Category Archives: Canada
Ontario police force declares 'bagpipe amnesty' to help young pipers' band
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A southern Ontario police force has declared a “bagpipe amnesty.” Niagara regional police are calling on anyone with “an old set of bagpipes lying under a bed o...
Feb 01, 2017
How to kill and dismember: Jury hears of disturbing downloads at murder trial
CALGARY - Alberta’s chief medical examiner testified Wednesday that human bone fragments were found in the ash from a burning barrel at the home of a suspect in a triple-murder trial. Douglas Ga...
Feb 01, 2017
Quebec provincial police arrest seven in major drug-trafficking bust
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they’ve detained seven men who allegedly imported and trafficked cocaine. They are aged between 24 and 52 and were arrested today in Montreal and suburbs ...
Feb 01, 2017
Quebec court certifies class action lawsuit against Air Canada on ticket glitch
CALGARY - A British Columbia law firm says the Superior Court of Quebec has authorized a national class action lawsuit to begin against Air Canada over a glitch in ticket prices that occurred in Augus...
Feb 01, 2017

Federal government seeking to settle suits from '60s Scoop 'dark chapter'
In a major shift in tactics, the federal government said Wednesday that it wants to negotiate claims resulting from the so-called ’60s Scoop in which thousands of aboriginal children were taken ...
Feb 01, 2017
Banner hung on Kellie Leitch's constituency office calls on the MP to resign
OTTAWA - Police are investigating a banner draped over Ontario MP Kellie Leitch’s constituency office that invokes the Quebec City mosque shooting and urges the controversial Conservative leader...
Feb 01, 2017

Trudeau abandons promise to change voting system in time for 2019 election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unequivocal promise to change the way Canadians vote in federal elections. Then, after winning one, he abandoned it. That was the narrative his political...
Feb 01, 2017

Stinky kelp clogging up harbour, causing foul odour in N.L. fishing community
ST. BRIDES, N.L. - A Newfoundland harbour is being overrun by thick piles of kelp that are snarling fishing boats, fouling the air and driving away tourists amid concerns that the rotting stench will ...
Feb 01, 2017

Fishermen trying to overturn approval of tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy
HALIFAX - A fishermen’s group has asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to set aside provincial approval of a massive tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy, saying the decision was based on poor scien...
Feb 01, 2017
Tories criticize Trudeau over letter to Fox, say the PM has better things to do
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives are criticizing the Prime Minister’s Office for complaining to Fox News about a tweet identifying the suspect in the Quebec City mosque shooting as “M...
Feb 01, 2017