Category Archives: Canada
Voters asked Trudeau for electoral reform referendum, letters show
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inbox filled up pretty quickly this past spring after controversy first began to engulf the federal government’s efforts to retool Canada’s e...
Dec 02, 2016
Villain of Green Gables: Thief steals coins from P.E.I. wishing well
CAVENDISH, P.E.I. - P.E.I. residents are being asked to watch for muddy coins after a thief climbed deep into a historic wishing well to steal money from the bottom. Charlottetown RCMP say the thief d...
Dec 02, 2016
Costco to be investigated by government over compliance with drug-selling rules
TORONTO - Costco is being investigated by Ontario’s Ministry of Health for its compliance with the province’s legislation on selling pharmaceutical and over-the-counter drugs. The health m...
Dec 02, 2016
Malcolm Rowe, newest Supreme Court justice, formally welcomed to the job
OTTAWA - Malcolm Rowe, the newest justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, was formally welcomed to the court Friday. Here’s a look at his life and career: Born: St. John’s, N.L., 1953. Edu...
Dec 02, 2016
Woman charged with first-degree murder in Canadian scholar's U.S. death
A woman arrested in the death of a Canadian legal scholar in Florida has been charged with first-degree murder for her alleged role in what investigators have suggested was a murder-for-hire rooted in...
Dec 02, 2016
'You lose your whole family in an instant:' Mom charged in son's death tells cop
CALGARY - A woman charged in the death of her son began researching holistic remedies nearly a month before he eventually died of an overwhelming infection brought on by strep. Tamara Lovett, 47, is o...
Dec 02, 2016
Swine support: Winnipeg woman gets to keep pot-bellied pig as service animal
WINNIPEG - This little piggy is staying home - for now. Podgy the pot-bellied pig has been granted a reprieve by officials in Winnipeg. The city ruled earlier this year that Podgy wasn’t a pet a...
Dec 02, 2016
Canadian couple in their 70s among the dead in Tennessee wildfire
A Canadian couple is among the victims of a wildfire that ravaged the Smoky Mountains resort city of Gatlinburg, Tenn. John Tegler and Marilyn Tegler, both in their 70s, are among 13 people who have d...
Dec 02, 2016
Sentencing of suspended RCMP officer and his wife postponed
OTTAWA - Sentencing for a suspended RCMP counterterrorism officer and his wife, both found guilty in the severe abuse of an 11-year-old boy, has been put off. The officer, who cannot be identified und...
Dec 02, 2016
Maryam Monsef apologizes to electoral reform committee for Commons outburst
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took another step back from his promise to overhaul Canada’s democracy Friday while the minister in charge of the file apologized in the House of Commons f...
Dec 02, 2016