Category Archives: Canada
Charges dropped against one of three British sailors accused in sex assault case
HALIFAX - Charges have been dropped against one of three British sailors accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Nova Scotia military base in 2015. The Crown told Nova Supreme Court on Thursday th...
Kayla Derkach Dec 15, 2017

In the news today, Dec. 15
Five stories in the news for Friday, Dec. 15 --- JASON KENNEY CRUISES TO BYELECTION WIN Jason Kenney, the former federal cabinet minister who now leads Alberta’s United Conservative Party, won a...
Kayla Derkach Dec 15, 2017

Moose calves rescued in northern B.C. are 'golden nuggets:' researcher
After months of bottle-feedings and curfews, a pair of moose calves rescued in northern British Columbia are thriving and giving hope for other orphaned wildlife in the region. Roy Rea, an instructor ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 15, 2017

Plane that crashed in Saskatchewan left long wreckage path across ground: TSB
FOND DU LAC, Sask. - Investigators say a passenger plane that crashed in northern Saskatchewan left a path of wreckage almost a quarter of a kilometre long through trees and across the ground. All 25 ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 15, 2017

B.C. man found guilty of polygamy believed he couldn't be prosecuted: lawyer
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Crown lawyers argue that a fundamentalist Mormon leader should have relied on legal precedent instead of public statements from the provincial government for clarity on Canada's crim...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Canada's spy agency reaches settlement over harassment allegations
OTTAWA - Canada’s spy agency says it has reached a settlement in a discrimination and harassment lawsuit launched by five employees this year. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says a m...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
Public Health Agency links one death to multi-province E. coli outbreak
OTTAWA - One fatality has been linked to an E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce that has been detected in five provinces. The Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement Thursday night that a t...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

Site C was tough decision, now it's time to make best use of project: minister
VICTORIA - He was one of staunchest critics of the Site C dam, but George Heyman found himself in the uncomfortable position this week of supporting a plan to complete the $10.7 billion megaproject. A...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017
TVA network apologizes for saying mosques sought exclusion of women at worksite
MONTREAL - French-language network TVA has apologized for a baseless report that said members of two Montreal mosques asked for female construction workers to be excluded from a nearby site. The TV ne...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

Federal Health Minister discusses opioid crisis on first official Montreal visit
MONTREAL - The country’s ongoing opioid crisis topped the agenda on Monday during Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s first official visit to Montreal as federal health minister. Petitpas Taylor met...
Kayla Derkach Dec 14, 2017

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