Category Archives: Canada
'Climbing or screaming:' Alberta woman recounts escape from abandoned well
REDWATER, Alta. - An Alberta woman says she has been sore and sleep deprived since she spent hours clinging to the sides of an abandoned well near Edmonton earlier this week. Trieva McBeth plunged mor...
Sep 01, 2016
Admitted killer gets bail after seven years pending new murder trial
TORONTO - A man who admitted to fatally shooting a person in the back on a street outside a child’s birthday party has won bail after almost seven years in custody. In its decision Thursday, the...
Sep 01, 2016

Bombardier to suspend production of Global jets, misses light rail deadline
MONTREAL - Bombardier is juggling challenges on two new fronts in Canada, temporarily suspending business jet production and falling behind in its delivery of a light rail transit prototype for Toront...
Sep 01, 2016
Officers seize small arsenal of guns at southern Alberta border crossing
COUTTS, Alta. - The Canada Border Services Agency says it recently seized 11 undeclared guns in less than a day from three American vehicles entering the country at the Coutts crossing in Alberta. The...
Sep 01, 2016

Ontario Tories win Toronto byelection after flip-flopping on sex-ed curriculum
TORONTO - Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives won a provincial byelection Thursday in northeast Toronto, but it may have come at a cost. City councillor Raymond Cho won the Scarborough-Rouge Riv...
Sep 01, 2016
A glance at Thursday's key developments during Trudeau's China visit
SHANGHAI - A quick look at some of the key developments Thursday from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ongoing visit to China. ___ Speaking to an elite business crowd in Shanghai, the prime minis...
Sep 01, 2016
Python on the lam: slithery fugitive named Lady gives experts the slip
MONTREAL - It appears luck is still on Lady’s side. Montreal officials said Thursday a royal python by the name of “Lady” was still on the loose after escaping from a residence a wee...
Sep 01, 2016

Newfoundland singer decries 'trolls' criticizing Gomez's concert cancellations
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland singer-songwriter is calling out critics of pop star Selena Gomez, saying she was right to cancel two concerts in Atlantic Canada for health reasons. Jerry Stam...
Sep 01, 2016
Six Polish citizens charged with improper entry into the U.S. from Canada
SARNIA, Ont. - Authorities in Canada and the United States say they have thwarted a human smuggling attempt near Sarnia, Ont. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says its agents saw two men board a boa...
Sep 01, 2016

Time to decide whether to seek Tory leadership, says former MP Peter MacKay
OTTAWA - The deadline to enter the Conservative leadership race is still months away, but Peter MacKay said he knows he will have to make up his mind quickly. “Obviously a decision has to be tak...
Sep 01, 2016