Category Archives: Canada
Case of pilot facing impaired charge shocks aviation expert
CALGARY - A veteran aviation safety expert says the case of a pilot allegedly passed out drunk in the cockpit shortly before scheduled takeoff from Calgary is the worst suspected incident of its type ...
Jan 03, 2017
B.C. government reviews homeowner grants amid rising property assessments
VICTORIA - Homeowners across parts of southern British Columbia have received big increases in the assessed value of their homes, prompting the government to review who qualifies for a grant that help...
Jan 03, 2017
Nova Scotia minister's husband charged with assault, choking, threats
HALIFAX - The husband of Nova Scotia’s immigration minister has been reportedly charged with assault. Halifax police said Tuesday that 58-year-old Maroun Diab was arrested early New Year’s...
Jan 03, 2017
Provinces dig in heels on federal health funding, renew call for Trudeau meeting
OTTAWA - The federal government’s push to close bilateral health-funding deals with individual provinces and territories appears to be losing momentum. After talks to establish a national fundin...
Jan 03, 2017
Hundreds of veterans likely affected by federal cuts to medicinal pot allotment
OTTAWA - Almost three-quarters of veterans using medical marijuana will feel the impact this spring when the federal government imposes a new limit on the amount of weed for which it will pay. A new r...
Jan 03, 2017
Alberta judge upholds right of city to reject graphic anti-abortion ad on buses
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - An abortion rights group is hailing a court ruling that says a city in northwest Alberta has the legal right to refuse to run a graphic anti-abortion ad on its transit buses. T...
Jan 03, 2017
UBC president 'deeply regrets' cancellation of John Furlong speech
VANCOUVER - University of British Columbia president Santa Ono has apologized for the school’s decision to cancel a planned speech by former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong. Ono said in a sta...
Jan 03, 2017
Police 'monitoring' as
Halifax marijuana store re-opens after police raid
HALIFAX - A Halifax marijuana dispensary has re-opened after being raided last week, and police aren’t ruling out further charges. “While our officers use discretion for situations involvi...
Jan 03, 2017
Moosehead backs away from opening small-batch brewery in Saint John
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Moosehead Breweries says it’s no longer going ahead with plans to build a small-batch brewery on the waterfront in Saint John, N.B. In June, the company said it was looking fo...
Jan 03, 2017
Ontario woman killed in Istanbul attack remembered as happy and always smiling
MILTON, Ont. - A friend of an Ontario woman killed in an attack on a Turkish nightclub remembers her as a happy person who was always smiling. Ahmed Atrakchi said Alaa Al-Muhandis was part of the tigh...
Jan 03, 2017