Category Archives: Canada
Two more First Nations boys from northern Manitoba switched at birth: family
NORWAY HOUSE, Man. - Indigenous leaders say two men from a northern Manitoba First Nation have DNA evidence showing they were switched at birth - the second such alleged mix-up in the mid-1970s at the...
Aug 25, 2016
Previous incidents of violence in Canada that involved a crossbow
Three people died Thursday in an crossbow incident at a home east of Toronto. The following is a list of other crossbow incidents in Canada: - In December 2010, 24-year-old Zhou Fang shot his father i...
Aug 25, 2016
Chinese ambassador hopes canola dispute won't be big issue during Trudeau visit
OTTAWA - China’s ambassador to Canada says he hopes a simmering trade dispute over Canadian canola exports won’t become an even bigger problem with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to vis...
Aug 25, 2016
Nova Scotia fishermen head to court to stop Bay of Fundy tidal test project
HALIFAX - A group representing 175 Nova Scotia fishermen appeared in court Thursday in a bid to stop a plan to test giant electric turbines in the Bay of Fundy - an ambitious project that has been on ...
Aug 25, 2016
Former prime minister Stephen Harper awarded one of Ukraine's top honours
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has been awarded one of Ukraine’s highest honours. Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko granted the Order of Liberty to Harper to mark the 25th anni...
Aug 25, 2016
Quebec hearings begin into who knew what regarding sale of Rona Inc.
QUEBEC - The former chief of staff to a cabinet minister who has just resigned contradicted his ex-boss Thursday at a special legislature hearing into the controversial purchase of hardware firm Rona ...
Aug 25, 2016
Nova Scotia's review of jail deaths is 'ad hoc', in need of reform:minister
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s health minister says the lack of health information included in a review of a jailhouse death shows the province’s oversight system is both “ad hoc” and...
Aug 25, 2016
Halifax police say infant's death considered suspicious, more tests needed
Halifax police say they are investigating the death of a three-month-old boy. Const. Dianne Woodworth said officers were called to an apartment on Windmill Road in Dartmouth last Friday around 9:15 p....
Aug 25, 2016
One in five Canadian extremist travellers is a woman, federal report says
OTTAWA - Women account for about one-fifth of extremists from Canada who head overseas, says the government’s latest public report on terrorism. In some cases women have taken their children to ...
Aug 25, 2016
CFIA confirms whirling disease in fish from lake in Banff National Park
BANFF, Alta. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says whirling disease has been discovered in fish from Johnson Lake in Banff National Park. The CFIA says it’s the first time it has confirmed ...
Aug 25, 2016
