Category Archives: Canada
Spray-painted swastika shocks Ottawa rabbi, sparks denunciation in Parliament
OTTAWA - An Ottawa rabbi says she was shocked to find a red swastika and anti-Semitic slur spray-painted on her front door in the dead of night. The attack, which took place very late Monday or in the...
Nov 15, 2016
Prominent writers sign letter demanding probe of UBC firing of Steven Galloway
VANCOUVER - Joseph Boyden and Yann Martel are among the prominent Canadian authors who have signed an open letter demanding an external investigation of how the University of British Columbia handled ...
Nov 15, 2016
Manitoba teen apologizes for promoting terrorism on social media
BRANDON, Man. - A Manitoba teenager who promoted terrorist activity online and urged people to “strike from within” apologized in court Tuesday and said he had not thought about the possib...
Nov 15, 2016
New Brunswick ends automatic coroner investigations of assisted suicides
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is introducing legislation to end mandatory coroners’ investigations in assisted suicides. Justice Minister Denis Landry says the modernization of the Coroners Act me...
Nov 15, 2016
Environment minister says global movement to fight climate change 'irresistible'
MARRAKECH, Morocco - The momentum behind the movement for global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is “irresistible” despite the recent election of Donald Trump, Canada’s enviro...
Nov 15, 2016
Parents of student who died of alcohol poisoning sue Halifax university
HALIFAX - The parents of a young Chinese woman who died of alcohol poisoning after a night of drinking inside a Dalhousie University residence are suing the school for alleged negligence. In a stateme...
Nov 15, 2016
Remote northern Manitoba reserve in crisis, needs PM to intervene: chief
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba grand chief is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to help a remote First Nation left in crisis after a fire destroyed the community’s only grocery store and band office. ...
Nov 15, 2016
Man who brutally beat wife, her daughter to death sentenced to life in prison
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man who used a claw hammer and bat to bludgeon his common-law wife and her daughter to death in 2013 was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday without chance of parole for 18 yea...
Nov 15, 2016
Liberal government, military defend letting Canadians shoot first in Iraq
OTTAWA - The Liberal government faced fresh accusations of misleading the public on Tuesday after the country’s top soldier said Canadian troops have been allowed to fire first in Iraq. Governme...
Nov 15, 2016
Former aide to ex-Montreal mayor Applebaum wore wire to glean confession
MONTREAL - An ex-aide to Michael Applebaum testified he wore a wire in an attempt to help police extract a confession in 2013 from the then-interim Montreal mayor. But Applebaum offered little in conv...
Nov 15, 2016