Category Archives: Canada
Conviction quashed for Manitoba man who spent 23 years behind bars
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who spent 23 years in prison for first-degree murder had his conviction quashed by the province’s Court of Appeal Tuesday. A panel of three judges ruled that Frank Ostr...
Nov 27, 2018
How an extra EI benefits program from 2016 could affect how feds help GM workers
OTTAWA - The federal government finds itself being asked to consider extra employment insurance benefits to help cushion the blow for workers at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ont., that GM plans...
Nov 27, 2018
New tax credit could pay for two months access to online news sites
OTTAWA - A tax credit Ottawa is promising to encourage more Canadians to pay for online news will roughly cover two months of a digital subscription fee. The tax credit is one of three components of a...
Nov 27, 2018
New tax credit could pay for two months access to online news sites
OTTAWA - A tax credit Ottawa is promising to encourage more Canadians to pay for online news will roughly cover two months of a digital subscription fee. The tax credit is one of three components of a...
Nov 27, 2018
Goodale hints prison needle programs could be changed
OTTAWA - Prison needle-exchange programs that guards say will endanger their health and safety could get another look with an eye to changes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale signalled Tuesday. Th...
Nov 27, 2018
Goodale hints prison needle programs could be changed
OTTAWA - Prison needle-exchange programs that guards say will endanger their health and safety could get another look with an eye to changes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale signalled Tuesday. Th...
Nov 27, 2018
$1.75B in mystery money could let Ottawa to start compensating farmers soon
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to spend $1.75 billion by March without having said what the money is for, though at least some of the cash is likely to go to farmers hurt by new trade d...
Nov 27, 2018
Puffball, upchuck: Alberta scientists analyze 10 funniest words
EDMONTON - Ever wondered why some words can make you snort milk through your nose or why little kids love to run around yelling certain others? A pair of University of Alberta researchers say theyR...
Nov 27, 2018
RCMP officer felt betrayed by force after man's death: colleague tells inquest
BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer who took his own life was betrayed by the force and “hung out to dry” by superiors who used him to tell a false story about the death of a Polish immigrant ...
Nov 27, 2018
Saskatchewan proposes controversial trespass law requiring landowner permission
SASKATOON - A First Nations leader says proposed Saskatchewan legislation that would require people to get permission before going on private land could lead to clashes and even deaths. Chief Bobby Ca...
Nov 27, 2018
