Category Archives: Canada
University of B.C. survey says health and safety are issues for trans youth
VANCOUVER - A new study says safety, exposure to violence and discrimination are major issues for transgender youth in Canada. Researchers at the University of British Columbia analyzed data from 923 ...
Dec 05, 2017
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 5 --- CANADIAN ANTI-DOPING ADVOCATE COMMENDS IOC’S RUSSIAN CRACKDOWN: Beckie Scott says she’s encouraged by the International Olympic Commit...
Dec 05, 2017
Pro-NAFTA American lawmakers press Trump at meeting
WASHINGTON - A number of pro-trade American lawmakers had lunch with Donald Trump on Tuesday as they ramped up the political campaign to prevent him from blowing up NAFTA. Trump met at the White House...
Dec 05, 2017
Trial hears DNA of accused letter-bomber found on evidence from two blast sites
WINNIPEG - An RCMP forensic specialist says DNA from a Winnipeg man accused of sending letter bombs matched samples taken at two blast sites. Guido Amsel has pleaded not guilty to five counts of attem...
Dec 05, 2017
Argument on social media leads to fight with weapons in Kingston, Ont.: police
KINGSTON, Ont. - Two eastern Ontario teens are facing charges after a social media argument escalated into a fight with weapons on a front yard. Police in Kingston, Ont., say two girls became involved...
Dec 05, 2017
Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey says newspapers will survive but with reduced numbers
More Canadian newspapers will close in the next few years but printed news will still exist 10 years from now, Postmedia Network Inc. CEO Paul Godfrey said in an interview on Tuesday. “I think n...
Dec 05, 2017
Legal age to smoke pot in Manitoba to be 19; home-growing will be banned
WINNIPEG - Manitoba plans to set 19 as the minimum age to buy and use recreational marijuana once it’s legalized in July, but people would not be allowed to grow it at home for their own use. Ju...
Dec 05, 2017
Basil Borutski, who killed 3 women in the Ottawa Valley, to be sentenced Wednesday
PEMBROKE, Ont. - A 60-year-old man convicted of killing three women during an hour-long rampage in the Ottawa Valley two years ago will be sentenced on Wednesday. Basil Borutski sat in a packed Pembro...
Dec 05, 2017
Man accused of flashing woman in St. Thomas, Ont., park wore a miniskirt: police
ST. THOMAS, Ont. - Police say a man who was wearing a purple sweater and plaid miniskirt is accused of flashing a woman in a southwestern Ontario park. Investigators say the woman was walking her dog ...
Dec 05, 2017
Saskatchewan child advocate suggests ways to prevent Indigenous youth suicides
LA RONGE, Sask. - A report about suicide among Indigenous youth in northern Saskatchewan says they feel bullied, sad and alone in their communities. One youth, who tried to kill himself twice by the t...
Dec 05, 2017
