Category Archives: Canada
Parents of murdered Montreal store clerk speak at sentencing hearing
MONTREAL - A young woman who was murdered as she worked in a busy Montreal grocery store was a luminous, loving and peaceful girl whose life was stolen, her parents said during sentencing arguments We...
Oct 25, 2017
City holds public hearing to regulate short-term vacation rentals in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Many proponents of the home sharing platform Airbnb called on Vancouver to loosen terms of proposed regulations on the industry, but renters advocates and condominium boards say tight rule...
Oct 24, 2017
WestJet flight makes unscheduled landing due to unruly, drunk passenger
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - RCMP in the northern Alberta detachment of Wood Buffalo say a WestJet flight made an unscheduled landing in Fort McMurray earlier this week due to an unruly drunk. Cpl. Teri-Ann...
Oct 24, 2017
Mother of Canadian man missing in Peru says Apple and Amazon co-operating with police
A Canadian woman who is searching for her missing son in Peru says Amazon and Apple have released information requested by Peruvian police trying to find the 22-year-old. Alisa Clamen, a Montreal resi...
Oct 24, 2017
New Brunswick couple identified as pair found dead in Rocky Mountains
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A couple from Saint John, N.B., have been identified as the two people found dead this week in the Rocky Mountains - police say the woman was murdered while the man’s death ...
Oct 24, 2017
Accused bank robber, former news director faced debt, divorce and depression
WINNIPEG - Court documents show a former Winnipeg television news director accused of robbing two banks in Alberta was battling depression, facing crippling debt and was the subject of a protection or...
Oct 24, 2017
Notley says Catholic school sex-ed plan as advertised won't ever be taught
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says an alternative sex education curriculum being crafted by Catholic school officials will never be taught if it arrives as previously advertised. In an inte...
Oct 24, 2017
Man pulled from collapsed house in Hamilton, taken to hospital: officials
HAMILTON - Emergency crews rescued a man from the wreckage of a house that exploded in Hamilton on Tuesday, rushing him to hospital after the blast that scattered debris around the residential neighbo...
Oct 24, 2017
Former Crystal Castles singer Alice Glass alleges abuse by bandmate
Canadian musician Alice Glass has posted a lengthy online message to fans alleging abuse at the hands of her former Crystal Castles bandmate. Glass left the critically acclaimed electronic duo in 2014...
Oct 24, 2017
No charges after investigation of city council in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - No charges have resulted from an investigation of allegations involving the city council in Nanaimo, B.C. British Columbia’s Prosecution Service says in a statement that special ...
Oct 24, 2017
