Category Archives: Canada
Alberta couple facing new trial in son's meningitis death want charge dropped
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A couple facing a second trial in the meningitis death of their son are calling for charges against them to be dropped and an estimated $4 million from Alberta Justice. David S...
Dec 06, 2018
B.C. legislature Speaker threatens to resign; defends handling of suspensions
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia’s legislature has promised to resign if a financial audit he is recommending doesn’t prompt public outrage and back his handling of a controversy...
Dec 06, 2018
Vice-Admiral Norman leaked cabinet secrets for more than a year, Crown alleges
OTTAWA - New court documents have sketched out the Crown’s case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, alleging the suspended military officer tried to undermine and influence the federal cabinetR...
Dec 06, 2018
United Conservative leader regrets comments on gay hospital visitation rights
EDMONTON - Alberta’s United Conservative leader says he regrets comments made in his earlier days about overturning a law extending hospital visitation rights to gay couples during the 1980s AID...
Dec 06, 2018
Hazing has long history, based on solidifying power, status within group: experts
TORONTO - It’s been called a rite of passage, a bonding ritual, a way to initiate novice members into a fraternity, elite sports team or military unit through physical and mental challenges - wi...
Dec 06, 2018
Huawei arrest in Canada adds new wrinkle to fraught China-U.S. trade relations
WASHINGTON - If trade ties between China and the United States had a Facebook page, this week’s relationship status would surely read, “It’s complicated.” Even more so now: Inv...
Dec 06, 2018
Salvation Army in Calgary lacking toy donations; closes warehouse
CALGARY - The Salvation Army in Calgary says it has had to cancel volunteer shifts and close a warehouse because the agency hasn’t received enough Christmas toys for workers to sort. There are 7...
Dec 06, 2018
Former Laval mayor at heart of corruption scandal granted full parole
MONTREAL - The former mayor of Quebec's third-largest city has been granted full parole after serving a third of his six-year prison sentence for involvement in a corruption scheme. A Parole Board of ...
Dec 06, 2018
Man 'scared straight' as teenager gets $175,000 in damage award from B.C. court
VANCOUVER - A man who was required to visit a notorious British Columbia prison as part of a “scared straight” program has been awarded $175,000 in damages for a sexual assault that happen...
Dec 06, 2018
Federal whale-saving efforts threaten Vancouver Island livelihoods, say groups
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - Federal government efforts to save threatened southern resident killer whales could endanger the survival of communities on Vancouver Island whose economies depend on sport fishing a...
Dec 06, 2018
