Category Archives: Canada

Canada, U.S. Far Apart on Several Key Softwood Sssues: Feds' Chief Negotiator
OTTAWA – With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood-lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin M...
Aug 18, 2016

Canada, U.S. far apart on several key softwood issues: feds' chief negotiator
OTTAWA - With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood-lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin Moen to...
Aug 18, 2016
Jurors to deliberate for seventh day Friday at Bain murder trial
MONTREAL - Jurors at the murder trial of Richard Henry Bain failed to reach a verdict Thursday after having a message sent to their loved ones that they were OK. They will return for a seventh day of ...
Aug 18, 2016

Philpott pays back $3,700 for use of high-end car service from Liberal supporter
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jane Philpott is reimbursing taxpayers just over $3,700 after it was disclosed her office paid thousands to a Toronto-based limo company owned by a Liberal supporter. Philpott...
Aug 18, 2016
'Barnyard' atmosphere factor in ruling in sexual harassment case: adjudicator
MONCTON, N.B. - The “barnyard-like” atmosphere of sexual banter and gestures around the office helped convince a New Brunswick adjudicator to reverse the firing of a probation officer for ...
Aug 18, 2016

Trudeau to visit China expected to set tone of his approach to ties with Beijing
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau heads to China this month on a visit that’s expected to lay the groundwork for his approach to Canada’s sometimes-bumpy relationship with the world’s second-b...
Aug 18, 2016
Supreme Court will not hear Regina cop's appeal of assault conviction
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a Regina police officer’s appeal against an assault conviction. Const. Robert Power was convicted of kicking a homeless man while trying to arr...
Aug 18, 2016
Dismissal of sex assault conviction over trial delays will stand
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a Crown appeal in a case where a sexual assault conviction against a Manitoba man was thrown out because of trial delays. The Manitoba Court of Appea...
Aug 18, 2016
Cagey reptile refuses to be lured from storm drain in Victoria, B.C.
VICTORIA - Something sinister is slithering below the streets of Victoria. Staff in the British Columbia capital were using a remote camera to investigate reports of a sinkhole near the downtown core ...
Aug 18, 2016
Man leads Toronto-area police on wild chase on wrong way of highway
WHITBY, Ont. - A 31-year-old man has been charged after leading police on a chase going the wrong way on a major highway east of Toronto. Durham Regional police said they received a call from provinci...
Aug 18, 2016