Category Archives: Canada
Wind warning in parts of Alberta as powerful gusts topple some trucks in south
CLARESHOLM, Alta. - High winds are creating traffic havoc on some highways in southern Alberta with reports of big semi trucks being toppled. Semi rollovers were reported Monday in the Claresholm and ...
Dec 19, 2016
A look at the numbers behind British Columbia's overdose crisis
VICTORIA - A look at the overdose crisis in British Columbia by the numbers: CLIMBING DEATH TOLL: The total number of deaths due to illicit drugs reached 755 by the end of November, a 70.4-per-cent in...
Dec 19, 2016
Nova Scotia teens stored up to 75 intimate images on Dropbox: court documents
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Police uncovered up to 75 intimate images of teenage girls in an investigation centring around a single Nova Scotia school, and heard at least one photo was snapped while a girl wa...
Dec 19, 2016
Feds want Supreme Court to put 'moot' hearing on expat voting ban on hold
TORONTO - Proposed legislation granting long-term Canadian expats the right to vote will render a court fight over the issue moot, the federal government argues in new filings. As a result, the govern...
Dec 19, 2016
National design standards needed for temporary stages: Alberta fatality inquiry
EDMONTON - A fatality inquiry into the death of a spectator at an Alberta country music festival is recommending national design standards for temporary stages. The inquiry report released Monday deta...
Dec 19, 2016
Vancouver police shoot man on SkyTrain allegedly threatening riders with machete
VANCOUVER - A man who allegedly used a machete to threaten passengers on a busy SkyTrain car during the Monday morning commute was shot after refusing to drop the weapon, Vancouver police say. Const. ...
Dec 19, 2016
B.C. records spike in number of overdose deaths from illicit drugs in November
VICTORIA - The annual number of fatalities from illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia reached 755 by the end of November, causing health officials to speculate whether an even stronger drug like ...
Dec 19, 2016
VW Canada offers to pay consumers $2.1 billion over false diesel claims
TORONTO - Volkswagen has reached a tentative settlement for compensating Canadian owners of VW-made diesel vehicles caught in a global scandal over rigged emissions data. The proposed agreement, cover...
Dec 19, 2016
Earth's oldest water found in Timmins, Ont., by UofT researchers
TORONTO - Researchers from the University of Toronto say they have discovered the world’s oldest water - about two billion years old - a finding that could offer clues about the possibility of l...
Dec 19, 2016
Montreal organized crime figure Raynald Desjardins sentenced to 14 years
MONTREAL - Raynald Desjardins, a reported leading figure in Montreal’s organized crime networks with ties to the notorious Rizzuto family, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Monday. Superior Co...
Dec 19, 2016