Category Archives: Canada
Single Atlantic police watchdog proposed, though questions raised on mandate
HALIFAX - Plans are in the works to create a single, civilian-led agency to police the police in Atlantic Canada, though a debate is brewing on whether bigger changes are needed to build trust in the ...
Jul 10, 2017
Summer rain leads to spike in turtle deaths: conservation centre
TORONTO - Heavy rain in Ontario this summer might be a nuisance for residents, but it’s proving to be fatal for the province’s turtles. A turtle conservation group in Ontario said Monday i...
Jul 10, 2017
'Disappointing' results: Statoil says exploration wells off Newfoundland empty
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Statoil says two exploration wells drilled about 500 kilometres off Newfoundland’s east coast have come up empty. Trond Jacobsen of Statoil Canada says the results are &...
Jul 10, 2017
'It's creepy:' Three bodies discovered after burning vehicle put out in Calgary
CALGARY - The Calgary police homicide unit is investigating after three bodies were found Monday in a burned-out vehicle at a construction site on the city’s northwestern edge. Acting Insp. Paul...
Jul 10, 2017
New Brunswick firefighters set to help battle wildfires in British Columbia
FREDERICTON - A crew of 21 firefighters from New Brunswick is headed across the country to help battle forest fires in British Columbia. At least 220 fires are burning and more than 8,500 people have ...
Jul 10, 2017
Human rights complaint targets Ontario city's pool policy on female toplessness
CORNWALL, Ont. - An eastern Ontario city is facing a human rights complaint over its policy on female toplessness in pools, more than two decades after it became legal for women bare their breasts in ...
Jul 10, 2017
Two Canadians among dozens injured in bus crash in Peru that killed nine
LIMA, Peru - Peruvian officials say a double-decker tour bus went out of control and rolled over on a narrow road in the hills in the country’s capital, killing nine people and injuring 48 other...
Jul 10, 2017
Teen charged with assault for allegedly hurling slice of pizza at bystander
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - An 18-year-old Newfoundland man is facing an assault charge for allegedly hurling a slice of pizza at a bystander. Police say a property owner in St. John’s was near Tho...
Jul 10, 2017
Massive heart of whale that washed ashore in N.L. now on display in Toronto
TORONTO - The 202-kilogram heart of a whale that washed ashore in Newfoundland is now on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. In 2014, two blue whales became beached on the province’s...
Jul 10, 2017
N.B. teenager facing charges related to accident that kills two, injures three
CARAQUET, N.B. - A teenager is facing charges after two people were killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle collision in northeastern New Brunswick. RCMP say the crash happened around 9 p.m...
Jul 10, 2017
