Category Archives: Canada
Ottawa Muslim community grieving after sisters killed
Ottawa’s Muslim community is struggling to come to grips with an alleged family tragedy that resulted in the deaths of two devout sisters. Police allege that 32-year-old Asma A-Noor and her 29-y...
Dec 20, 2016
Nova Scotia to drop controversial markup fee on sales by craft brewers
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it will change a controversial markup fee applied to the province’s craft breweries by the Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. Premier Stephen McNeil says beginnin...
Dec 20, 2016
Feds discriminating against women through Indian Act, court hears
TORONTO - A woman denied Indian status despite being able to trace her indigenous heritage for at least five generations is the victim of gender discrimination, Ontario’s top court heard Tuesday...
Dec 20, 2016
Health Canada focus groups find youngest Canadians most skeptical of legal pot
OTTAWA - With apologies to The Who, the kids may not be alright with this. A series of 24 focus groups on perceptions of marijuana legalization commissioned by the federal Liberal government found tha...
Dec 20, 2016
Man shot by RCMP in Nunavut dies in hospital; police say he had firearm
GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - A 21-year-old man has died after being shot by RCMP in Nunavut. RCMP in Gjoa Haven say they got a call Monday afternoon about a suicidal man with a firearm who went to the airpo...
Dec 20, 2016
Wynne renews call for a premiers' meeting with Trudeau on health funding
OTTAWA - A day after health-funding talks broke down, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne renewed a call for Justin Trudeau to examine the contentious issue face-to-face with provincial and territorial lea...
Dec 20, 2016
Trudeau sells Trans Mountain decision, talks overdose deaths during B.C. visit
VANCOUVER - During his first visit to British Columbia since the controversial approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grappled with two major issues facing th...
Dec 20, 2016
Alberta man found dead in home with two sons a doting father: relative
SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - Corry MacDougall took his two sons to their hockey games, and coaches say nothing seemed amiss, the day before the three were found dead in what police say was a double murder-su...
Dec 20, 2016
Alberta judge criticized in sexual assault case takes early retirement
RED DEER, Alta. - A judge who came under fire from Alberta’s appeal court for ruling a rape complainant in a sexual assault case consented after tiring from fighting off her attacker has decided...
Dec 20, 2016
Trudeau promises debate on peacekeeping mission, stops short on vote
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says MPs will get a chance to debate the Liberal government’s plan to send Canadian troops on UN peacekeeping missions, but he won’t quite promise a vote on any fut...
Dec 20, 2016