Category Archives: Canada

Trudeau sees 2019 election as choice between positive Liberals, divisive Tories
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he’s confident he’ll win re-election next fall by sticking to a positive, thoughtful approach to difficult issues, in contrast to the Conservatives whom he acc...
Kayla Derkach Dec 19, 2018

B.C. Appeal Court upholds stay in terror case over alleged bomb plot
VANCOUVER - The RCMP’s conduct in its investigation of an alleged bomb plot at the B.C. legislature was a “travesty of justice” when officers continued to pursue the case against a c...
Kayla Derkach Dec 19, 2018
Wrong woman killed: Gang leader behind botched hit in Saskatoon loses appeal
SASKATOON - The gang leader behind a botched hit that led to the death of a 34-year-old Saskatoon mother of four has lost an appeal of his conviction. A judge found Joshua Petrin guilty in 2016 of fir...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018

Astronaut Saint-Jacques fields children's questions on Santa, climate change
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques took a break from his scientific responsibilities aboard the International Space Station Tuesday to ponder a more profound question. “Can...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018
Two-year-old boy injured in B.C. park after run-in with a cougar
MISSION, B.C. - A two-year-old boy has minor injuries after an encounter with a cougar in a park in Mission, B.C., on Monday. Sgt. Todd Hunter with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says the boy w...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018

Freeland says Trump metal tariffs 'contradict' new NAFTA and will have to go
OTTAWA - Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs contradict a key component of the new North American trade agreement - the pivotal section on autos - which will ultimately lead to their demis...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018

Privacy watchdog says legal cannabis buyers should use cash, not credit
OTTAWA - Canada’s privacy watchdog is warning marijuana users to pay with cash rather than plastic if they’re worried about the collection of their personal information. In a statement pos...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018

CSIS gathered info on peaceful groups, but only in pursuit of threats: Watchdog
OTTAWA - Canada’s spy service collected some information about peaceful anti-petroleum groups, but only incidentally in the process of investigating legitimate threats to projects such as oil pi...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018

Indigenous sterilization victims fear inaction as feds eye examination
OTTAWA - “Do you want them cut or burned?” Deb Ironbow says she was light-headed, powerless and strapped to an operating table when a doctor asked her how he should proceed with her tubal ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018
Emergency task force calls for safe supply of drugs in Vancouver to prevent ODs
Vancouver’s mayor says he will direct staff to look for a site where drug users can get safe opioids to prevent overdoses as part of a plan recommended by an emergency task force calling for mor...
Kayla Derkach Dec 18, 2018

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