Category Archives: Canada

Illegal border crossers nabbed so far in 2017 nearly half of all caught in 2016
OTTAWA - Data released Tuesday shows that the RCMP have arrested nearly half as many illegal border crossers in three Canadian provinces this year as they did in all of 2016. Figures provided by the f...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017

Ski director who hired Charest continued business relationship after coach fired
SAINT-JEROME, Que. - A main defence witness at Bertrand Charest’s sex assault trial admitted during cross-examination Tuesday that his links to the accused were deeper than he had let on during ...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017
Federal Crown stays charges against 36 in Quebec anti-Mafia bust
MONTREAL - The Crown has stayed charges against 36 people who were arrested in a massive anti-Mafia bust in Quebec on suspicion of arson, kidnapping and drug- and weapons-related offences. A federal p...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017

EU trade chief sees rising anti-populism following Brexit and Trump
OTTAWA - The European Union’s trade chief says she appreciates having Justin Trudeau and his international brand on her side in the fight against the forces of anti-trade populism. But these day...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017
Runaway rail car was unattended with inadequate braking: report
REGINA - The Transportation Safety Board says a runaway rail car that rumbled through seven public street crossings at a speed that reached 30 km/h had been left unattended with inadequate braking. Th...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017

Supreme Court of Canada to rule Thursday on bail issue in Oland murder case
FREDERICTON - The Supreme Court of Canada will rule this week whether New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal was wrong in denying bail to Dennis Oland while he was awaiting an appeal of his second-degr...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017

Search is over for man wanted for 2nd-degree murder in death of stepson
The search is over for an Ontario man accused of fatally injuring his seven-year-old stepson moments before allegedly stabbing a local bank employee. Niagara police Chief Jeff McGuire confirmed that J...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017
Struggling for post-truth reason: Why some believe the Earth is flat
TORONTO - The Earth is flat. Vaccines cause autism. Former U.S. president Barack Obama spied on current president Donald Trump. There’s no shortage of conspiracy theories floating around these d...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017
Canadian researchers successfully raise wasps that kill the emerald ash borer
A group of Canadian researchers say they have, for the first time, successfully raised wasps that will be used this summer as a weapon against an insect that is ravaging forests. Natural Resources Can...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017
Police release sketch of suspect in kidnapping of Cora president
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have released a sketch of one of the men they believe was involved in the recent kidnapping of the president of the popular Cora breakfast chain. Police have said t...
Kayla Derkach Mar 21, 2017

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