Category Archives: Canada
Bombardier CEO optimistic about refocused Toronto transit system projects
TORONTO - Bombardier’s CEO struck an apologetic yet optimistic note Wednesday as he described the company’s efforts to get two of the city’s key transit system projects back on track...
Sep 28, 2016
From an arms sale to pushing for peace: Peres's long relationship with Canada
OTTAWA - Shimon Peres visited Canada countless times during a career that spanned more than six decades and included holding virtually every single position in the Israeli government. But it might be ...
Sep 28, 2016
Some of what was said Wednesday following death of Israel's Shimon Peres
OTTAWA - Some of what was said Wednesday following the death of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres: ___ “He was above all a man of peace and a man dedicated to the well-bei...
Sep 28, 2016

Teacher who lost sight after school shooting says she's getting little help
SASKATOON - Charlene Klyne lost her sight after a deadly school shooting in northern Saskatchewan and still has shotgun pellets lodged in her jaw and chest. Klyne was among seven people hurt in the sh...
Sep 28, 2016
Ex-Mountie accused of smuggling narwhal tusks pleads guilty in U.S.
BANGOR, Maine - A retired RCMP officer accused of smuggling narwhal tusks across the border pleaded guilty Wednesday in a U.S. court to 10 money-laundering counts. Prosecutors said Gregory Logan, 59, ...
Sep 28, 2016
Pesticide chemical found in animals along eastern coast: government study
Government research has found the presence of a chemical used in pesticides in fish, birds and a mammal from the St. Lawrence River to the south Florida coast. “We found 100 per cent detection f...
Sep 28, 2016
New Democrats want Trudeau government to rescind torture directive
OTTAWA - The NDP is calling on the Liberal government to immediately rescind a directive that allows security agencies to use information that may have been obtained through torture. The Liberals - wh...
Sep 28, 2016

Montreal SPCA files lawsuit against city over newly adopted pit bull ban
MONTREAL - The Montreal SPCA is mounting a legal challenge against the city over its newly adopted pit bull ban, the animal-welfare organization announced Wednesday. Animal advocacy director Alanna De...
Sep 28, 2016
Family of Ontario man killed by police alleges racial prejudice in lawsuit
TORONTO - The family of a black Ontario man killed by police after a routine traffic stop has launched a lawsuit against members of a Toronto-area force, alleging officers engaged in racial profiling ...
Sep 28, 2016
Six-year prison sentence for former B.C. notary who masterminded 'massive fraud'
VANCOUVER - A judge who sentenced a former British Columbia notary to six years in prison says she abused her position of trust by luring people into a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of million...
Sep 28, 2016