Category Archives: Canada
Submissions in B.C. child-bride case wrap up, judge to rule Feb. 3
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The fates of three people accused of removing girls from Canada so that they could be married to older men are now in the hands of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Paul Pearlman, who is to...
Dec 07, 2016
Project Forseti trial hears from informant about paranoid Hells Angel
SASKATOON - A police informant in the Project Forseti raids says a Saskatoon Hells Angel was becoming increasingly paranoid while the two were planning to move cocaine from Ontario to Saskatoon. Noel ...
Dec 06, 2016
Green River Killer victim may have spent time in Canada
SEATTLE - Authorities hope a facial reconstruction of a girl who was slain by a Seattle-area serial killer will help identify the victim, who tests show may have spent time in several Canadian provinc...
Dec 06, 2016
Snow storm forces schedule changes at 2016 Viessmann Luge World Cup
WHISTLER, B.C. - Nasty weather has forced the upcoming 2016 Viessmann Luge World Cup event being held in Whistler, B.C., to change its schedule. A heavy snowstorm rolling through the Canadian prairies...
Dec 06, 2016
Some 14 Conservative leadership hopefuls crowd stage for debate in Moncton
MONCTON, N.B. - No fewer than 14 candidates crowded the stage in Moncton for the second official debate of the federal Conservative leadership race where they discussed a broad menu of issues ranging ...
Dec 06, 2016
Notley says 'Lock her up' chant should be concerning to conservative parties
VANCOUVER - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says chants of “Lock her up” at a rally protesting her plans for a carbon tax reflect the views of extreme groups of people who have migrated to b...
Dec 06, 2016
Privacy watchdog to look at electoral reform survey amid privacy concerns
OTTAWA - Canada’s privacy watchdog intends to look into the Trudeau government’s new online survey on electoral reform after concerns have been raised about invasion of privacy. Canadians ...
Dec 06, 2016
Feds spend $4 million on media training, coaching services for civil servants
OTTAWA - The federal government spent just over $4 million on outside coaching services for non-partisan public servants in the year since the Liberals came to power. That includes money for media tra...
Dec 06, 2016
Notley won't weigh in on B.C. election after meeting anti-pipeline NDP leader
VANCOUVER - For Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, pipeline politics begin and end at home. Her support of Kinder Morgan Canada’s $6.8-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has put her at odds w...
Dec 06, 2016
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, Dec. 6 --- DOWNIE SOBS DURING HONOURING CEREMONY AT AFN MEETING: Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie sobbed as he was honoured at the Assembly of First Natio...
Dec 06, 2016