orca who killed a trainer at an aquarium near Victoria before being linked to the deaths of two more people at a Florida facility, has died in captivity at SeaWorld Orlando. The whale esti...
Jan 06, 2017
Manitoba premier rarely uses email, but says work gets done anyway in Costa Rica
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister faced renewed questions Friday over how much work he gets done while spending up to two months a year at his vacation home in Costa Rica. Pallister said he ...
Jan 06, 2017
Judge allows Quebec City man to keep 'Moko,' his 7-year-old pet crow
MONTREAL - Moko the crow won’t be flying the coop any time soon - at least according to the bird’s owner, who says a Quebec judge has given him permission to keep his pet. Simon Perusse sa...
Jan 06, 2017