Category Archives: Canada
In the news today, Jan. 18
Four stories in the news for Friday, Jan. 18 --- AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF MPS ON ROCKY RELATIONS WITH CHINA Canada’s ambassador to Beijing will brief a select group of MPs in Ottawa today on the curr...
Jan 18, 2019
B.C. minister fears money laundering involves billions of dollars, cites reports
VICTORIA - Documents that say money laundering in British Columbia now reaches into the billions of dollars are startling to the province’s attorney general who says the figures have finally dra...
Jan 18, 2019
No cash or trial delay: Judge denies requests from couple charged in son's death
CALGARY - A judge on Friday refused requests from an Alberta couple charged in the meningitis death of their son to have their legal fees covered and a retrial delayed. David and Collet Stephan wanted...
Jan 18, 2019
Federal ministers to meet family of Canadian woman missing in Burkina Faso
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau will meet Friday with the family of Edith Blais, who went missing in Burkina Fa...
Jan 17, 2019
Garneau optimistic on truck driver training standard agreement with provinces
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Canada’s transport minister is optimistic that provinces and territories will agree on a national standard for semi-truck driver training when they meet next week. Marc Garnea...
Jan 17, 2019
Allowing students to skip fees will reduce accountability: campus groups
TORONTO - Student organizations say the Ontario government’s decision to allow college and university students to opt out of the fees that fund campus groups, student newspapers and clubs will m...
Jan 17, 2019
Two women investigated for anti-Indigenous comments face mediation circle
OPASKWAYAK CREE NATION, Canada - Two Manitoba women arrested over online comments that threatened violence against Indigenous people were asked to read what was written out loud to elders this week as...
Jan 17, 2019
Quebec woman who carried on relationship with young child avoids jail time
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman who carried on an intense, inappropriate relationship with a young girl despite numerous efforts to get her to stop will avoid further jail time. Virginia Genevrier, 4...
Jan 17, 2019
Man charged with killing 12-year-old B.C. girl in 1978 found guilty
VANCOUVER - Family members of a 12-year-old British Columbia girl murdered in 1978 cried, hugged and thanked jurors who found a man guilty of first-degree murder Thursday. Garry Handlen, 71, told unde...
Jan 17, 2019
Ten Christian denominations to receive training on sexual misconduct
Representatives from 10 Christian denominations will meet Friday for training on how to address sexual misconduct in their ranks in a bid to keep religious institutions up to date with secular society...
Jan 17, 2019
