Category Archives: Canada
Accused in Montreal store clerk's slaying mounting mental disorder defence
MONTREAL - A man on trial for first-degree murder in the slaying of a young female supermarket clerk told jurors Thursday he killed her because he was convinced she was waiting to shoot him and other ...
Sep 21, 2017
Privacy czar blames RCMP after woman denied entry to U.S. over suicide attempt
OTTAWA - A Canadian woman was turned back at the U.S. border after information about her suicide attempt was inappropriately shared with American officials through an RCMP-administered database, the f...
Sep 21, 2017
Conference Board expects 3.1 per cent growth this year, 2.0 per cent in 2018
OTTAWA - The Conference Board of Canada says it expects the economy to grow by 3.1 per cent this year, but cautioned growth will slow over the second half and into next year. Growth is forecast to slo...
Sep 21, 2017
Sobeys donate $6.5 million in bid to entice poor to college in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The scions of the Sobeys grocery empire are donating $6.5 million to a community college in their home province, aiming to identify and help people who may have never considered pursuing hig...
Sep 21, 2017
Woman with Down syndrome files human rights complaint over cops' comments
TORONTO - A 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after two Toronto police officers were recorded mocking her during a traffic stop. Fran...
Sep 21, 2017
Tory senator loses committee jobs, keeps caucus spot after controversial letter
OTTAWA - Controversial Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak has been removed from all Senate committees following remarks about First Nations which have been widely condemned. Beyak remains a member of the Co...
Sep 21, 2017
'The community's figuring it out:' Arctic cruise tourism comes of age
GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - Tourists say the darndest things. Just ask Anna Aaluq, who’s waiting on a pebbly beach to guide a group of cruise ship passengers around her hometown of Gjoa Haven, Nunavu...
Sep 21, 2017
Severe weather has become key safety concern for marathon organizers
Krista DuChene was only 12 kilometres into the 2013 world championship marathon in Moscow, when her legs gave way. One of the country’s most finely tuned runners was succumbing to heat exhaustio...
Sep 21, 2017
Calgary Flames said they would have put $275 million into a new arena
CALGARY - No longer talking to each other behind closed doors about a new NHL arena, the Calgary Flames and their city continue to talk loudly to the public about it. The Flames disclosed what they th...
Sep 21, 2017
Baloney Meter: How U.S. border guards will behave in era of legal pot in Canada
OTTAWA - (If the Trudeau government doesn't take action now), “you’re going to see hundreds of thousands of Canadians denied entry to the United States because they admitted to using canna...
Sep 21, 2017
