Category Archives: Canada
Long wait for results of fentanyl tests frustrates Ontario cops, health units
TORONTO - Staccato scenes play out in Jody McLennan’s mind on loop: her husband slumped in his chair, paramedics pumping his chest, his lifeless body splayed on their living room floor. Only fou...
Apr 06, 2017
Man charged after security breach at Toronto airport: police
TORONTO - A 58-year-old American man was charged Thursday after a security breach at Canada’s busiest airport that caused lengthy delays for a group of passengers. Peel Regional Police Const. Ma...
Apr 06, 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador budget highlights
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Highlights from the Newfoundland and Labrador’s new $8.1-billion budget presented Thursday: - Includes no new taxes or fees and slightly cuts spending by about $300,000....
Apr 06, 2017
'Not tracked as it is not permitted:' Manitoba stops tracking CFS wards in hotels
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has stopped tracking the controversial use of hotel rooms to house kids seized by child-welfare workers. The former NDP government promised to stop putting up kids i...
Apr 06, 2017
Ontario man charged with trying to join a terror group denies allegations:lawyer
TORONTO - The lawyer for a man accused of leaving Canada to join Islamic State militants said Thursday that her client wasn’t involved in any such plan and intends to fight the charge in court. ...
Apr 06, 2017
Suzanne Legault says she doesn't want second term as information overseer
OTTAWA - Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says she will step down when her current term expires at the end of June. Legault, who was first appointed in 2010, says she is prepared to stay in th...
Apr 06, 2017
Hungry polar bear airlifted away from Newfoundland village by helicopter
ST. BRENDAN’S, N.L. - Residents of a village in northeastern Newfoundland say they were shaken when a polar bear wandered close to their community, but wildlife officers were quick to tranquiliz...
Apr 06, 2017
Social media giant to launch 'fake news' education tool, but won't flag content
OTTAWA - Facebook is taking what it calls a “first step” toward helping Canadians tell the difference between fake news and the real thing online. As of Friday, the social media giant will...
Apr 06, 2017
Liberal cabinet praises Mulroney, back on Parliament Hill as NAFTA broker
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Trudeau and his cabinet praised former prime minister Brian Mulroney for giving them useful advice during a closed-door meeting Thursday on the upcoming renegotiation of the No...
Apr 06, 2017
Sen. Lynn Beyak says 'silent majority' supports her on residential schools
OTTAWA - Conservative Sen. Lynn Beyak says her party’s decision to sanction her for comments about Canada’s residential school history amounts to a threat to freedom of speech. In a statem...
Apr 06, 2017
