Category Archives: Canada
Fractured care system ill-equipped to deal with abuse at Halifax orphanage
HALIFAX - A new report from an ongoing public inquiry into decades of abuse at a Halifax-area orphanage says a fragmented system of care wasn’t equipped to address the needs of children who were...
Dec 07, 2018
Winnipeg company's humorous bid to keep kids safe not so funny for parents
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg business is apologizing after a humorous attempt to discourage parents from dropping off their children on its property to attend a nearby elementary school backfired. The sign p...
Dec 07, 2018
UN committee tells Canada to do more on sterilizations of Indigenous women
OTTAWA - Canada has to stop the “extensive forced or coerced sterilization” of Indigenous women and girls in Canada, the United Nations Committee Against Torture told the country on Friday...
Dec 07, 2018
Call centre abruptly closes in Cape Breton, leaving hundreds without work
SYDNEY, N.S. - Politicians offered a glimmer of hope Friday to hundreds of Cape Breton call centre workers grappling with layoffs less than three weeks before Christmas, saying the operation has a ...
Dec 07, 2018
Carbon monoxide poisonings in B.C. prompt warning about detectors
VANCOUVER - A senior paramedic in British Columbia is encouraging homeowners to buy carbon monoxide detectors and inspect their appliances following a spike in poisonings in the past week. Leon Barano...
Dec 07, 2018
Inquiry into murder-suicide involving Afghan veteran to being early next year
HALIFAX - The long-awaited fatality inquiry into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia is expected to begin early next year - more than two years af...
Dec 07, 2018
In the news today, Dec. 7
Four stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 7 --- CHINESE TELECOM EXEC DUE IN VANCOUVER COURT A Chinese telecommunications executive who was arrested after an extradition request from the United States ...
Dec 07, 2018
Chinese telecom executive accused of fraud over Iran sanctions in United States
VANCOUVER - A senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is facing allegations of fraud by using a subsidiary to violate United States and European Union trade sanctions against Iran in a case that...
Dec 07, 2018
Little results from first ministers meeting, but at least nobody stormed out
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau managed to keep the peace at what began as a tension-filled first ministers meeting Friday but had few concrete achievements to show for the day-long gathering...
Dec 07, 2018
Girl opens Christmas present she gave to boy when she dumped him in 1971
ST. ALBERT, Alta. - A man in Edmonton who made international headlines for holding onto a wrapped Christmas gift from a high-school girlfriend who dumped him nearly 50 years ago finally learned what i...
Dec 07, 2018
