Category Archives: Canada
New Brunswick python trial hears emotional testimony: more witnesses today
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. - The trial of a man charged in the deaths of two young New Brunswick boys, who were suffocated by a python, heard emotional testimony from their mother on Wednesday. Mandy Trecartin...
Nov 02, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appoints six new senators for Quebec
OTTAWA - Independent senators now outnumber their colleagues affiliated with a political party after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau filled six vacancies in Quebec on Wednesday. The new senators include...
Nov 02, 2016
Concerns raised over all-military team tasked with probing military college
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces came under fire Wednesday for leaving academics and other non-military personnel off the team investigating the Royal Military College of Canada, which has been rocked by ...
Nov 02, 2016
Canadian man pleads guilty to walking on Yellowstone spring
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. - One of four Canadian men accused of walking onto a sensitive hot spring at Yellowstone National Park has pleaded guilty to the charges. The National Park Service says Hamis...
Nov 02, 2016
Longtime CBC comedian Dave Broadfoot dead at 90
TORONTO - Whether it was playing a comical Mountie or performing for the U.S. president, Dave Broadfoot was deeply committed to Canadian culture and his craft, his colleagues said Wednesday in paying ...
Nov 02, 2016
Journalist who entered Muskrat Falls with protesters to argue injunction
GOOSE BAY, N.L. - A journalist who was ordered to appear in court over his presence at a Muskrat Falls protest says his lawyer has informed the court he will argue he shouldn’t have been include...
Nov 02, 2016
Five stories in the news today, Nov. 2
Five stories in the news for Wednesday, Nov. 2 --- MILITARY COLLEGE TO GO UNDER MICROSCOPE A complete review of the Royal Military College of Canada begins today at the prestigious institution in King...
Nov 02, 2016
Canadian couple faces U.S. charges for allegedly importing, exporting fentanyl
A Canadian couple is accused of importing fentanyl products from China into the United States and then mailing the powerful opioid drugs to Canada. Karl and Sorina Morrison, both 59, were arrested at ...
Nov 02, 2016
One female student dead, one injured after stabbing at B.C. school
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a female student is dead and another is in hospital following a stabbing at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C. Abbotsford police Chief Bob Rich says a young man is in cust...
Nov 01, 2016
Feds set to give parliamentary budget watchdog more teeth, greater reach
OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to give the parliamentary budget watchdog and the national statistics office their independence from political meddling. The government signalled in its fa...
Nov 01, 2016