Category Archives: Canada
Saskatchewan village to get health, education help after school shooting
LA LOCHE, Sask. - A remote northern Saskatchewan village where people were traumatized after a deadly school shooting is getting help to improve its future. Premier Brad Wall was in La Loche on Tuesda...
Aug 16, 2016
Border phone search case raises thorny privacy, charter issues: lawyers
HALIFAX - Several thorny questions still haven’t been answered in the case of a Quebec man who refused to give border officers his cellphone pass code, say privacy and technology lawyers. Alain ...
Aug 16, 2016
Man who hopped on subway tracks for online video about Pokemon Go charged
TORONTO - A comedian who hopped on Toronto’s subway tracks to make a “cautionary” video about Pokemon Go says he won’t fight a charge against him. Toronto Transit Commission sp...
Aug 16, 2016
Alberta judge upholds human rights prayer decision against private school
CALGARY - An Alberta judge has upheld a human rights decision that found a private school discriminated against two Muslim students by not allowing them to pray. The Alberta Human Rights Commission tr...
Aug 16, 2016
Montreal to host concert for world health; Trudeau and Bill Gates invited
MONTREAL - A concert to raise awareness about the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will be held in Montreal on Sept. 17, organizers said Tuesday. Usher, Half Moon Run, Metric and Grimes wi...
Aug 16, 2016
Canadian man pleads guilty in New York in major cocaine ring bust
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Another member of a major Canadian cocaine smuggling ring faces prison time in the U.S. after pleading guilty to federal drug charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo says ...
Aug 16, 2016
Spear hunting already illegal in Ontario; Alberta aiming to introduce ban
An official with a hunting education group says a controversial online video of a black bear being pierced by a long spear shows an extreme form of hunting that’s unsafe and unusual. U.S. hunter...
Aug 16, 2016
Canadian who travelled to UK to sexually abuse kids jailed for more than 8 years
A Canadian man who travelled to the United Kingdom with plans to sexually abuse children has been sentenced to eight years and eight months behind bars. Police in Kent say officers arrested Glenn Schu...
Aug 16, 2016
Canadian drone racer says sport better version of Formula One racing
VICTORIA - Andrew Meyer says he’s chasing the future as he travels the world competing in drone racing events in what is one of the world’s newest competitions. The 26-year-old university ...
Aug 16, 2016
First case of Zombie fly parasite confirmed in honey bees in Nanaimo, B.C.
VANCOUVER - A beekeeper in Nanaimo, B.C., is the first to document what could be a devastating parasite in Canadian honey bees. Sarah Wallbank says she noticed bees from her hive were flying erratical...
Aug 16, 2016