Category Archives: Canada
Man granted Canadian residency after years in B.C. church wants to clear name
VICTORIA - A man who spent more than two years in a British Columbia church to avoid deportation from Canada on alleged terrorism links is asking the Federal Court to clear his name. Jose Figueroa wil...
Nov 28, 2016
Halifax ignored rules on Africville, lawyer says as 1960s razing heads to court
HALIFAX - The contentious 1960s-era decision that led the City of Halifax to raze a black community will be debated anew this week in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Former residents of Africville are seek...
Nov 28, 2016
Defence Department names master seaman who died in industrial accident in B.C.
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - The Department of National Defence has released the name of a master seaman who died following a serious industrial accident near Victoria. Guillermo Castellon died Friday, four days...
Nov 28, 2016
Federal bill to expand CPP won't hurt women in retirement, minister says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the country’s social safety net says new parents, particularly women, won’t lose out on increased Canada Pension Plan benefits if they leave the ...
Nov 28, 2016
Nova Scotia intimate-photo case delayed as lawyers seek to narrow issues
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The complexities in one of Canada’s largest prosecutions involving the alleged sharing of intimate images without consent has resulted in a delay. Defence lawyer Joshua Nodel...
Nov 28, 2016
Number of terrorist travellers to Syria, Iraq may be levelling off: CSIS
OTTAWA - The number of Canadians heading overseas to fight in Syria and Iraq appears to have levelled off, Canada’s spy agency says. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is not seeing the ...
Nov 28, 2016
Priesthood documents on teen marriages can be used in polygamy trial: judge
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Documents admitted into court for three accused from a polygamous community in British Columbia allege the trio took two girls, aged 13 and 15, to the United States to marry elders o...
Nov 28, 2016
Alberta on track for $10.8B deficit, but 25,000 jobs added: finance minister
EDMONTON - Alberta’s fiscal outlook for this year is a tiny bit better, but still billions of dollars in the red. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the estimated deficit for this year has been revi...
Nov 28, 2016
Brief renaming of Vancouver's Trump Tower prompts apology from Google Maps
VANCOUVER - Google Maps is apologizing for what it says were inappropriate names used for Trump landmarks that surfaced on its maps over the weekend, including in Vancouver. For a brief period on Satu...
Nov 28, 2016
Debut of abortion pill Mifegymiso in Canada delayed to January
TORONTO - The much-anticipated arrival of the abortion pill Mifegymiso in Canada has been delayed until the new year. The drug’s Canadian distributor, Celopharma Inc., says it now expects to lau...
Nov 28, 2016