Category Archives: Canada
Saudi minister mocks Canadian demands for release of female activists
OTTAWA - The Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister threw cold water on hopes the diplomatic row between his country and Canada will come to an end on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this...
Sep 27, 2018
B.C. First Nation won't be able to return home for months after wildfires
Members of a tiny First Nation in northwest British Columbia remain scattered across the province in hotels and relatives’ homes after fleeing destructive wildfires this summer. It will take mon...
Sep 27, 2018
Saudi minister mocks Canadian demands for release of female activists
OTTAWA - The Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister threw cold water on hopes the diplomatic row between his country and Canada will come to an end on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this...
Sep 27, 2018
Mayor, others push back on Canadian company's proposed robot brothel in Houston
HOUSTON - A so-called robot brothel a Canadian company said it wants to open in Houston is getting pushback from local officials and community groups, with the mayor saying the city is reviewing its o...
Sep 27, 2018
Some central characters in U.S. Supreme Court nomination drama
WASHINGTON - A look at some of the central characters in Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation drama in Washington, where Christine Blasey Ford detailed her allegations of sexual assault in...
Sep 27, 2018
Mayor, others push back on Canadian company's proposed robot brothel in Houston
HOUSTON - A so-called robot brothel a Canadian company said it wants to open in Houston is getting pushback from local officials and community groups, with the mayor saying the city is reviewing its o...
Sep 27, 2018
Some central characters in U.S. Supreme Court nomination drama
WASHINGTON - A look at some of the central characters in Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court confirmation drama in Washington, where Christine Blasey Ford detailed her allegations of sexual assault in...
Sep 27, 2018
More than half of fatal overdoses involved people who were mentally ill: coroner
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says completed investigations of 872 overdose fatalities show more than half of those who died had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder or had evidence of b...
Sep 27, 2018
Stripping Oberlander, 94, of Canadian citizenship 'reasonable,' court rules
TORONTO - A government decision to strip Canadian citizenship from an elderly man, who argued he was forced as a teenager to join a Nazi death squad, was reasonable, a Federal Court judge ruled on Thu...
Sep 27, 2018
More than half of fatal overdoses involved people who were mentally ill: coroner
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service says completed investigations of 872 overdose fatalities show more than half of those who died had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder or had evidence of b...
Sep 27, 2018
