Category Archives: Canada
Trudeau will wait to comment on Trump's pledge to open Jerusalem embassy
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll wait to comment on the consequences of the United States moving its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem until president-elect Donald Trump makes good...
Dec 16, 2016
Edmonton police make arrest in 2014 killing of woman found in shed
Edmonton police have charged a man with killing a woman whose body was found in a storage shed two years ago. Freda Goodrunning, a 35-year-old mother of six from the Sunchild First Nation in west cent...
Dec 16, 2016
Yahoo faces proposed Canadian class action over compromised user info
TORONTO - Yahoo is now facing a proposed class action on behalf of Canadians whose personal information may have been stolen, according to a notice of action filed Friday. The $50-million claim would ...
Dec 16, 2016
Soldier sentenced to six years in child porn case
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A Canadian Armed Forces sergeant based at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario has been sentenced to six years in prison for child pornography offences and arranging to commit a sexual of...
Dec 16, 2016
Maximum fines for B.C. farm, director after guilty pleas in cattle-abuse case
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A company that owns a dairy farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley will be fined the maximum amount for failing to prevent “deeply disturbing, very callous” abus...
Dec 16, 2016
Investigation, cleanup underway after riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan prison where a riot took place this week had the most complaints of any penitentiaries in the country last year, says Canada’s prisoners’ ombudsman. O...
Dec 16, 2016
Trudeau and Couillard hopeful Ottawa will reach a deal with Bombardier
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says negotiations with Bombardier Inc. are going well but he wouldn’t say Friday if the federal government is close to reaching a deal with the transport...
Dec 16, 2016
Quebec coroner says man who killed Forces soldier in 2014 wanted more victims
MONTREAL - The Quebec man who killed a Canadian Forces warrant officer in 2014 wanted more victims, according to a coroner’s report. Patrice Vincent, 53, was killed in the parking lot of a shopp...
Dec 16, 2016
Free flow for fish, surfers with new bridge over restored Petitcodiac River
MONCTON, N.B. - A muddy, silt-clogged New Brunswick river best known for a unique tidal bore that attracts surfers from around the world is being brought back to life. For nearly 50 years the flow of ...
Dec 16, 2016
At least three deaths may be attributed to extreme cold weather in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s coroners’ service says extreme cold weather across the province may be connected to at least three deaths this month. The service is warning the public to tak...
Dec 16, 2016