Category Archives: Canada
Crown begins cross-examination of accused murderer Richard Henry Bain
MONTREAL - The Crown began its cross-examination of accused murderer Richard Henry Bain on Friday by referring to psychiatric reports in which he reportedly said he wanted to kill as many Quebec separ...
Jul 22, 2016
A look at some spills and leaks on the Prairies
Between 200,000 and 250,000 litres of crude oil and a lighter hydrocarbon have leaked into the North Saskatchewan River upstream from North Battleford, Sask. The city draws its drinking water from the...
Jul 22, 2016
Victims in B.C. attacks include 85-year-old living in fear: Crown
VANCOUVER - A series of firebombings and targeted shootings aimed at people who were thought to have a connection to a justice training centre in the Vancouver area has left the victims traumatized, a...
Jul 22, 2016
Kinky fish clog traffic in Newfoundland: 'It creates chaos trying to get there'
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - In eastern Newfoundland, nothing clogs traffic like kinky sex on the beach. On any given day for the past week or so, hundreds of people have been parking indiscriminately nea...
Jul 22, 2016
Anticosti: Quebec and private firm don't have to give Petrolia $13 million
MONTREAL - The Quebec government and a private firm don’t have to give nearly $13 million to Petrolia Inc. in their dispute over exploratory oil and gas drilling on Anticosti Island, a judge rul...
Jul 22, 2016
U.S. war dodgers urge Trudeau to let them stay; decry inaction on promises
TORONTO - American soldiers who fled to Canada rather than fight in Iraq joined activists and a Liberal backbencher on Friday to urge the government of Justin Trudeau to end legal action against them ...
Jul 22, 2016
New ferry aims to fix Fogo Island delays: 'It's a total nightmare'
FOGO ISLAND, N.L. - When she went to Fogo Island this month, Gwyneth Paltrow called it “heaven.” But for many people visiting Fogo, one of Newfoundland’s hottest tourist destinations...
Jul 22, 2016
Premiers wrap meeting by agreeing in principle to internal trade deal
WHITEHORSE - Canada’s premiers and territorial leaders have agreed in principle on an internal trade deal they say will help create jobs and improve the economy. “This truly is a historic ...
Jul 22, 2016
Storms kill Texas boy, woman at Scout camp in Ontario park along border
ELY, Minn. - A teenage boy and a woman, both from Texas, have been killed while camping in an Ontario provincial park after severe storms swept through a remote area along the U.S.-Canada border. The ...
Jul 22, 2016
Toronto police ask for help in shooting at club hosting Drake after-party
Toronto police and a victim’s family are asking for the public’s help in solving a deadly shooting that took place at a nightclub hosting an after-party for rapper Drake’s music fest...
Jul 22, 2016
