Category Archives: Canada
B.C. woman plagued by bedbugs on airplane not surprising, says expert
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia woman plagued by bedbugs on a nine-hour flight to London is a victim of the explosive growth in the critters globally, but travellers shouldn’t worry they’ll...
Oct 20, 2017
La Loche school shooter carried out plan with 'stark efficiency:' Crown
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A Saskatchewan judge is weighing whether a teenager who fatally shot four people and injured seven others at a school and a home in La Loche, Sask., should be sentenced as an adul...
Oct 20, 2017
Feds say police cannabis testing ongoing, rules on edibles in place in one year
EDMONTON - Canada’s health minister says pilot projects have begun on roadside police testing for marijuana, and the plan is to have rules in place for edible cannabis around July 2019. “O...
Oct 20, 2017
N.B. judge upholds dismissal of charges in police shooting of businessman
BATHURST, N.B. - A judge has upheld a decision dismissing manslaughter charges against two constables in the police shooting of a New Brunswick businessman. Const. Patrick Bulger and Const. Mathieu Bo...
Oct 20, 2017
Police officer hit by car and stabbed during Edmonton attack is back on job
EDMONTON - The Edmonton police officer who was run down and then stabbed during an attack that also injured four other people on Sept. 30 is back on the job. Const. Mike Chernyk, 48, had been handling...
Oct 19, 2017
Former senator, Pierre Trudeau confidant Michael Pitfield, dead at 80
OTTAWA - Michael Pitfield, a former Senator and clerk of the Privy Council, has died at the age of 80. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the death late Thursday, saying Pitfield was a “fam...
Oct 19, 2017
Manitoba university student discovers new species of zooplankton in Arctic
WINNIPEG - A University of Manitoba graduate student has discovered a mini monster in Canada's Arctic. Aurelie Delaforge found a tiny crustacean in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. It's a new form of zooplankt...
Oct 19, 2017
Changes made to MMIW inquiry so it can hear from more families in Manitoba
WINNIPEG - The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has made changes to allow more families in Manitoba to tell their stories of loss. So far 120 Manitoba families hav...
Oct 19, 2017
Airport screeners relaxing handling of passengers with medical marijuana
OTTAWA - Travellers who are prescribed marijuana for medical reasons have fewer hurdles to clear at airport screening points due to a change in policy by the agency responsible for security. The Canad...
Oct 19, 2017
Celebrated Yukon First Nations leader Mike Smith has died
WHITEHORSE - First Nations leader, Yukon lawyer and residential school survivor Mike Smith died Wednesday in Whitehorse. His family released a statement Thursday saying that Smith wanted his condition...
Oct 19, 2017
