Category Archives: Canada
Canadians plead guilty to violations at parks across US West
BILLINGS, Mont. - Three Canadians will be banned from federal lands for five years after pleading guilty to walking on a sensitive hot spring in Yellowstone National Park and other crimes at parks acr...
Jan 19, 2017
Legal battle launched in Vancouver over opposition to Moby Dick restaurant
VANCOUVER - A condo council on Vancouver’s waterfront is named in a civil lawsuit over allegations it refused to lease space to a fish and chip restaurant called Mo...
Jan 19, 2017
Robert Bateman prints part of $735K art theft in northern Alberta
FAIRVIEW, Alta. - Mounties are asking for help in finding art worth almost $750,000 that was stolen from a storage location in a small town in northwestern Alberta. RCMP say more than 70 pie...
Jan 19, 2017
Liberal party pays off money borrowed to fight 2015 election campaign
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal party says it’s debt-free, roughly 14 months after sweeping to power in 2015, thanks largely to new members who signed on as supporters during an aggressive fundrais...
Jan 19, 2017
Locksmith says home in triple murder could have been accessed in minutes
CALGARY - An intruder could have broken into the home where a Calgary couple and their five-year-old grandson disappeared in a matter of minutes, a lock expert testified Thursday. “Obviously it&...
Jan 19, 2017
Defence in retrial for suspect in Winnipeg teen's death questions DNA evidence
WINNIPEG - Defence lawyers for a man accused of second-degree murder in a teenage girl’s death in Winnipeg more than 30 years ago have questions about DNA evidence. Mark Grant is being...
Jan 19, 2017
Trump uncertainty may be 'golden moment' for Canadian firms to invest: expert
OTTAWA - A well-known trade expert is pitching the counter-intuitive idea that widespread uncertainty tied to president-elect Donald Trump’s protectionist vows ...
Jan 19, 2017
Safety of four-legged actors must be paramount on set, says animal trainer
TORONTO - Amidst outrage over the alleged mistreatment of a German shepherd while shooting the upcoming film “A Dog’s Purpose,” animal trainers and agents say it’s essential&nb...
Jan 19, 2017

B.C.'s health minister campaigns to raise legal smoking age to 21
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s health minister says he wants to see the province raise the legal smoking age to 21. Terry Lake said he’s an ardent anti-smoker and believes the longer p...
Jan 19, 2017
NDP fails to sway B.C. Liberals on banning corporate and union donations
VICTORIA - The NDP in British Columbia won’t get support from the Liberals to ban corporate and union donations to the province’s political parties. New Democrat Leader John Horgan as...
Jan 19, 2017