Category Archives: Canada
La Loche shooter told case worker he wished he had killed himself
MEADOW LAKE, Sask. - A teenager who killed four people and injured seven in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche told a case worker that he wished he had killed himself. Christopher Hales w...
Jun 14, 2017
Calgary police looking for person who filmed up women's skirts, posted tweets
Calgary police have launched a voyeurism investigation after dozens of women were filmed without their knowledge and posted onto a Twitter account called “Canada Creep.” In some cases, the...
Jun 13, 2017
White House: Trump will not fire special investigator... but he could
WASHINGTON - The White House has moved to put a lid on speculation that President Donald Trump might fire the special counsel investigating the Russia affair, while leaving just enough of a crack to k...
Jun 13, 2017
Police chief officially appointed in Victoria after 'challenging circumstances'
Victoria officially has a new police chief, nearly 18 months after its former leader stepped aside amid a misconduct investigation involving inappropriate Twitter messages. The police board says Del M...
Jun 13, 2017
Black burnout across Whitehorse rainbow crosswalk leaves officials fuming
WHITEHORSE - RCMP in Whitehorse have opened an investigation into an act of vandalism on a newly painted rainbow crosswalk installed by the city in support of the LGBTQ community. Witnesses say a whit...
Jun 13, 2017
Man who lost fingers to frostbite in trek to Canada gets refugee status
WINNIPEG - More than five months after he almost froze to death walking across the Canada-United States border, eventually losing his fingers to frostbite, Razak Iyal was granted refugee status Tuesda...
Jun 13, 2017
Toddler's body found more than a month after she was swept away in Quebec floods
SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. - The body of a two-year-old girl who was swept away during Quebec’s heavy floods in May has been recovered. Daphnee Levesque’s corpse was found about one-and-a...
Jun 13, 2017
Short construction season: Omnitrax says rail to Churchill out until spring
CHURCHILL, Man. - The company that owns the broken Hudson Bay Railway line to Churchill in northern Manitoba says the track is badly damaged and will be closed until next spring. It had been hoped it ...
Jun 13, 2017
Hate crimes rose five per cent in 2015, here are some details
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says police-reported hate crimes showed a five per cent increase in 2015, led by a rise in the number of incidents directed at Muslims. Some facts about the findings: - Hate...
Jun 13, 2017
Two suspicious deaths are suspected overdoses: Vancouver police
VANCOUVER - Police say the deaths of two adults in an apartment in Vancouver appear to be fatal drug overdoses. Fire crews were called to the residential building in east Vancouver on Tuesday and arri...
Jun 13, 2017
