Category Archives: Canada
Trump's trickle-down tax plan: What it does to the rich, the poor, and Canada
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump promised to govern for America’s forgotten men and women; yet he promoted a tax reform plan on Wednesday that independent analysts say does the exact opposite, transfer...
Nov 29, 2017
Crown says B.C. ex-Mountie accused of sexual assault painted woman as instigator
VANCOUVER - A retired RCMP inspector had a mistaken belief that a civilian employee consented to sexual activity in a washroom at the force’s British Columbia headquarters, the Crown says. Miche...
Nov 29, 2017
A look at some of the cases involving new Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin
OTTAWA - Sheilah Martin of Calgary has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Here’s a look at some of the cases she has worked on since she was called to the bar in Alberta in 1989: Tho...
Nov 29, 2017
Lobster found off New Brunswick coast with image of Pepsi can on claw
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - Fisherman Karissa Lindstrand drinks a lot of Pepsi every day - so imagine her surprise as she was banding lobster claws and came across a lobster with the image of a Pepsi can on i...
Nov 29, 2017
'I expect better:' Police chief says 2 more officers face drunk-driving charges
Winnipeg’s police chief says he will investigate whether more must be done to fight impaired driving in the city’s police force following the arrests of two more officers. Danny Smyth reve...
Nov 29, 2017
47% decrease in mortgage loan insurance business 'new normal': CMHC
TORONTO - Canada’s national housing agency said Wednesday that the 47 per cent decline in the country’s insured mortgage market year-over-year in the third quarter is the “new normal...
Nov 29, 2017
Slimmer Globe and Mail print edition saves $1 million in annual newsprint costs
CALGARY - The Globe and Mail will roll out a redesigned newspaper with fewer, bigger sections starting Friday that will be printed on narrower paper to make handling easier for readers and save money ...
Nov 29, 2017
Two men accused of killing Laura Babcock won't take the stand in their defence
TORONTO - Two men accused of killing a young Toronto woman more than five years ago have chosen not to take the stand in their defence, their trial heard Wednesday. Dellen Millard and Mark Smich have ...
Nov 29, 2017
'Magnetic pull:' quadruple homicide victims' loved ones embrace outside court
CALGARY - A quadruple homicide in Calgary earlier this year has brought together the families of three of the victims. Yu Chieh Liao and Tewodros Kebede are charged with first-degree murder in the dea...
Nov 29, 2017
Canadian astronaut announces new experiments for upcoming space mission
LONGUEUIL, Que. - When Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques boards the International Space Station in November 2018, he’ll be involved in groundbreaking experiments on how the body’s imm...
Nov 29, 2017
