Category Archives: Canada
DNA and an SUV: A look at the case against murder suspect Travis Vader
EDMONTON - A judge has found Travis Vader guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann, an Alberta couple in their late 70s who vanished shortly after they left on a camping t...
Sep 15, 2016
Manitoba truck driver charged in fiery Toronto collision that killed four
TORONTO - A Winnipeg truck driver is facing charges arising from a fiery 12-vehicle collision on a highway in Toronto that left four people dead. Ontario Provincial Police say three transport trucks w...
Sep 15, 2016
New questions in 1887 murder of pregnant P.E.I. girl: 'They hung the wrong boy'
MARGATE, P.E.I. - She was 17, single and pregnant, an uneasy combination in 1880s Prince Edward Island. Now, more than a century after Mary Tuplin was murdered, a ceremony has been held to reunite her...
Sep 15, 2016
Preliminary hearing set, not guilty plea entered in mother and daughter murder
CALGARY - The man charged in the deaths of a Calgary woman and her five-year-old daughter has entered a plea of not guilty in court. Edward Downey, 46, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the s...
Sep 15, 2016
Nova Scotia dry spell just a 'dress rehearsal:' Environment Canada
HALIFAX - An Environment Canada climatologist is warning that a dry spell in Nova Scotia that has left some people without water is just a “dress rehearsal” for the kind of weather conditi...
Sep 15, 2016
Health Canada releases new labelling standards for acetaminophen products
OTTAWA - One of the most commonly used pain relievers on the market is also the leading cause of all serious liver injury, Health Canada says, prompting the department to roll out updated labelling st...
Sep 15, 2016
Review of 'bungled' probe into toddler's death prompts more oversight of police
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it will provide more oversight to rural police departments, a day after an independent review found the force in Truro badly mishandled its investigation into...
Sep 15, 2016
Canadian home sales drop for fourth month as Lower Mainland weighs on activity
OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association says national home sales dropped 3.1 per cent in August from July for the fourth straight monthly decline, as some markets have started to slow dramatical...
Sep 15, 2016
Doubts being raised over Quebec's legislation regulating Airbnb-type rentals
MONTREAL - Quebec is often held up as a model for other provinces to follow when it comes to regulating the growing home-sharing market, but doubts are being raised over whether recent provincial chan...
Sep 15, 2016
A look at rare times the Canadian justice system has allowed cameras in court
EDMONTON - A judge allowed cameras in an Edmonton courtroom for his verdict Thursday in the case of Travis Vader. Vader was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 deaths of Lyle and Marie Mc...
Sep 15, 2016