Category Archives: Canada
Quebec man sues provincial police for $635,000 for alleged beating
MONTREAL - A man who has been linked to organized crime filed a $635,000 lawsuit against Quebec provincial police on Thursday, alleging he was “severely beaten” by a police officer in a ho...
Oct 05, 2017
Disabled Winnipeg football player reaches settlement with Bishop's University
A former Bishop’s University football player who became mentally and physically disabled following a severe head injury during a game has settled a lawsuit with the school. Kevin Kwasny of Winni...
Oct 05, 2017
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Oct. 5 --- TRANSCANADA SCUTTLES ENERGY EAST: TransCanada Corp. has abandoned its $15.7-billion proposed Energy East pipeline, citing changed circumstances. ...
Oct 05, 2017
Pipeline approval put Alberta's needs ahead of B.C.'s oil-spill concerns
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing British Columbia in its fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion says the federal cabinet’s approval of the project is “lopsided” because...
Oct 05, 2017
Controversial events in the history of TransCanada's Energy East pipeline
TORONTO - TransCanada Corp. has cancelled its $15.7-billion proposed Energy East pipeline, with CEO Russ Girling citing non-specific “changed circumstances” Thursday morning. Supporters of...
Oct 05, 2017
Task force developed between Ottawa, Inuit to tackle sky-high tuberculosis rates
OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled Thursday a plan aimed at eliminating the sky high rate of tuberculosis among Canada’s Inuit population. Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott announ...
Oct 05, 2017
Two injured in Manitoba crash involving donkey, distracted driver
CARMAN, Man. - RCMP in southern Manitoba say two people who stopped on the side of a road to capture a roaming donkey were hurt when a distracted driver rear-ended their vehicle. Officers say the donk...
Oct 05, 2017
Feds to announce payout of up to $800M to Indigenous victims of '60s Scoop
TORONTO - The federal government has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to survivors of the ’60s Scoop for the harm suffered by Indigenous children who were robbed of their cultural i...
Oct 05, 2017
Halifax warship returns from hurricane-scarred Caribbean islands
HALIFAX - Standing on the rear deck of the Canadian warship HMCS St. John’s, Howard Shillingford shook his head as he recalled the sound hurricane Maria made when the Category 5 storm descended ...
Oct 05, 2017
Watchdog investigating Waterloo regional police after 2 die in collision
FREELTON, Ont. - Two people were killed in a southern Ontario highway collision on Thursday after a car being chased by police crashed into a transport truck. The incident in rural Hamilton is being i...
Oct 05, 2017
