Category Archives: Canada
Groups in Lethbridge, Alta., to make request for safe site for drug consumption
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A southern Alberta city in the throes of an opioid crisis is the latest community planning to seek approval for a safe consumption site for drug users. A coalition of community gro...
Jun 22, 2017
Player jailed for punching referee twice after being ejected from championship
CHARLOTTETOWN - An 18-year-old hockey player from P.E.I. who punched a referee twice in the face, cutting his lip, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Cole Trevor Crane was being escorted off the i...
Jun 22, 2017
Newly minted Conservative leader Scheer leader to hit the road this summer
OTTAWA - Before Canada’s new Conservative leader arrived at a news conference this week to opine on the spring session of Parliament, an aide affixed a sign to the podium: “Andrew Scheer, ...
Jun 22, 2017
U.S. to take 'do no harm' approach to NAFTA talks: Trump's trade representative
OTTAWA - Donald Trump’s trade czar says U.S. negotiators will take a “do-no-harm” approach to renegotiating NAFTA amid fears that altering the deal could hurt many American agricultu...
Jun 22, 2017
Breweries make case that Alberta's beer tax system is unconstitutional
CALGARY - Lawyers for two breweries challenged the constitutionality of Alberta’s tax system on small breweries Thursday, arguing the system unfairly favours producers in the province. Toronto-b...
Jun 22, 2017
Desmond killings: Nova Scotia premier not ruling out public inquiry
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s premier is calling a horrific murder-suicide involving a former Canadian soldier almost six months ago “a tragic event,” but the province is still not prepare...
Jun 22, 2017
'Occasional abuse:' Woman who assaulted orphan nieces gets probation, no jail
CALGARY - A judge has spared a woman who assaulted two orphaned nieces in her care from going to jail because of her mental state at the time. At a hearing Thursday, Justice Sandy Park gave the woman ...
Jun 22, 2017
List of 59 Sears store closures throughout the country
TORONTO - Sears Canada is shuttering 59 locations as part of a court-supervised restructuring. Here’s a list of where the closures are taking place: Sears Full-Line Department Stores: Medicine H...
Jun 22, 2017
Indigenous lands in Canada added to Google Maps
WATERLOO, Ont. - Google has mapped thousands of indigenous lands in Canada. Google Canada employee Tara Rush says the company has been conducting mapping workshops with indigenous communities since 20...
Jun 22, 2017
Men hit over back of head: Man charged in one of 3 attacks in downtown Calgary
CALGARY - Police have charged a man with aggravated assault in the first of three attacks in downtown Calgary in which men were hit in the back of the head with heavy objects. A man was taken to hospi...
Jun 22, 2017
