Category Archives: Canada
Former Ontario high school principal pleads guilty in test-tampering case
TORONTO - A former Ontario high school principal pleaded guilty on Friday to professional misconduct after tampering with a standardized provincial literacy test. Christine Vellinga admitted in an agr...
Jan 26, 2018
Barry and Honey Sherman victims of 'targeted' double killing, police say
TORONTO - Billionaire generic drug tycoon Barry Sherman and his wife Honey were victims of a targeted double killing but no suspects have been identified, Toronto police said on Friday. Det. Sgt. Susa...
Jan 26, 2018
Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle to undergo psychiatric assessment
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who faces a string of assault charges, will undergo a comprehensive psychiatric assessment. Boyle’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, told an Ontario ...
Jan 26, 2018
Patrick Brown was the victim of a 'political hit,' says his sister
TORONTO - A longtime Progressive Conservative’s comments that she had flagged rumours about Patrick Brown to his campaign team weeks before he stepped down raised questions Friday about the part...
Jan 26, 2018
A deeper look into new research on factors that drive 'northern populism'
OTTAWA - Across the world, citizens who have felt sideswiped by technological, cultural and economic progress have sought to regain some measure of control by seeking to upend the political status quo...
Jan 26, 2018
Ordered Oshawa: why this city is ranked Canada's most insecure
OSHAWA, Ont. - Vacant storefronts are a common sight in downtown Oshawa - even a Tim Hortons closed last year amid complaints about loiterers and drug users. Yet, three shops selling comics, toys and ...
Jan 26, 2018
NAFTA negotiators hope to finish work on less contentious chapters
MONTREAL - NAFTA negotiators are close to completing at least six non-controversial chapters this weekend in their Montreal talks, including ones on digital commerce and anti-corruption, Canadian and ...
Jan 26, 2018
Ottawa poised to help newspapers in coming federal budget
OTTAWA - The federal government is signalling that the country’s newspaper industry is set to get financial help, with the minister in charge of the file vowing of measures in this year’s ...
Jan 26, 2018
N.S. Tory leader dismissed over a single incident in December, party now says
HALIFAX - The president of Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative Party says she was told by “multiple sources” about a single incident involving inappropriate behaviour by former le...
Jan 26, 2018
RCMP fined for Labour Code violations in wake of fatal shooting rampage in N.B.
MONCTON, N.B. - Nearly four years after the warm June night that saw three outgunned Mounties killed in a shooting spree, the RCMP was ordered Friday to pay $550,000 for failing to properly arm and tr...
Jan 26, 2018
