Category Archives: Canada

'It's not humane:' Alberta bans spear-hunting after graphic bear-hunting video
EDMONTON - Spear-hunting is being banned in Alberta following outcry after a viral video showed an American hunter killing a black bear with a spear. The province has updated hunting rules to ensure b...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Don't 'jump to conclusions' on pot timing, federal public safety minister says
OTTAWA - People shouldn’t “jump to conclusions” about when they’ll be able to buy marijuana legally, as a key federal bill makes its way through Parliament, Public Safety Minis...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

PM orders review of Justice arguments against military sex misconduct lawsuit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put Justice Department lawyers on notice Wednesday for their response to a proposed class-action lawsuit on military sexual misconduct, saying their arguments ar...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Family of man killed during arrest last June by Montreal police sues city
MONTREAL - A disturbing cellphone video that allegedly captures a Montreal police intervention prior to the fatal shooting of a black man last June reveals officers used disproportionate force, lawyer...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Wynne's threat of trade war against Buy American criticized by opposition
TORONTO - Ontario’s threat of a trade war with U.S. states that adopt Buy American policies sparked swift criticism Wednesday from the opposition, who called it nothing but a “recklessR...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Woman sues ex for half of $6 million lottery win after he left with ticket
An Ontario woman is suing her former common-law partner for allegedly denying that the couple had won $6 million in a provincial lottery before claiming the full prize for himself. Denise Robertson...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Family mourns death of sculptor by finishing frozen tribute to Gord Downie
At least two frozen sculptures of the late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie have popped up in Ontario this winter, but for the family of a veteran Ottawa snow sculptor who died recently, finishing ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Killing free trade would hurt U.S. middle class, Trudeau tells Chicago crowd
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump’s threat to tear up the North American free trade pact would cause economic suffering in the United States in a decision that would also be terrible politics, Pr...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Trudeau on Trans Mountain: talking to premiers over pipeline battle, says PM
OTTAWA - Just because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to wade publicly into the emerging pipeline-induced trade war between British Columbia and Alberta, that doesn’t mean things aren&...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

Trudeau says 'peoplekind' remark was a bad attempt at humour he regrets
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an off-the-cuff remark he made during a town hall meeting about making the word mankind more inclusive was an attempt at humour that backfired - a joke that...
Kayla Derkach Feb 07, 2018

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