Category Archives: Canada
Electoral reform needs 'substantial' support, clamour for change subsiding: PM
OTTAWA - Is Justin Trudeau laying the groundwork for reneging on his promise to make the 2015 federal election the last to be conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system? Or is the prime min...
Oct 19, 2016
Guinea pigs in space: CSA announces human health experiment on space station
CALGARY - Astronauts headed to the International Space Station in 2018 won’t only be conducting their own experiments - they’ll be part of a bigger experiment themselves. The Canadian Spac...
Oct 19, 2016
Five things to know about Justin Trudeau one year after Liberal election win
OTTAWA - Canadians have no doubt learned a lot about Justin Trudeau in the year since he was elected prime minister. Here are five examples: 1. He plays his cards close to his chest. Before and during...
Oct 19, 2016
Canadian's remains found 3 years after he was swept away by landslide in New Zealand
HAAST, New Zealand - Police in New Zealand say they’ve found partial remains of a Canadian man whose vehicle went off a highway in the country three years ago. Connor Hayes and Joanna Lam were i...
Oct 19, 2016
Case of teens accused of sharing intimate images of girls put over to November
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Police and lawyers are seeing a rise in the number of investigations involving the sharing of intimate images without consent, according to a Crown attorney handling one of the lar...
Oct 19, 2016
Methylmercury levels expected to rise at Muskrat Falls reservoir: Nalcor
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Protesters at the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador were again blocking access to the work site late Wednesday in violation of an earlier court injunction. Nine ...
Oct 19, 2016
First stage of investigation into fatal B.C. plane crash concludes at scene
KELOWNA, B.C. - Hours of painstaking work lies ahead as Transportation Safety Board crews wrap up their investigation at the scene of a fatal plane crash in British Columbia that killed former Alberta...
Oct 19, 2016
SNC-Lavalin fined $75,000 for generating electricity without a licence
TORONTO - SNC-Lavalin has been fined $75,000 for operating a gas-fired electrical generating plant at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport without a licence for the past 10 years. The Ontario...
Oct 19, 2016
Quebec police still trying to identify suspects at Universite Laval
Quebec City police say the number of complaints stemming from a rash of break-ins and alleged sexual crimes at a university student residence has risen to 15. The investigation into the incidents at U...
Oct 19, 2016
Trial delayed for man accused in murder of Canadian law professor in Florida
The trial of a man accused in the murder of a prominent Canadian legal scholar in Florida has been postponed after his co-accused pleaded guilty and told investigators the killing was a murder-for-hir...
Oct 19, 2016