Category Archives: Canada
Lawyer for man accused in deaths of Calgary mother, daughter wants due process
CALGARY - The lawyer for a man accused of killing a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter says he’s worried the case will be tried in the media and not in a courtroom. “We do have a...
Jul 20, 2016
Premiers close to agreeing on inquiry into missing, murdered aboriginal women
WHITEHORSE - Aboriginal leaders and provincial premiers say there’s no need to wait for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women to get to work on the issues behind the problem. ...
Jul 20, 2016
Government supports indigenous declaration without reservation: Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has a message for critics who suggest she is backtracking on the government’s pledge to bolster indigenous rights in Canada: she isn’t. The l...
Jul 20, 2016
Meet some of the Canadians playing Pokemon Go
Canadians are embracing the Pokemon Go craze since the app became available in Canada on Sunday. Here are some avid Pokemon Go players explaining why they’re such fans: Hannah Bennett, 22, in Ha...
Jul 19, 2016
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, July 19 PILOTS ARRESTED FOR SUSPECTED DRINKING: Two television personalities whose flight from Scotland to Toronto was postponed by a day after both pilots w...
Jul 19, 2016
Feeling let down by universities, survivors meet to fight campus sex assaults
VANCOUVER - Mandi Gray has lost count of the messages she’s received from women who say their universities failed them after they were sexually assaulted. The PhD student publicly alleged last y...
Jul 19, 2016
Unpaid civil servants facing banking fees should be reimbursed, says Foote
OTTAWA - Civil servants who have been forced to max out credit cards or borrow money as a result of problems with the federal government’s dysfunctional new pay system can expect to be compensat...
Jul 19, 2016
No same-sex weddings yet for Maritime Anglicans, bishops announce
HALIFAX - Anglican bishops in the Maritimes say they will not allow their clergy to participate in same-sex weddings for the time being, even as some bishops elsewhere have given the green light. The ...
Jul 19, 2016
Teeth from as far back as 1200s show signs of vitamin D deficiency: McMaster
Teeth from four French women and two Quebec residents who died hundreds of years ago show the telltale signs of vitamin D deficiency, a new study says. Lori D’Ortenzio, a PhD candidate in anthro...
Jul 19, 2016
Canadian businesses catch Pokemon Go fever, trying to capitalize on the craze
TORONTO - The Pokemon Go sign directing people to the front door of Rock Candy Boutique in Halifax has only been up for a week, but Jeff Powers says he is already seeing it pay off. “Downtown is...
Jul 19, 2016
