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SNC-Lavalin opts for corruption trial before judge alone
MONTREAL - Lawyers representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. have opted for trial by judge alone in a corruption case that has loomed over the Montreal-based engineering giant. The company was ordered to st...
Jun 28, 2019
RCMP seek suspects in hit-and-run outside Rock'n Firkin
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP would like your help tracking a driver responsible for a hit-and-run earlier this month.According to RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, the incident happened Saturday, June ...
Jun 28, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Pride on display on 50th anniversary of Stonewall uprising
New York City is marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, days of unrest in Manhattan's Greenwich Village that began with a police raid on a gay bar and catalyzed a sustained LGTBQ libe...
Jun 28, 2019
Early Queen's Plate favourite Avie's Flatter draws outside post position
TORONTO - Jockey Javier Castellano will have to take Avie's Flatter the long way home to secure trainer Josie Carroll a third Queen's Plate title. The early 5/2 favourite was left with the N...
Jun 28, 2019
Always ticking: Canada's population clock shows demographic changes in real time
A Quebecer moves to the Northwest Territories, a family in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomes a new arrival, another in British Columbia mourns a loss, an immigrant settles somewhere in Onta...
Jun 28, 2019
Canadian trash from Philippines set to arrive in Vancouver Saturday
OTTAWA - Containers of Canadian trash that festered in the Philippines for years are set to arrive home just in time to celebrate the country's 152nd birthday. The Anna Maersk is scheduled t...
Jun 28, 2019
Quebec mother to serve at least 10 years in killing of young daughters
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec mother convicted in the killings of her two young daughters was clearly suffering from mental illness even if she was found criminally responsible for her act, a Quebec Sup...
Jun 28, 2019
Americans head to Canada to buy cheap insulin; some worry about supply here
TORONTO - The soaring cost of insulin in the United States prompted a group of American diabetics to head to Canada on Friday to buy the non-prescription drug at a fraction of the price. The group of ...
Jun 28, 2019
Dixie Chicks say new album is coming
LOS ANGELES - The Dixie Chicks took the long way around, but they're returning with new music soon after a 13-year hiatus. The award-winning group's lead singer, Natalie Maines, took to Instagram rece...
Jun 28, 2019
Manitoba premier to raise Quebec religious symbol law with western premiers
EDMONTON - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday in Edmonton. "That is, certa...
Jun 28, 2019
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