Category Archives: Canada
Medical student's murder trial shown video of initial Halifax police interview
HALIFAX - Accused murderer William Sandeson was polite and co-operative when first questioned by investigators, a Halifax officer testified Monday as the jury was shown a video of the medical student&...
Apr 24, 2017
Four stories in the news today, April 24
Four stories in the news for Monday, April 24 --- TODDLER FOUND DEAD IN EDMONTON IDENTIFIED Family and friends are mourning online a toddler who was found dead outside a church in Edmonton last week. ...
Apr 24, 2017
Some Mountie deaths in 2014 Moncton massacre may have been preventable: Crown
MONCTON, N.B. - Some of the Mounties killed in a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton might have survived had the RCMP complied with labour laws, a Crown prosecutor told a judge Monday. Crown attorney Pau...
Apr 24, 2017
B.C. Greens promise to balance budget, make tax system more progressive
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s Green party is hoping its promise to balance the province’s books will shore up the group’s economic credentials and translate into more support at the...
Apr 24, 2017
'Terrible life full of violence:' Edmonton police charge two in toddler's death
EDMONTON - Police say a 19-month-old boy found dead outside a church last week was covered in bruises and was horribly abused before he was killed by a blow to the head. A passerby found the lifeless ...
Apr 24, 2017
Baby boomers not included in task force guidelines for hepatitis C screening
TORONTO - The average Canadian adult does not need to be screened for infection with hepatitis C, a blood-borne virus that can in time cause cirrhosis or cancer of the liver, says a task force that de...
Apr 23, 2017
Police believe pair they arrested are responsible for Edmonton toddler's death
EDMONTON - Homicide investigators were interviewing a man and woman “believed to be responsible” for the death of a toddler whose body was found outside a Edmonton church, police said Sund...
Apr 23, 2017
French citizens in Montreal express mixed reactions to early election results
MONTREAL - French nationals in Montreal expressed mixed reactions on Sunday as preliminary results showed far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron leading in the first round of Fran...
Apr 23, 2017
Terrorism concerns lead to security changes at passport offices
OTTAWA - The federal government has been quietly making changes to passport offices in a bid to improve security and address concerns that the facilities could be easy targets for a terrorist attack. ...
Apr 23, 2017
N.L. fisherman on hunger strike taken from protest site in ambulance
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - A Newfoundland fisherman was hauled off in an ambulance 11 days into his hunger strike in front of the federal fisheries headquarters in St. John’s. Richard Gillett says...
Apr 23, 2017
