Category Archives: Canada

Feds reducing paycheque problems, aim to solve all by Oct. 31
OTTAWA - The federal government says it’s going to cost at least $40 million to $50 million this year to straighten out its troubled new pay system. However, officials say they are starting to s...
Sep 07, 2016

B.C. couple who faced terror charges still pose a threat to the public: Crown
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia couple found guilty of masterminding a terrorist plot but then freed when a judge ruled they had been entrapped by police are still a danger to the public, a Crown lawye...
Sep 07, 2016
Ottawa agrees to revisit case of Toronto woman stranded in Russia
TORONTO - The family of a Toronto woman stranded in Russia after having her permanent residency status revoked says Ottawa has agreed to revisit her case. Julia Yakobi had her request for a travel doc...
Sep 07, 2016

Crown lawyer relays chilling account of workplace shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A Crown lawyer says a man accused of killing two employees and attempting to kill two others yelled expletives and said, “You know who I am” during a shooting rampage at hi...
Sep 07, 2016

Submarines to start retiring in 2022 without billion-dollar upgrade
OTTAWA - The navy’s submarine fleet will have to be cut adrift in the next few years unless the federal government opts to spend billions to upgrade the ships, according to internal Defence Depa...
Sep 07, 2016

$3 million in jewels missing from Drake tour bus
Phoenix police say $3 million worth of jewelry was taken from a tour bus being used by rapper Drake and DJ Future the Prince. Police Sgt. Vince Lewis says the theft occurred Tuesday night at the Talki...
Sep 07, 2016

Province estimates wildfire put $1-billion dent in 2016 oilsands spending plans
CALGARY - Alberta wildfires that swept through Fort McMurray in May have resulted in the loss of $1 billion in planned capital spending in the oilsands for 2016, according to Alberta’s chief ene...
Sep 07, 2016

Calgary judge in 'knees together' case has worked hard to change: mentor
CALGARY - A Manitoba justice says she was initially appalled by the comments a judge made to a sex-assault complainant but agreed to mentor him. Deborah McCawley was the only witness Wednesday before ...
Sep 07, 2016
Gold-mining CEO puts seven-storey waterfront mansion on market for $10 M
HALIFAX - Toronto has the Bridle Path. In Vancouver, it’s Shaughnessy. Montreal boasts Westmount. In Halifax, you’ll find the multi-millionaires along an exclusive strip of waterfront prop...
Sep 07, 2016

New Yorkers sending World Trade Center relic to Gander as a thank-you
NEW YORK - Fifteen years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, New York City continues to thank the people of Gander, N.L., for opening their arms to thousands of stranded travellers....
Sep 07, 2016