Category Archives: Canada
Nova Scotia prison negligent in female prisoners' deaths, lawsuits claim
TRURO, N.S. - Two Newfoundland families have launched negligence lawsuits against the federal correctional service over the separate deaths of two women in a Nova Scotia penitentiary, alleging the pri...
Aug 04, 2016
Melting ice will expose polluted U.S. military base in Greenland: York U study
TORONTO - An abandoned U.S. military base thought to be entombed under the ice of Greenland will likely be exposed by the end of the century, a Canadian-led research team said Thursday. A study spearh...
Aug 04, 2016
Nova Scotia keeps location of 'very significant' bat colony a secret
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is keeping the location of an important new bat colony secret, although it has released a photo showing a mound of the colony’s guano. The colony - which inc...
Aug 04, 2016
Traffic death in N.L. triggers air bag investigations in U.S., Canada
DETROIT - The death of a Canadian driver has sparked a new investigation into a potentially deadly airbag problem affecting vehicles on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Fatal airbag deployments i...
Aug 04, 2016
British military officer charged with sex assault on Canadian officer: police
KINGSTON, Ont. - Police say a British lieutenant-colonel who was temporarily posted to Kingston, Ont., is charged with sexually assaulting a female officer in the Canadian military. Kingston police sa...
Aug 04, 2016
Parks Canada kills another wolf in Banff area that was entering campgrounds
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada says staff have killed another wolf that was seeking to feed at campgrounds in Banff National Park, as wardens charge a growing number of campers for leaving out food and g...
Aug 04, 2016
Judge orders Edmonton military officer to face trial on sex charges
EDMONTON - A high-ranking military officer accused of sex crimes has been ordered to stand trial. Lt.-Col. Mason Stalker, commander of the 1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infan...
Aug 04, 2016
Bain trial suspended until Friday after judge says accused 'not alert' in court
MONTREAL - Accused Quebec election night shooter Richard Henry Bain appeared to be nodding off during testimony on Thursday, prompting the judge to suspend his first-degree murder trial until Friday. ...
Aug 04, 2016
Man found guilty of sexual assault granted bail pending appeal: lawyer
TORONTO - The lawyer for a Toronto man convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow student at York University says her client has been released on bail following a judgment last month that maligned so-c...
Aug 04, 2016
Pair charged with scalping tickets to Tragically Hip concert in Winnipeg
Winnipeg police have arrested two people for allegedly scalping tickets to a Tragically Hip concert. Police say undercover officers replied to online ads for tickets to Friday’s show. The office...
Aug 04, 2016
