Category Archives: Canada
Police in Ontario issue Canada-wide warrant for federal offender
TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police are asking the public for help in finding a federal offender wanted for breaching his parole. Police issued a Canada-wide warrant Monday for Ryan Hamelin, who they ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017
Rachel Notley and Brad Wall continue to trade jabs over budget philosophy
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall continue to take jabs at one another over their provincial budgets. Notley’s government tabled a budget this month that...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017

Military says January training plane crash, was during aerobatics
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - An initial report into the crash of a training plane says the instructor and student pilot had to eject after getting into trouble practising basic aerobatics. Both Royal Canadian A...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017
Man convicted in so-called honour killings ordered to pay wife's legal fees
A man convicted of killing his three daughters and former wife in a so-called honour killing has been ordered to pay legal fees for one of his co-accused in the crime. A judge in Kingston, Ont., has o...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017

Ontario garbage worker plans to retire to defunct New Brunswick jail
DORCHESTER, N.B. - A retired Ontario garbage worker has decided to spend his retirement in jail. Bill Steele of Oshawa, Ont., recently bought a defunct New Brunswick jail with a history of hangings. T...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017
Bill aimed at unreliable elevators appears to be getting some lift
TORONTO - A private member’s bill that aims to tackle the major problem of unreliable elevators appears to have gained some traction on both sides of the aisle as the proposed Ontario legislatio...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017

Leadership hopefuls pull out stops soliciting support as deadline looms
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopefuls made some last-ditch pitches for support Monday in advance of a key campaign deadline - and stanching the flow of illegal migrants across the Canada-U.S. bord...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017
Maud Lewis painting found in southern Ontario thrift shop bin to be auctioned
A painting by Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis has turned up in a southern Ontario thrift shop. Volunteers at the Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Centre in New Hamburg, Ont., southwest of Kitchen...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017

Ottawa gives Manitoba chiefs money to study reforming child-welfare system
WINNIPEG - Canada’s indigenous affairs minister says Manitoba child welfare should move away from rewarding the apprehension of children to focus more on keeping families together. “If age...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017
ER spillover into hallways creating patient risk at Halifax hospital: study
HALIFAX - Staff at Atlantic Canada’s largest hospital has had to perform CPR in elevators and hastily erect brown paper room dividers due to spillover from a crowded emergency department, says a...
Kayla Derkach Mar 27, 2017

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