Category Archives: Canada
No injuries in Quebec train derailment
LAVAL, Que. - Four empty cars from a derailed freight train plunged into a river Thursday night in Laval, Que. The derailment happened at about 9 p.m. near the entrance to the Sophie-Masson bridge, wh...
Oct 12, 2017
Saskatchewan NDP reviewing sex assault allegation against former candidate
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democrats are investigating an allegation from a young party member who says she was harassed and sexually assaulted by a party insider. Interim NDP leader Nicole Sarauer say...
Oct 12, 2017
Ex-Mulroney spokesman back on Quebec TV after joke about hunting separatists
MONTREAL - The former spokesman for Brian Mulroney who was suspended from a TV show after joking on air about hunting Quebec separatists returned to his job Thursday. Luc Lavoie rejoined the other pun...
Oct 12, 2017
Winnipeg children's entertainer sentenced on child pornography charges
WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man who worked as a children's entertainer doing magic shows has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Dan Kamenicky, also kn...
Oct 12, 2017
B.C. man suffered severe injuries in fatal encounter with police, watchdog says
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s police watchdog is shedding light on the severe injuries suffered by a man during a deadly encounter with Vancouver police in a court document seeking an order for...
Oct 12, 2017
Fuel spill off Great Bear Rainforest offers few answers one year later: nation
VICTORIA - A rich marine harvest ground for a First Nation near British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest remains closed to shell fishing one year after a tug ran aground, spilling more than 100,...
Oct 12, 2017
Boeing faces challenge to prove harm from CSeries, says U.S. think tank
MONTREAL - Boeing Co. appears to face an uphill climb to prove to U.S. trade authorities that has been harmed by Bombardier’s CSeries commercial jet given that the world’s largest aircraft...
Oct 12, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 12 --- CANADIAN AND FAMILY HELD BY TALIBAN FREED IN COMMANDO RAID: The High Commissioner for Pakistan to Canada says Pakistani commandos carried out a ...
Oct 12, 2017
Indigenous restaurant in Toronto ignites debate over ethics of seal meat
TORONTO - There are many dishes on the menu at Kukum Kitchen that reflect chef Joseph Shawana’s upbringing on the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Reserve on Manitoulin Island, but one in particular has att...
Oct 12, 2017
Boyle-Coleman kids face long road to recovery but healing possible: experts
TORONTO - Three children born in captivity and held along with their parents by a Taliban-linked group are facing a long but by no means impassable road to recovery, psychological experts said Thursda...
Oct 12, 2017
