Category Archives: Canada
B.C. casinos must declare cash deposits in new rules over money laundering
VICTORIA - More inspectors at some casinos and tighter checks on gamblers with deep pockets have been ordered by the British Columbia government as it aims to prevent money laundering. The new securit...
Dec 05, 2017
CBC says new paid streaming app an experiment in evolving viewer habits
TORONTO - While Netflix and CraveTV boast about their arsenals of blockbuster series, the CBC’s new streaming app is hoping to find a niche with news junkies and hockey fans. The national broadc...
Dec 05, 2017
Taxi driver convicted of sexual assault denied appeal after death
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court has dismissed a bid to continue an appeal of a sexual assault conviction by a taxi driver who has since died. William Roger MacLellan was convicted...
Dec 05, 2017
N.S. capital to commemorate catastrophic Halifax Explosion 100 years ago
HALIFAX - Sombre ceremonies will be held across Halifax on Wednesday to mark 100 years since the port city was devastated by a wartime blast that killed or injured about 11,000 people. The catastrophe...
Dec 05, 2017
China not able to join Canada-U.K. coal phase out alliance: McKenna
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says getting China into Canada’s international alliance to wean the world off coal power would be a huge win, but the world’s most populous ...
Dec 05, 2017
Alleged PATH stabber Rohinie Bisesar declared unfit to stand trial
TORONTO - A woman charged in an apparently unprovoked fatal stabbing in Toronto’s financial district was declared unfit to stand trial Tuesday, with a judge ordering her to spend two months rece...
Dec 05, 2017
B.C. sets minimum age of 19 to consume marijuana, plans mix of retail sales
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the latest province to lay out its plan for regulating recreational marijuana, announcing that pot sales will be allowed through both public and private stores ...
Dec 05, 2017
Respect for others a key for Supreme Court nominee Sheilah Martin
OTTAWA - Being a good listener and ensuring people know that they’ve been heard are keys to earning public confidence as a judge, Supreme Court nominee Sheilah Martin said Tuesday during a quest...
Dec 05, 2017
DND ombudsman urges more health support for Canadian Rangers in the North
OTTAWA - The Defence Department ombudsman says the military should be doing more to provide health support for the Canadian Rangers who patrol vast stretches of the North. In his latest report, ombuds...
Dec 05, 2017
War Museum teams up with soldier's great-granddaughter to buy Victoria Cross
OTTAWA - A rare medal awarded to a Canadian soldier for extreme bravery at the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 will be staying in Canada thanks to the Canadian War Museum - and the soldier’s gre...
Dec 05, 2017
