Category Archives: Canada
Newfoundland driver's alleged failure to signal reveals $55,000 in fines
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland man facing $55,000 in outstanding fines may be adding to that whopping tally after police pulled him over for making an unsafe turn and failing to signal. Patro...
Nov 21, 2016

Tech giants rush to invest in Montreal artificial intelligence research lab
MONTREAL - Artificial intelligence, once relegated to the realm of science fiction, is now found in everything from translation services to virtual assistants to video games. And as companies race to ...
Nov 21, 2016
Five stories in the news Monday, Nov. 21
Five stories in the news for Monday, Nov. 21 --- CSIS SAYS MOSCOW AND BEIJING WANT TO STEAL CANADA’S SECRETS Canada’s spy agency is openly warning that Russia and China are out to steal th...
Nov 21, 2016

Moscow, Beijing targeting Canada's secret info and technology, spy agency warns
OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency is openly warning that Russia and China are out to steal the country’s most prized secrets. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which rarely identifies...
Nov 21, 2016
Man brings complaint against Mississauga for racially insensitive team names
TORONTO - A Toronto-area man who filed a human rights complaint against an Ontario city in an effort to prevent local hockey teams from using indigenous names and symbols said Monday that he doesnR...
Nov 21, 2016

Expert warns Brent Hawkes' gross indecency trial about 'imagination inflation'
KENTVILLE, N.S. - The nature and fallibility of memory was the focus of Brent Hawkes’ gross indecency trial on Monday, in a case that has seen witnesses recounting events that happened more than...
Nov 21, 2016

Final arguments in 'knees together' sexual assault retrial put off for a day
CALGARY - Closing arguments in a sexual assault retrial that was ordered after controversial comments by a Calgary judge have been delayed for a day. Alexander Wagar was brought to court Monday for cl...
Nov 21, 2016
Halifax conference ends on uncertain note as world awaits Trump White House
HALIFAX - After three days of discussion, the Halifax International Security Forum ended with a collective shrug as political thinkers from around the globe expressed uncertainty about how the electio...
Nov 20, 2016
Michaelle Jean, at helm of la Francophonie, says Canada can inspire Trump
OTTAWA - Stepping up Canadian engagement in multilateralism - including a United Nations peacekeeping mission to Africa - can set an example for the world that even U.S. president-elect Donald Trump m...
Nov 20, 2016
The man who sawed his arm off: Research studies people who only 'feel' disabled
It’s a condition that has driven people to self-amputate limbs and, in extreme cases, commit suicide. For those who have body integrity identity disorder (BIID), the theory is that the brainR...
Nov 20, 2016