Category Archives: Canada
B.C. government to fund up to 1,100 new teachers with $50-million instalment
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is providing $50 million for school districts to hire hundreds of new teachers in response to a scathing Supreme Court of Canada decision, but the educators’ union s...
Jan 05, 2017
September murder trial set for man in stabbing death of Quebec store clerk
MONTREAL - A Quebec man charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a supermarket clerk is expected to stand trial in September. Randy Tshilumba’s lawyer says his client’s tr...
Jan 05, 2017
CFIA says no new bovine TB cases, cheques sent to some ranches under quarantine
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there have been no new cases of bovine tuberculosis found in the past month, but that doesn’t mean the crisis is over. Six cattle in total have ...
Jan 05, 2017
Experts divided on social media surveillance after Twitter pulls plug on Media Sonar
TORONTO - A recent controversy involving an Ontario-based software company losing access to Twitter because of its marketing practices is just one salvo in an ongoing battle around online privacy, ana...
Jan 05, 2017
UBC looks to raise mental illness awareness by retiring jersey of goalie who committed suicide
VANCOUVER - Sitting a few metres from the rink where she and the rest of the UBC Thunderbirds women’s hockey team celebrated last season’s league title, Mikayla Ogrodniczuk’s brave f...
Jan 05, 2017
Freeland sees opportunity for Canada amid rising protectionism, nationalism abroad
MONTREAL - International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland sees a silver lining for Canada in 2017 despite an increasingly complex and gloomy economic situation worldwide. Enormous opportunity exists f...
Jan 05, 2017
Chinese man's refugee claim could hinge on disclosure of secret federal info
OTTAWA - The federal government is trying to throw a shroud of secrecy over information a Chinese refugee claimant in British Columbia says could be crucial to his case. A Federal Court judge will hea...
Jan 05, 2017
Canadian arrested in Turkey for 'insulting' president on social media: lawyer
A Canadian woman has been arrested in Turkey for allegedly insulting the country’s president in comments posted on Facebook, her Turkish lawyer said Thursday. Ece Heper, 50, was arrested in the ...
Jan 05, 2017
Case of Toronto doctor charged with murder in wife's death put over
TORONTO - The case of a Toronto neurosurgeon charged in the death of his wife has been put over to the end of January. Dr. Mohammed Shamji has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his...
Jan 05, 2017
Negotiations underway in Syria to recover body of Canadian fighter from ISIL
TORONTO - Negotiations are underway to recover the body of a Canadian man killed while fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, a leader of Toronto’s Kurdish community said Thursday. Nazzareno...
Jan 05, 2017