Category Archives: Canada
Woman trapped in N.B. clothing bin after seeking shelter during storm
MIRAMICHI, N.B. - Police say a 60-year-old woman became trapped in a clothing donation bin while seeking shelter from a northern New Brunswick snowstorm. An officer in Miramichi was driving past an ar...
Jan 23, 2019
'She was loved:' Man gets 15-year sentence in shooting death of Jeanenne Fontaine
WINNIPEG - The best friend of a woman who was shot dead during a botched robbery sang a mourning song and called for an end to the killing of Indigenous women before a judge sentenced one of the men c...
Jan 23, 2019
Canada's archive buys 1944 book that hints at Nazi plans for North America
OTTAWA - Canada’s national archive has acquired a rare book it believes could have served as a blueprint for a Nazi purge of Jews in North America. Once part of Adolf Hitler’s personal lib...
Jan 23, 2019
Canada China envoy assailed for assessing merits of Meng extradition case
OTTAWA - Canada’s envoy to China faced criticism Wednesday for opining on how a Huawei executive might avoid extradition to the United States, fuelling speculation his remarks were a political p...
Jan 23, 2019
Murder trial hears Richard Oland's steamy text exchanges with mistress
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The cellphone of murdered multimillionaire Richard Oland was never found, but steamy messages and text exchanges with his mistress were captured on a computer backup program. “...
Jan 23, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 23
Six stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 23 --- TRUDEAU MAKING FREQUENT STOPS IN SASKATCHEWAN Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to visit Saskatchewan for a seventh time in the last year and expe...
Jan 23, 2019
Ottawa to fund programs, mental health services at La Loche high school: Trudeau
LA LOCHE, Sask. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a remote northern Saskatchewan community Wednesday to announce $2.2 million to help people heal from a deadly school shooting. It has been three...
Jan 23, 2019
'Who is the shooter?' Closing arguments in case of slain football player
CALGARY - The lawyer for a man accused in the fatal shooting of a professional football player says the case highlights the dangers of eyewitness testimony. Nelson Lugela, 21, is charged with second-d...
Jan 23, 2019
Pride Toronto members vote to keep uniformed police officers out of parade
TORONTO - Uniformed police officers have been indefinitely barred from participating in Toronto’s Pride Parade after a close vote that Pride Toronto said showed a deep division within the city&#...
Jan 22, 2019
CF-18 fighter pilot fined $2000 after pleading guilty to flying too low
COLD LAKE, Alta. - A fighter pilot has been fined $2,000 after pleading guilty at a court martial to flying his CF-18 jet too low during a training mission in which his wingman died in a crash. Capt. ...
Jan 22, 2019
