Category Archives: Canada
Case of teens accused of sharing intimate images of girls put over to November
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Police and lawyers are seeing a rise in the number of investigations involving the sharing of intimate images without consent, according to a Crown attorney handling one of the lar...
Oct 19, 2016
Methylmercury levels expected to rise at Muskrat Falls reservoir: Nalcor
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Protesters at the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador were again blocking access to the work site late Wednesday in violation of an earlier court injunction. Nine ...
Oct 19, 2016
First stage of investigation into fatal B.C. plane crash concludes at scene
KELOWNA, B.C. - Hours of painstaking work lies ahead as Transportation Safety Board crews wrap up their investigation at the scene of a fatal plane crash in British Columbia that killed former Alberta...
Oct 19, 2016
SNC-Lavalin fined $75,000 for generating electricity without a licence
TORONTO - SNC-Lavalin has been fined $75,000 for operating a gas-fired electrical generating plant at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport without a licence for the past 10 years. The Ontario...
Oct 19, 2016
Quebec police still trying to identify suspects at Universite Laval
Quebec City police say the number of complaints stemming from a rash of break-ins and alleged sexual crimes at a university student residence has risen to 15. The investigation into the incidents at U...
Oct 19, 2016
Trial delayed for man accused in murder of Canadian law professor in Florida
The trial of a man accused in the murder of a prominent Canadian legal scholar in Florida has been postponed after his co-accused pleaded guilty and told investigators the killing was a murder-for-hir...
Oct 19, 2016
Appeal of Dennis Oland's conviction for murder of father enters second day
FREDERICTON - Justices hearing the appeal of Dennis Oland’s murder conviction spent much of Wednesday questioning Crown prosecutors about when a lie is a lie, and when it’s an honest mista...
Oct 19, 2016
Alberta premier lauds Prentice for role in public life; state memorial planned
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley remembered Jim Prentice on Wednesday as gracious, statesmanlike and visionary as her office announced plans to honour him at a state memorial. The public servic...
Oct 19, 2016
Man who committed sex crimes against kids designated dangerous offender
BARRIE, Ont. - An Ontario man who carried out increasingly violent sex crimes against children and animals for close to a decade before a teenage victim reported him to police must be locked up indefi...
Oct 19, 2016
US man admits raping boy, 6, after Canadian authorities intercept broadcast
CARLISLE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man has admitted he sexually assaulted a six-year-old boy after Canadian authorities intercepted an Internet broadcast of him raping the child. U.S. authorities later di...
Oct 19, 2016