Category Archives: Canada
A quick look at the five victors in Monday's federal byelections
OTTAWA - Five federal byelections Monday resulted in five new faces soon to be gracing Parliament Hill and the House of Commons. A look at Canada’s newest MPs: 1. Mary Ng - Markham-Thornhill (re...
Apr 04, 2017
Two Canadians arrested in Vermont, accused of possessing 13 kg of marijuana
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Two Canadian men have been arrested in Vermont, accused of possessing more than 13 kilograms of marijuana. The U.S. attorney’s office says 67-year-old Robert Eldridge and 56-ye...
Apr 04, 2017
While some players pan NHL Olympic decision, Ovechkin threatens to ignore it
TORONTO - Erik Karlsson called it “crap.” Alex Ovechkin threatened outright disobedience. Others said the NHL was crushing dreams and wondered if the fight was really over. Reaction was mo...
Apr 04, 2017
Canada's biggest banks on the defensive over sales practice allegations
TORONTO - Allegations of aggressive, and in some cases illegal, sales practices at several of Canada’s biggest banks have put top executives on the defensive at annual meetings this spring, with...
Apr 04, 2017
Winnipeg police arrest 3 in alleged assault streamed live on social media
Winnipeg police say a man who met a woman online and went to meet her in person was violently beaten, stabbed and robbed by three people in an attack that was broadcast live on social media. The unide...
Apr 04, 2017
New ways of picking judges not foolproof, education still needed: Ambrose
OTTAWA - Changes the Liberals have made to the way judges are appointed would not necessarily prevent someone who believes in stereotypes about sexual assault cases from presiding over one of those tr...
Apr 04, 2017
Senate committee confronts one of their own over sexual relationship with teen
OTTAWA - The head of the Senate’s ethics committee says all options are on the table when it comes to possible punishments for Sen. Don Meredith over his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old g...
Apr 04, 2017
Dutch court approves extradition for man accused in Amanda Todd cyberbully case
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - The mother of a British Columbia teenager who took her own life after enduring cyberbullying says it’s “just surreal” that the Dutch man charged in her daughte...
Apr 04, 2017
Pack ice, epic blizzards as 'relentless' winter won't let go across Newfoundland
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - From extreme pack ice to record-breaking snow, it’s the winter that just won’t let go across much of Newfoundland. There are at least 230 centimetres of snow on th...
Apr 04, 2017
Six stories in the news today, April 4
Six stories in the news for Tuesday, April 4 --- NO SEATS CHANGE HANDS IN FIVE FEDERAL BYELECTIONS The seating grid in the House of Commons is unchanged following five federal byelections. The Liberal...
Apr 04, 2017
