Category Archives: Canada
Man who beheaded bus passenger likely to stay on medication: doctor
WINNIPEG - A psychiatrist testified Monday that a schizophrenic man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus is unlikely to go off of his medication because he doesn’t...
Feb 06, 2017
New Brunswick budget to hike funding for post-secondary education, students
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will increase funding in some key areas of higher education by just over five per cent in a provincial budget to be tabled Tuesday. A government source with ...
Feb 06, 2017
Judge finds Winnipeg woman guilty of concealing dead babies in storage locker
WINNIPEG - A judge has determined that a woman secretly delivered six babies at or near full term and stashed their remains in a U-Haul storage locker. Provincial court Judge Murray Thompson convicted...
Feb 06, 2017
O No, Canada: Singer flubs anthem at Raptors game in NYC
NEW YORK - O No, Canada. A Broadway performer botched the Canadian national anthem before the Toronto Raptors’ game in Brooklyn on Sunday, singing lyrics that aren’t in “O Canada....
Feb 05, 2017
Two suspects charged after a dog was dragged by a car in Welland, Ont.
WELLAND, Ont. - Two suspects have been charged after police say a dog was dragged by a car for nearly a kilometre in Welland, Ont. Niagara Regional Police say they received calls last Thursday and lat...
Feb 05, 2017
Imam says speech that was re-tweeted by J.K. Rowling came from his heart
An imam who spoke at the funerals for three Quebec mosque shooting victims says he believes his words have become popular on social media because his message came from the heart. Hassan Guillet, 64, s...
Feb 05, 2017
Bills aim to beef up oil transportation safety
SEATTLE - With more crude oil expected to move through Washington state, Democratic lawmakers want to toughen rules around oil transportation and raise more money for spill prevention and response eff...
Feb 05, 2017
Military phases out relief effort in New Brunswick as power returns to region
OTTAWA - The military is phasing out its presence in New Brunswick as power steadily returns to the storm-ravaged Acadian peninsula. The Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement Sunday that condition...
Feb 05, 2017
Imam says speech that was re-tweeted by J.K. Rowling came from his heart
An imam who spoke at the funerals for three Quebec mosque shooting victims says he believes his words have become popular on social media because his message came from the heart. Hassan Guillet, 64, s...
Feb 05, 2017
Blast of winter smashes snowfall records in Abbotsford, Vancouver
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Snowfall records across southern British Columbia are falling as a winter storm continues to wallop the region. The white stuff has been flying since Friday, prompting Environment C...
Feb 05, 2017