Category Archives: Canada

Lovers who plotted to murder their spouses sentenced to three years in prison
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Two lovers caught on tape planning to drug and kill their spouses have each been sentenced to three years in prison. Chief Justice Martel D. Popescul on Friday ruled Curtis Vey ...
Sep 02, 2016

Smoked meat and basketball: Trudeau takes lighter approach to connect with China
SHANGHAI - With the higher-stakes political discussions behind him, Justin Trudeau’s week-long mission to foster Canadian-Chinese relations adopted a lighter tone Friday. Early in the week, the ...
Sep 02, 2016
Federal funds to reduce waiting list for affordable housing in New Brunswick
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The federal and New Brunswick governments are set to spend another $56 million on affordable housing in the province. Jean-Yves Duclos, the federal minister for families, children a...
Sep 02, 2016
Candlelight vigil held for slain First Nations man Colten Boushie
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A candlelight vigil has been held in memory of a Saskatchewan First Nations man whose shooting death on a rural property escalated racial tensions in the province. Colten Bou...
Sep 01, 2016
Lawyer for veterans wants Liberals to live up to election promise on pensions
CALGARY - The lawyer for Canadian veterans involved in a legal battle with the federal government says the Department of Veterans Affairs is playing politics with his clients. Don Sorochan said Thursd...
Sep 01, 2016
2.6 billion people in Africa, Asia-Pacific may be at risk for Zika: researchers
TORONTO - Highly populated countries in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region may be vulnerable to outbreaks of Zika due to global travel patterns and climatic conditions that support the presence of mos...
Sep 01, 2016
Enbridge suspends regulatory process for delayed Sandpiper pipeline project
CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. has announced further delays to an oil pipeline proposed to run from the Bakken oilfields of North Dakota through Minnesota to a terminal in Superior, Wis. The Calgary-based co...
Sep 01, 2016
Passengers help subdue unruly man on WestJet flight headed to Edmonton
EDMONTON - A customer on a WestJet flight from Toronto to Edmonton says there were some tense moments as he and others helped the crew subdue an unruly passenger. Steven Kelly says he was sitting four...
Sep 01, 2016
New Vancouver real estate figures anticipated after month of foreign-buyers tax
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver’s real estate market is bracing for a steep decline in detached home sales recorded in August, as new numbers will offer a first look at the immediate impact of a tax...
Sep 01, 2016
Police in B.C. city believe fentanyl involved in 9 overdoses within 20 minutes
DELTA, B.C. - It’s a miracle that no one died after nine people overdosed within a 20-minute period on what are believed to be drugs laced with fentanyl, a police chief in British Columbia says....
Sep 01, 2016