Category Archives: Canada
One person trapped on damaged pier in White Rock, B.C., hoisted to safety
VANCOUVER - A person who was stranded on a pier in White Rock, B.C., has been rescued after part of the structure collapsed in strong winds. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says on T...
Dec 20, 2018
Lev Tahor children return to Quebec amid reports of sect leadership arrests in Mexico
MONTREAL - Quebec youth protection officials say an unspecified number of children who were with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor have recently returned to the province. Myriam Sabourin, a spo...
Dec 20, 2018
Huawei espionage for Beijing would make no sense given massive risk, exec says
OTTAWA - The fallout would be catastrophic if Huawei Canada used its role in a next-generation 5G wireless network to conduct espionage on behalf of Beijing, says a senior company official. Critics wa...
Dec 20, 2018
Court hears people in naked kidnapping case had shared psychotic disorder
LEDUC, Alta. - An Alberta judge says three people involved in a bizarre kidnapping engaged in pseudo medical science while discussing the state of the world before they succumbed to a rare, shared but...
Dec 20, 2018
First of 17 remote First Nations connected to Ontario's power grid
TORONTO - The first of 17 remote First Nations has been connected to Ontario’s power grid under a $1.6-billion expansion project. The diesel generating station in Pikangikum First Nation, more t...
Dec 20, 2018
Five people injured in hit-and-runs in Langley, B.C., man arrested
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - The RCMP say five people were injured after a series of hit-and-runs in Langley and Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday night. None of the injuries are considered life-thr...
Dec 20, 2018
Girl, 3, to make full recovery after being run over in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A three-year-old girl whose midsection was run over by an SUV in Prince George, B.C., is expected to make a full recovery. Police say it happened Wednesday in a retail strip-mall...
Dec 20, 2018
Canada Post declares its operations back to normal just days before Christmas
OTTAWA - Canada Post says its operations are back to normal across the country, less than four weeks after its striking employees were forced back to work by federal legislation. The Crown corporation...
Dec 20, 2018
B.C. voters reject switch to proportional representation for third time
VICTORIA - Voters in British Columbia have rejected a proposal to switch to a system of proportional representation to elect members of the legislature for a third time, prompting all three parties to...
Dec 20, 2018
Hells Angels re-establish East Coast presence: 'They have a good footprint'
HALIFAX - The Hells Angels have re-established an evolving presence in Atlantic Canada, although experts say they have not expanded their roster of full-patch members since first reappearing in the re...
Dec 20, 2018
