Category Archives: Canada
Drunken man enters unlocked Halifax-area home for cup of tea, snack and nap
HALIFAX - A drunken man stumbled into a Halifax-area home early Friday, making himself tea and a snack before taking a nap on the stranger’s sofa. Police said the man entered the unlocked Timber...
Jun 30, 2017
More than four people a day on average die in B.C. from illicit drugs: coroner
VANCOUVER - More than four people a day on average died in British Columbia in May from illicit drugs, a death toll the coroner’s service says should serve as a warning to people who are not dru...
Jun 30, 2017
Ontario resident proposes commuter hovercraft service from Niagara to Toronto
TORONTO - A proposal for a hovercraft service across Lake Ontario made progress in the Niagara Region this week, but may be dead in the water in Toronto. Beamsville, Ont., resident Bruno Caciagli has ...
Jun 30, 2017
Mother of slain boy wants new offence for violence against children
HALIFAX - A Halifax mother whose three-year-old son was beaten to death is calling for Criminal Code amendments that would add an offence for violence against children. Allisan Tucker’s son Matt...
Jun 30, 2017
Police force hopes kids can convince people not to drink and drive
A Toronto-area police force is hoping friends of three children killed by an impaired driver can persuade people not to drink and drive. Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Ha...
Jun 30, 2017
Inquest jury makes anti-racism suggestions in police killing of black man
TORONTO - The police killing of a black father of five who was holding a hammer in an apartment building two years ago was a homicide, an inquest jury ruled Friday in a case infused with allegations o...
Jun 30, 2017
The loonie turns 30 today; special edition sets being released
TORONTO - Canada isn’t the only one celebrating a big birthday - one of its most commonly used symbols is, too. The Royal Canadian Mint says the loonie is officially now 30 years old. The 11-sid...
Jun 30, 2017
Trudeau visits with indigenous group at Parliament Hill protest teepee
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Friday with indigenous activists who set up a demonstration teepee on Parliament Hill ahead of Canada Day celebrations. The prime minister and his wife arriv...
Jun 30, 2017
Federal health care deal 'dangerous, reckless and risky:' Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Premier Brian Pallister says Manitoba will continue to be the lone holdout on a federal health care deal he called “dangerous, reckless and risky,” even if it means forgoing fun...
Jun 30, 2017
Longhouse not a protest of Canada 150 but celebration of time immemorial: elder
FREDERICTON - A traditional longhouse has been erected near the New Brunswick legislature, with a First Nations elder saying it’s not to protest Canada 150 but to educate that indigenous people ...
Jun 30, 2017
