Category Archives: Canada
Man who killed Const. Sarah Beckett gets partial parole for rehab treatment
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A drunk driver who killed RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett in a crash has been granted limited day parole to attend alcohol abuse treatment, but a parole board member cautioned that the ma...
Jan 21, 2019
Tory leader Andrew Scheer promises more autonomy for Quebec on immigration
MONTREAL - Quebec will be given more autonomy over immigration if the federal Conservatives win October’s election, party leader Andrew Scheer promised Monday. But he wouldn’t say whether ...
Jan 21, 2019
Two men charged in Ivory Coast for trying to blackmail MP Tony Clement
OTTAWA - Two men in Africa’s Ivory Coast have been charged with trying to blackmail Canadian MP Tony Clement by posing as a woman online and demanding money after Clement shared explicit sexual ...
Jan 21, 2019
Liberals taking new approach for billions in First Nations education funding
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is changing how Ottawa allocates nearly $2 billion in annual funding for First Nations education to help ensure on-reserve students benefit from support comparable to w...
Jan 21, 2019
Bernier's new party rakes in $300k in one weekend, party officials say
OTTAWA - Canada’s newest national political party is laughing all the way to the bank. On Friday morning the People’s Party of Canada became officially registered with Elections Canada, al...
Jan 21, 2019
Doug Ford says the Liberals' carbon tax will plunge Canada into recession
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford ratcheted up his rhetoric on Ottawa’s climate change plan Monday, warning that the carbon tax will plunge the country into recession - a claim disputed by experts and...
Jan 21, 2019
Coroner probes exposure death of Gilles Duceppe's mother outside seniors' home
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner will investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Gilles Duceppe’s mother after the 93-year-old woman was found Sunday in the snow outside an upscale Montre...
Jan 21, 2019
Woman convicted on terror charges thought govt was spying on her: psych report
TORONTO - A Toronto woman convicted of terror charges grew increasingly preoccupied with the notion that the Canadian government was spying on her in the years before she carried out an attack at a Ca...
Jan 21, 2019
Scotland to return remains of now-extinct Newfoundland First Nation
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An Aboriginal leader was “delighted” Monday after a Scottish museum agreed to return the remains of two people from a disappeared Newfoundland First Nation. “...
Jan 21, 2019
Woman offers luxury Alberta home for just $25 and a flair for the written word
MILLARVILLE, Alta. - A southern Alberta woman who has been having trouble finding a buyer for her luxury home with a panoramic mountain view has turned to the power of the written word to help find a ...
Jan 21, 2019
