Category Archives: Canada
Trump University Canadian courses taught by alias-using couple fined for fraud
WASHINGTON - Canadian courses for Trump University were taught by a couple who used aliases, declared multiple bankruptcies, lost a real-estate licence and was sanctioned by securities regulators over...
Nov 04, 2016
'I am being accused:' Senior charged in wife's death to undergo more testing
CALGARY - An 85-year-old Calgary man accused of murdering his wife appeared confused and agitated as he made a brief court appearance on Friday. As sheriffs ushered Siegfried van Zuiden into the room,...
Nov 04, 2016
Guilty pleas end unlawful hunting case that sparked outrage over treaty rights
YORKTON, Canada - A case that sparked outrage from indigenous leaders over treaty rights has ended with two men from the Pine Creek First Nation in Manitoba pleading guilty to charges of unlawful hunt...
Nov 03, 2016
Most Canadians say fallen soldiers should be honoured beyond Remembrance Day:Poll
A new poll suggests Canadians would like to see efforts to honour fallen soldiers extend well beyond Remembrance Day. The study commissioned by Historica Canada found a vast majority of respondents wo...
Nov 03, 2016
Northeastern B.C. resource boom harms indigenous women, girls: Amnesty report
VANCOUVER - A new report from Amnesty International says the resource boom in northeastern British Columbia is harming indigenous women and girls, and lays part of the blame on transient resource work...
Nov 03, 2016
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Nov. 5 __ CANADIAN AIRLINES MAY SEE MORE FOREIGN INVESTMENT: The federal government says it wants to raise the limit of foreign ownership of Canadian airlin...
Nov 03, 2016
Liberals look at more changes to foreign investment rules
OTTAWA - The federal government’s decision to more quickly loosen rules on foreign investment in Canadian companies is a signal that the country is more open to international money and more chan...
Nov 03, 2016
Pedophile who directed abuse over Internet loses appeal of five-year jail term
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia pedophile who directed the abuse of young Filipino children over the Internet has lost his appeal of a five-year jail sentence. Jason Troy Pitts had adults in the Philippines d...
Nov 03, 2016
Trudeau defends minister Monsef over Iranian-Afghan nationality flap
OTTAWA - People who are criticizing the federal minister of democratic institutions in a flap over her country of birth are playing political games, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Maryam...
Nov 03, 2016
CSIS broke law by keeping sensitive metadata, Federal Court rules
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says Canada’s spy agency illegally kept potentially revealing electronic data about people who posed no security threat over a 10-year period. In a hard-hitting ru...
Nov 03, 2016