Category Archives: Canada
Families walk Highway of Tears to honour missing, murdered Indigenous women
VANCOUVER - When Gladys Radek walks the Highway of Tears, she says she can feel the spirits of women who are missing or have been murdered walking beside her. Dozens have vanished or been killed along...
Sep 20, 2017
Defence asks for Ontario Liberal bribery charges to be dismissed
SUDBURY, Ont. - Lawyers representing two Ontario Liberals charged with Election Act bribery offences will argue next month that the Crown hasn’t proven its case and the matter should be thrown o...
Sep 20, 2017
Ontario ministry searches Volkswagen offices in emissions scandal investigation
The federal government should be moving ahead with action against Volkswagen in the wake of news that Ontario has charged the company and carried out a raid on its headquarters, according to an enviro...
Sep 20, 2017
Cullen says he's not concerned about Singh's lack of seat in House of Commons
OTTAWA - Veteran New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen is shrugging off the fact Jagmeet Singh is in no hurry to sit in the House of Commons, choosing to endorse the member of the Ontario legislature in his b...
Sep 20, 2017
Ontario boosting penalties for careless and distracted drivers
TORONTO - Careless drivers in Ontario causing death could soon be fined up to $50,000 as the government plans to introduce tougher penalties that will also crack down on distracted driving. Ontario...
Sep 20, 2017
Couche-Tard says it still wants to sell marijuana in its Quebec convenience stores
LAVAL, Que. - Alimentation Couche-Tard is still interested in selling marijuana and its co-founder says he thinks provincial governments should stay out of selling this product. Alain Bouchard, the ex...
Sep 20, 2017
U.S. museum given 'cultural repatriation' award for returning Inuit bodies
A renowned American museum and an Inuit government have received an award for returning Inuit bodies that had been dug up and taken for scientific study. Chicago’s Field Museum and the Nunatsiav...
Sep 20, 2017
Regimental funeral to be held today for Mountie killed while helping motorists
MONCTON, N.B. - A regimental funeral will be held today in New Brunswick for a member of the RCMP killed in a collision last week when he stopped to help motorists change a flat tire. Const. Frank Des...
Sep 20, 2017
Incoming governor general meets with Queen for first time
Canada’s incoming Governor General has had her first audience with the Queen. The Governor General’s office says Julie Payette met with Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral Castle, her summer home ...
Sep 20, 2017
Courier ordered to pay damages after stallion sperm shipment loses its potency
HALIFAX - A multinational courier has been ordered to pay damages for taking two days to deliver stallion sperm after a Halifax adjudicator found customers were justified in expecting overnight servic...
Sep 20, 2017
