Category Archives: Canada
Sentencing hearing delayed again: Prosecutor in La Loche shooting named a judge
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A lawyer acting for the prosecution in the case of a deadly northern Saskatchewan shooting has been named a provincial court judge. Lloyd Stang’s call to the bench further d...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
N.B. committee calls for government-run marijuana stores, legal age of 19
FREDERICTON - A legislature committee is recommending New Brunswick sell marijuana through government-operated stores to anyone 19 years or older. The report from the select committee on cannabis, rel...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
Quebec premier says there's an advantage to youth being bilingual
QUEBEC - Forcing francophone students to attend junior college exclusively in French, as some Parti Quebecois members have proposed, is a non-starter for the Liberals, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillar...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
Feds get ready for winter by looking into heated trailers for asylum seekers
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is thinking about buying trailers to keep asylum seekers currently living in tents at the U.S. border safe from the cold winter. “These tents do have heaters, but...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
Trudeau marks Eid al-Adha: Prime minister urges Canadians to fight Islamophobia
SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says now, more than ever, Canadians must stand together against racism and Islamophobia. Trudeau made the comments in Saskatoon while delivering remarks recog...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
Homeless veterans offered short-term housing, supports in Halifax
HALIFAX - Homeless veterans in Halifax will get access to short-term housing in a pilot project described as the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada. The two agencies involved - Veterans Emergency Tr...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
Canadian troops in Latvia prepare for massive Russian military exercise
OTTAWA - Canadian troops in Latvia will have front-row seats to a massive Russian military exercise this month that has set NATO on edge and sparked calls for calm across eastern Europe. Scheduled to ...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017

Ontario man protests in underwear outside court over seizure of pot, bong
A man from southern Ontario is resorting to some partial nudity to get his bong and medical marijuana back from local police. Wearing nothing but socks, running shoes and a pair of brightly coloured b...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
UofO student union won't be allowed to use naloxone at orientation week over liability concerns
Student leaders running the University of Ottawa’s orientation week events won’t be allowed to administer the opioid antidote naloxone in the event of an overdose due to liability concerns...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017
N.B. man fined after Ecuadorean woman caught crossing U.S. border on paddle boat
EDMUNDSTON, N.B. - A New Brunswick man has admitted conspiring to smuggle a 46-year-old Ecuadorean woman into the U.S. on a paddle boat. RCMP say the woman entered Maine illegally via the Saint John R...
Kayla Derkach Sep 01, 2017

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