Category Archives: Canada
National design standards needed for temporary stages: Alberta fatality inquiry
EDMONTON - A fatality inquiry into the death of a spectator at an Alberta country music festival is recommending national design standards for temporary stages. The inquiry report released Monday deta...
Dec 19, 2016
Vancouver police shoot man on SkyTrain allegedly threatening riders with machete
VANCOUVER - A man who allegedly used a machete to threaten passengers on a busy SkyTrain car during the Monday morning commute was shot after refusing to drop the weapon, Vancouver police say. Const. ...
Dec 19, 2016
B.C. records spike in number of overdose deaths from illicit drugs in November
VICTORIA - The annual number of fatalities from illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia reached 755 by the end of November, causing health officials to speculate whether an even stronger drug like ...
Dec 19, 2016
VW Canada offers to pay consumers $2.1 billion over false diesel claims
TORONTO - Volkswagen has reached a tentative settlement for compensating Canadian owners of VW-made diesel vehicles caught in a global scandal over rigged emissions data. The proposed agreement, cover...
Dec 19, 2016
Earth's oldest water found in Timmins, Ont., by UofT researchers
TORONTO - Researchers from the University of Toronto say they have discovered the world’s oldest water - about two billion years old - a finding that could offer clues about the possibility of l...
Dec 19, 2016
Montreal organized crime figure Raynald Desjardins sentenced to 14 years
MONTREAL - Raynald Desjardins, a reported leading figure in Montreal’s organized crime networks with ties to the notorious Rizzuto family, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday. Superior Co...
Dec 19, 2016
Brazil government challenges Canada at WTO over funding for Bombardier
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil says it will challenge Canada at the World Trade Organization for allegedly channelling unfair subsidies to the aerospace and transportation company Bombardier. Brazil’s ...
Dec 19, 2016
Scientists propose ways to measure Great Lakes water quality
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A U.S.-Canadian agency is considering additional ways to measure the safety of Great Lakes water for drinking and activities such as swimming and fishing. The proposals were dev...
Dec 19, 2016
Breaking the boom and bust: A look at how Alberta is trying to
diversify economy
CALGARY - As Alberta struggles to emerge from one of its worst economic downturns, Premier Rachel Notley has been pushing to make the province less reliant on oil and the boom and bust cycle that come...
Dec 19, 2016
Man who fled to Pakistan after sexually assaulting woman sentenced in absentia
TORONTO - An Ontario man who fled to Pakistan after being found guilty of sexual assault was sentenced in absentia Monday, in what a Toronto judge called a “phenomenally rare procedure.” M...
Dec 19, 2016