Category Archives: Canada
Greens might revisit Israeli boycott resolution if May decides to stay on
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says Green party members might soon be asked to reconsider their controversial support of a movement to boycott Israel - provided she herself decides to stay on as their leader....
Aug 11, 2016
Ottawa commits to putting money back into Experimental Lakes Area
KENORA, Ont. - The federal Liberal government says it will spend $1.7 million over two years to support a renowned freshwater research station that nearly fell victim to Conservative budget cuts. The ...
Aug 11, 2016
'Our duty' to withhold pipeline consent until concerns addressed: N.B. Mi'kmaq
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Mi’kmaq communities in New Brunswick said Wednesday the Energy East pipeline project must have their consent in order to pass through their territories. Chief George Ginnish, ...
Aug 11, 2016
Charges possible after 3 children found in hot car
MILTON, Ont. - Police in Milton, Ont., say charges could be laid against the mother of three young children who were found in a car that was parked in hot weather in a retail parking lot Wednesday eve...
Aug 11, 2016
Vancouver police admit to having used mass-surveillance device StingRay
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department’s revelation that it has indeed employed a controversial mass-surveillance device despite initially insisting it had no documentation of its use raise...
Aug 11, 2016
Mother accused of sexually abusing daughters as part of child exploitation ring
Police say a Niagara Region woman sexually assaulted her two young daughters and sold explicit photos of them as part of an alleged sexual exploitation ring that targeted children as young as four. In...
Aug 11, 2016
Ontario mother receives son's remains more than five years after his killing
A northern Ontario mother will finally have a funeral for her son after receiving the last of his remains more than five years after he was fatally stabbed, decapitated and dismembered. Wesley Hallam,...
Aug 11, 2016
Ranchers applaud Earls president's apology for snubbing Canadian beef
CALGARY - The president of the Earls restaurant chain entered the lion’s den on Wednesday to apologize for its “dumb” strategy last spring to snub Canadian beef in favour of a U.S. s...
Aug 11, 2016
Jury convicts Mississauga, Ont., man in World Trade Center rebuild fraud
NEW YORK - The Mississauga, Ont., top executive of a steel company who secured nearly $1 billion in contracts to rebuild the World Trade Center was convicted Wednesday on charges that he defrauded a p...
Aug 11, 2016
Remains found in Hawaii near missing Canadian's belongings
HONOLULU - Police on Hawaii’s Big Island are trying to identify human remains that were found near personal items belonging to a Canadian woman who has been missing for about 15 years. Hawaii Po...
Aug 11, 2016