Category Archives: Canada
In the news today, Jan. 8
Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Jan. 8 --- RCMP ARREST 14 PEOPLE AT PIPELINE PROTEST RCMP say they arrested 14 people from a blockade to a forest service road in northern British Columbia that i...
Jan 07, 2019
RCMP arrest 14 people in northern B.C. over anti-LNG pipeline protest
HOUSTON, B.C. - RCMP say they arrested 14 people from a blockade to a forest service road in northern British Columbia that is preventing access to a pipeline project. Mounties say the arrests took pl...
Jan 07, 2019
Man facing hate charge told to stay away from Jewish schools, synagogues
MONTREAL - A Montreal man charged with inciting hatred online against Jews had his bail conditions tightened Monday to ensure he stays away from Jewish schools and synagogues. Robert Gosselin made a b...
Jan 07, 2019
Locked up in China: Arrested Canadian says legal trouble followed him home
OTTAWA - Crammed into a cell with 13 other sleep-deprived inmates, strong-armed into singing the Chinese national anthem and forced by shouting guards to watch state television - a Canadian man detain...
Jan 07, 2019
Applications of cannabis retail licences in Ontario now being accepted
TORONTO - Ontario kicked off its application process Monday for the first 25 cannabis retail licences in the province, with the results of a lottery expected later this week. The government said the f...
Jan 07, 2019
Electric-car sales soaring but Canada still nowhere near goal set in 2009
OTTAWA - A decade-old goal to get at least half a million electric cars on Canada’s roads by the end of 2018 appears to have missed the mark by more than 400,000. The 2009 Electric Vehicle Techn...
Jan 07, 2019
Trump respects 'rule of law' in extradition case, Trudeau's office says
OTTAWA - Donald Trump has affirmed his respect for judicial independence, the Prime Minister’s Office says, less than a month after the U.S. president baldly said he would intervene in Meng Wanz...
Jan 07, 2019
Newfoundland town fears fate of stranded seals swarming its streets
RODDICKTON, N.L. - Seals have been swarming the streets of a northern Newfoundland town, with residents fearing for the animals’ safety but being warned to stay away. Brendon Fitzpatrick of Rodd...
Jan 07, 2019
Man confessed to killing B.C. girl because he feared losing crime job: lawyer
VANCOUVER - Fear of losing a job that offered multiple perks and a promising future with a well-connected crime group led a man to falsely confess to murdering a 12-year-old girl in British Columbia i...
Jan 07, 2019
Quebecers with degenerative diseases in court to challenge assisted dying laws
MONTREAL - Two Quebecers suffering from incurable degenerative diseases were in court Monday to challenge provincial and federal laws that have left them ineligible for medically assisted death. Jean ...
Jan 07, 2019
