Category Archives: Canada
Saskatchewan woman finds mother's wedding ring 30 years after she lost it
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan woman who was a teenager when she lost her mother’s ring has found it more than 30 years later in a thrift shop. Chris Moody was shopping at Value Village i...
Jul 13, 2016
B.C. group says death midwives' philosophy similar to that of birth midwives
VANCOUVER - So-called death midwives provide the dying and their families with a wide range of services similar to birth midwives so the term should not be legally challenged by organizations that gov...
Jul 13, 2016
Peladeau's ex, Julie Snyder, in court over allegations she was followed
MONTREAL - Lawyers for the estranged wife of former Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau are in court today in a bid to find out who allegedly paid to have her followed last month. Peladeau and...
Jul 13, 2016
Woman, 36, charged in attack at U.S. consulate in Toronto that injured guard
TORONTO - A 36-year-old woman is facing numerous charges after a security guard at the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto was slashed with a razor. A Toronto police spokeswoman says officers responded...
Jul 13, 2016
Canadian man reportedly held in Thailand over bank robbery in Singapore
BANGKOK - A Canadian man suspected of robbing a Singapore bank has reportedly been detained by police in Thailand. Local media outlets say David James Roach was taken into custody at a hostel in Bangk...
Jul 13, 2016
Bank of Canada says Alberta wildfires helped put economy in reverse
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is cutting its outlook for the year, saying the extensive damage from the Alberta wildfires helped fuel an economic contraction in the second quarter. The effects of the di...
Jul 13, 2016
Statement from father of missing Calgary girl, Taliyah Marsman
CALGARY - The father of five-year-old Taliyah Marsman is speaking publicly about the missing Calgary girl. Police issued an Amber Alert early Tuesday after Taliyah’s mother was found dead in a b...
Jul 13, 2016
A timeline of the four-year Senate expense scandal, now finally near its end
OTTAWA - Another chapter in the Senate expense scandal closed Wednesday as the Crown officially withdrew charges of fraud and breach of trust against Sen. Patrick Brazeau. Here’s a timeline: Jun...
Jul 13, 2016
Drug conviction tossed over rights breach; woman not told of right to lawyer
TORONTO - Police violated the rights of a woman convicted of a drug offence by arbitrarily detaining her and failing to advise her of her right to a lawyer, Ontario’s top court ruled Wednesday. ...
Jul 13, 2016
Plane carrying Jean Lapierre and his family flying too high and fast: TSB
MONTREAL - The plane that crashed with former federal cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and six other people aboard was travelling faster and at a higher altitude than recommended, the Transportation Saf...
Jul 13, 2016
