Category Archives: Canada
Millard's ex-girlfriend pleads guilty to obstructing justice in Tim Bosma murder
The former girlfriend of a man convicted of killing Hamilton resident Tim Bosma pleaded guilty on Tuesday to obstructing justice in the case. Christina Noudga was set to stand trial on the charge of a...
Nov 22, 2016
Anti-trade, nativist sentiment a threat to world and Canada: minister
OTTAWA - A day after controversial U.S. president-elect Donald Trump took to social media to denounce a massive Pacific Rim trade deal, Canada’s own trade minister decried the rise of “ugl...
Nov 22, 2016
Man sentenced to a decade in jail for role in mass killing plot at Halifax mall
HALIFAX - A young Halifax man has been sentenced to a decade in jail for a plot that envisioned using rifles and gas bombs to kill unsuspecting shoppers at a mall food court. Randall Steven Shepherd, ...
Nov 22, 2016
Federal infrastructure bank to build electricity connections between provinces
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government intends to use its new infrastructure bank to finance a “nation-building effort” to build clean electricity systems between provinces and territories. But d...
Nov 22, 2016
Delay in trial for polygamous sect trio accused of transporting minors
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Opening arguments have been delayed in the case of three people tied to a fundamentalist polygamous sect in southeastern British Columbia as lawyers wrangled over evidence the court ...
Nov 22, 2016
Canada not immune to 'hate wave,' former White House adviser says
A high-profile political commentator and former White House policy adviser warned Tuesday that the same class tensions and divisive forces that swept Donald Trump to power could easily take root in Ca...
Nov 22, 2016
'Traditional Canadian winter' in store for most: Weather Network
The Weather Network is predicting a cold and potentially stormy winter for much of the country. The network has issued its winter forecast and suggests it will be a “more traditional” Cana...
Nov 22, 2016
Four stories in the news Tuesday, Nov. 22
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Nov. 22 --- TRIAL INVOLVING POLYGAMOUS SECT IN B.C. TO BEGIN The trial for three people with ties to a fundamentalist polygamous sect in southeastern British Colu...
Nov 22, 2016
Inviting indigenous people into economy means $27.7B economic boost: report
OTTAWA - The National Aboriginal Economic Development Board says Canada’s GDP would get an annual boost of $27.7 billion if barriers were removed to ensure indigenous people can participate in t...
Nov 21, 2016
Third man arrested in slaying of American visitor in Toronto appears in court
TORONTO - A third man arrested in the death of an American who was killed while attending a bachelor party in Toronto appeared in court briefly on Tuesday . Andrew Christopher O’Brien faces a ch...
Nov 21, 2016