Category Archives: Canada
B.C. daycare operator defends youngsters from attempted abduction
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Martial arts training might not be the first thing a daycare worker would list on a resume, but six youngsters in central British Columbia are safe because the operator of their ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017

The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 17 --- BARCELONA ATTACK KILLS 12, INJURES 80: A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped down a pedestrian zone Thursday in Barcelona’s histo...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017
Questions raised about Nova Scotia pre-primary staffing weeks ahead of launch
HALIFAX - Hundreds of Nova Scotia families have registered for the promised expansion of pre-primary classes for four-year-olds, but there are still no firm numbers of trained staff available just wee...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017
P.E.I. police arrest nine men tied to Toronto-area Hells Angels chapter
CHARLOTTETOWN - Nine men affiliated with a Toronto-area Hells Angels chapter have been arrested by a new police task force targeting P.E.I.’s growing outlaw motorcycle gang presence. Police say ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017
Tug that rammed another left unattended at full speed: safety board
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a six-to-eight-second absence from the controls of a tug boat caused the sinking of another tug off the east coast of Vancouver Island. A safety b...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017
Canadian man sentenced to 20 years in prison for $130M drug ring
A Canadian man has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for his role in a smuggling operation that sent more than $130 million worth of drugs between the United States and Canada. Prose...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017
Three U.S. children dead northeast of Calgary after SUV collides with truck
HANNA, Alta. - RCMP say three children who died when a semi-trailer truck collided with an SUV northeast of Calgary Wednesday were all from the United States. “The family is from Washington Stat...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017

Insults and put-downs: Outburst-prone former St. John's mayor wants job back
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Former St. John’s mayor Andy Wells says he’s milder now than that time he called his archrival “a stupid old woman.” It was the sort of biting put down...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017

No Canadians reported among dead or injured in Spain terror attack: Global Affairs
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says there are no reports of Canadians among those killed and injured in a terror attack in Barcelona. Someone drove a van into a crowd on the popular Las Ramblas touris...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017

Justice officials testing waters for sentencing reform promised by Liberals
OTTAWA - The Justice Department wants to know what Canadians think of changing some of the former Conservative government’s controversial tough-on-crime sentencing legacy - including mandatory m...
Kayla Derkach Aug 17, 2017

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