Category Archives: Canada
Crown seeks 8 years in prison for woman found guilty of terrorism charges
TORONTO - A woman found guilty of terror charges after attacking workers at a Canadian Tire with a golf club and a butcher knife should be sentenced to eight years behind bars, prosecutors argued Thur...
Jan 31, 2019
Coerced sterilizations not only an Indigenous concern, Commons committee hears
OTTAWA - Indigenous women are probably not the only ones who have been coerced into being sterilized without wanting to be, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada told the House of Commons̵...
Jan 31, 2019
Recommendations to prevent runway incursions at Toronto's Pearson airport
TORONTO - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has made recommendations to avoid runway incursions at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport: - Air traffic controllers need to issue more e...
Jan 31, 2019
Feds paid near top dollar for Trans Mountain pipeline, spending watchdog says
OTTAWA - If the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion does not go ahead as planned and on budget, the $4.4 billion that government paid to buy the pipeline project will have been too much, says Parliament...
Jan 31, 2019
RCMP identify suspect in transit officer shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP are naming the suspect in a shooting on a train platform that left one transit officer with serious injuries in Surrey, B.C. Police say they have identified 35-year-old Daon Gordon...
Jan 31, 2019
Toronto airport runway setup poses serious crash risk, safety board finds
TORONTO - A poorly laid out runway complex and pilots distracted by required tasks have led to potentially catastrophic situations at Canada’s busiest airport, federal safety authorities said on...
Jan 31, 2019
Bankrupt energy companies can't abandon old wells, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up. The high co...
Jan 31, 2019
Canadian judges must reach out to marginalized, retiring N.S. chief justice says
HALIFAX - After a career championing social justice issues, Nova Scotia’s chief justice is retiring Thursday with a challenge to judges across Canada: Do more outreach with marginalized communit...
Jan 31, 2019
China must treat detained Canadians fairly: NATO chief
BUCHAREST, Romania - The chief of NATO weighed into the ongoing diplomatic spat between China and Canada when he called on Chinese officials Thursday to treat two Canadians detained in the country ...
Jan 31, 2019
'So, so, so, so, sorry:' Truck driver in Broncos crash apologizes to families
MELFORT, Sask. - The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash stood silently for a moment, steadied himself with his hands on a table, then took responsibility for killing 16 peop...
Jan 31, 2019
