Category Archives: Canada
A look at key events in the investigation and murder trial of Gerald Stanley
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A jury is considering whether Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley is guilty in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old resident of the Red Pheasant First Nation. Here is...
Feb 08, 2018
B.C. announces $20M in support for Indigenous communities battling overdoses
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has announced $20 million in funding over three years for Indigenous communities struggling with an overdose death rate that’s three times higher than the general po...
Feb 08, 2018
Saskatchewan farmer's trial in death of Indigenous man marked by racial tension
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - While a jury inside a Saskatchewan courtroom heard conflicting accounts of how an Indigenous man was shot and killed by a white farmer, racial tension simmered outside on the court...
Feb 08, 2018
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Feb. 8 --- MCARTHUR EXPECTED TO FACE MORE CHARGES: Toronto police say an alleged serial killer already accused of murdering five men is likely to face more ...
Feb 08, 2018
Annual conservative get together comes as movement seeks to recoup momentum
OTTAWA - Canadian conservatives began their annual gathering Thursday in Ottawa, still smarting from the one-two punch of misconduct and mismanagement allegations echoing through the halls of power in...
Feb 08, 2018
Salesforce will invest $2.5B over 5 years to grow its Canadian business
SAN FRANCISCO - Salesforce will invest $2.5 billion in its Canadian business over the next five years, the enterprise software company announced Thursday, the same day Justin Trudeau visited its Silic...
Feb 08, 2018
Questions remain in child neglect case: 'Unfathomable how this could happen'
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick authorities are committing to reviews of a severe neglect case that saw five children with little food, and living in a home smeared with feces. The children lived in filth...
Feb 08, 2018
Mexico on idea of breaking NAFTA into separate deals: No gracias
WASHINGTON - Mexico’s chief NAFTA negotiator is brushing off the idea of breaking the three-country agreement into separate one-on-one deals. Kenneth Smith Ramos is using Twitter to argue for th...
Feb 08, 2018
Witness at murder trial of accused in girl's death heard him talk about river
WINNIPEG - About two weeks before a 15-year-old Indigenous girl’s body was found in the Red River, her accused killer argued loudly with her and mentioned something about a river, a Winnipeg cou...
Feb 08, 2018
Man sentenced to one year in jail for attack on New Brunswick school
MONCTON, N.B. - A 36-year-old New Brunswick man has been sentenced to a year in jail for ramming his car into a school and threatening to kill the staff and students. Mathieu Carroll was ordered to se...
Feb 08, 2018
